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Editing videos and voice memos with VoiceOver
You can use VoiceOver gestures to trim Camera videos and Voice Memo recordings.
Trim a voice memo: On the Voice Memos screen, select the button to the right of the memo
you want to trim, then double-tap. Then select Trim Memo and double-tap. Select the beginning
or end of the trim tool. Swipe up to drag right, or swipe down to drag left. VoiceOver announces
the amount of time the current position will trim from the recording. To complete the trim, select
Trim Voice Memo and double-tap.
Trim a video: While viewing a video in Photos, double-tap the screen to display the video
controls, then select the beginning or end of the trim tool. Then swipe up to drag to the right, or
swipe down to drag to the left. VoiceOver announces the amount of time the current position
will trim from the recording. To complete the trim, select Trim and double-tap.
Controlling VoiceOver using an Apple Wireless Keyboard
You can control VoiceOver using an Apple Wireless Keyboard paired with iPhone. See Apple
Wireless Keyboard on page 24.
You can use VoiceOver keyboard commands to navigate the screen, select items, read screen
contents, adjust the rotor, and perform other VoiceOver actions. All the keyboard commands
(except one) include Control-Option, abbreviated in the table below as “VO.”
VoiceOver Help speaks keys or keyboard commands as you type them. You can use VoiceOver
Help to learn the keyboard layout and the actions associated with key combinations.
VoiceOver keyboard commands
VO = Control-Option
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Read all, starting from the current position: VO–A
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Read from the top: VO–B
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Move to the status bar: VO–M
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Press the Home button: VO–H
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Select the next or previous item: VO–Right Arrow or VO–Left Arrow
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Tap an item: VO–Space bar
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Double-tap with two ngers: VO–”-”
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Choose the next or previous rotor item: VO–Up Arrow or VO–Down Arrow
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Choose the next or previous speech rotor item: VO–Command–Left Arrow or VO–Command–
Right Arrow
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Adjust the speech rotor item: VO–Command–Up Arrow or VO–Command–Down Arrow
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Mute or unmute VoiceOver: VO–S
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Turn the screen curtain on or o: VO–Shift-S
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Turn on VoiceOver help: VO–K
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Return to the previous screen, or turn o VoiceOver help: Escape
Quick Nav
Turn on Quick Nav to control VoiceOver using the arrow keys.
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Turn Quick Nav on or o: Left Arrow–Right Arrow
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Select the next or previous item: Right Arrow or Left Arrow
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Select the next or previous item specied by the rotor setting: Up Arrow or Down Arrow
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Select the rst or last item: Control–Up Arrow or Control–Down Arrow
