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The screen reader will read from top to bottom of the screen.

WCAG Mobile Related Guidelines

WCAG 2.0 Guidelines Related to Mobile Accessibility

Testing with mobile screen readers

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You can also access the VoiceOver tutorial, as well as the VoiceOver settings, from there as well.

VoiceOver/iOS Gestures

Gesture

Action

Touch/single tap

Select and read the element

Double-tap

Activate the selected element

Swipe-right

Move to next the element

Swipe-left

Move to previous the element

Swipe up or down

On an adjustable element like a slider, this increments or decrements the value. In text view, this moves the insertion point backwards or forwards.

Double press: with one finger, perform a double tap. During the second tap, continue to hold your finger against the screen.

Drag the selected item

Two-finger tap

Pause/resume reading

Two-finger swipe up

Read all accessible items from the top of the screen

Two-finger swipe down

Read all accessible items from the current position

Two-finger pinch open/closed

Select/deselect text

Three-finger swipe up/down

Scroll screen up/down

Three-finger swipe left/right

Navigate to the next/previous page

Three-finger double tap (if zoom is enabled, this becomes a three-finger triple tap)

Toggle speech

Three-finger triple tap (if zoom is enabled, this becomes a three-finger quadruple tap)

Toggle screen curtain

Four-finger tap at the top or bottom of the screen

Select the first or last accessible element on the screen

TalkBack on Android

To turn on TalkBack, go to the “Accessibility” option under “Settings.” 

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TalkBack/Android Gestures

Gesture

Action

Touch/single tap

Read element

Double-tap

Activate element

Swipe-right

Move to next element

Swipe-left

Move to previous element

Two-finger slide up/down

Scroll

Triple-tap

Zoom

Slide up-down

Jump to the first item on the screen

Slide down-up

Jump to the last item on the screen

Slide left-right

Scroll up one screen

Slide right-left

Scroll down one screen

Slide up-left

Return to the home screen (from anywhere)

Slide down-left

Activate the back button (browser only), close app (apps only)

Slide up-right

Opens the local context menu (options depend on where you are)

Slide down-right

Opens the global context menu (includes TalkBack settings)