VoiceOver gestures

1. What VoiceOver action do you need to take to jump quickly to the Top of a document or screen on your iOS Device?

Answer: A four finger single tap at the bottom of the screen will take you to the bottom and a four finger single tap near the top of the screen will take you to the top.
You can also touch the Status Bar at the top of the screen and perform a one finger double tap gesture: This will bring the focus back up to the top.


2. What four typing styles are available on the Rotor when running VoiceOver?

Answer: Touch typing, standard typing, direct touch typing, and Quick Path or Slide to Type


3. What are two ways to start or stop VoiceOver from running on your iPhone?

Answer: Ask SIRI to turn on Voiceover, or tap the Home or Side button three times quickly.


4. How do you stop or start an action, when running VoiceOver, such as starting or stopping music, starting or stopping an audio tutorial, answering a phone call or hanging up from a phone call, etc?

Answer: a two finger double tap gesture will stop or start an action. This is also called the "Magic Tap" gesture


5. When running VoiceOver, how do you scroll through a document or web page that has multiple pages?

Answer: a three finger swipe up from the bottom will advance a page, and a three finger swipe down the screen will go back a page.
You can also use the "Vertical Scroll Bar" that is located on the right hand side of the screen to scroll quickly through pages.


6. How do you get to the status line, when running VoiceOver?

Answer: touch with one finger at the very top of the screen.


7. How do you open the Notification Center, when running VoiceOver?

Answer: bring focus to the status line with a one finger touch and then swipe down with three fingers.
Also, to open the Notification Center, when running VoiceOver: Swipe down to the second vibration to open the Notification Center.


8. How do you open the Control Center, when running VoiceOver?

Answer: bring focus to the status line with a one finger touch and then swipe up with three fingers.
You can also swipe down from the top right corner to the first vibration to open Control Center.


9. How do you open the "Spotlight Search" when running VoiceOver?

Answer: touch the grid … apps on any page of your device and perform a three finger swipe down.
Spotlight Search is also accessible from the "Page Indicator" area that is located near the bottom of the iPhone screen, just above the apps on the Dock.


10. How do you get to the VoiceOver Practice mode?

Answer: perform a four finger double tap gesture to open and to close VoiceOver practice.
You can also perform a "Z scrub" gesture to close VoiceOver Practice.


11. How do you invoke the Rotor?

Answer: turn two fingers clock wise or counter clockwise to bring up the VoiceOver Rotor.


12. How do you get a text field to open and bring up the virtual keyboard when you need to enter text.

Answer: Perform a one finger double tap gesture to open an editable text field.


13. What VoiceOver gesture do you use to navigate when a "Picker" option is present?

Answer: flick up or down with one finger to navigate within the Picker selection.
Usually, you can locate the picker by touching the iPhone screen near the bottom middle area.


14. How do you locate auto correct options that become available when you are entering text?

Answer: touch the line of text that is just above the letters u, i, and o.


15. How do you open an app when running VoiceOver?

Answer: perform a one finger double tap gesture.


16. How can you quickly get back several screens when you are several layers or screens in, instead of repeatedly pressing the Back Button?

Answer: You can perform a Long Press gesture on the Back Button to go back several screens.


17. How do you add a VoiceOver label to an unlabeled button or a picture that is in your camera roll?

Answer: perform a two finger double tap and hold gesture to open an editing field to label the button or picture with a VoiceOver text label.


18. What does a three finger single tap on the middle of your screen do?

Answer: A three finger single tap on the middle of the screen will describe the currently focused item. If on the Home screen, VO will announce where you are, or speaks the current page number and position. If the currently focused item is a photo or image, VO will do it"s best to give an audio description of that image or photo.


19. How do you temporarily mute VoiceOver speech?

Answer: A three finger double tap gesture will mute and unmute VoiceOver speech.


20. How do you turn on, or off the "screen curtain when running VoiceOver?

Answer: A three finger triple tap gesture will turn on and off the screen curtain.


21. What does a three finger quadruple tap gesture do when running voiceOver?

Answer: A three finger quadruple tap gesture will copy the last spoken text to the clipboard.


22. What is a "Z scrub" gesture and how do you perform this gesture?

Answer: Two finger scrub in a letter Z configuration (Scrub back and forth) will Go back, cancel, close a pop–up


23. How do you read continuously from the top of a document, when running VoiceOver?

Answer: Perform a two finger flick up gesture.


24. How do you temporarily stop VoiceOver from reading continuously?

Answer: Perform a two finger single tap gesture to start and stop VoiceOver speaking.


25. How do you close one open tab, and or all open tabs when you are in Safari and running VoiceOver:

Answer: Find the tabs button at the bottom right of the screen and perform a one finger double tap gesture, and then go up to the top left corner of the screen and flick up with one finger to close the current open tab.
To close all open tabs when in Safari, perform a one finger double tap and hold gesture on the tabs button, and then go up to the top left corner of the screen and flick up with one finger to close all current open tabs.


26. What are the four distinct elements that are present on your home screen, when the iPhone is open and you are on your Home page?

Answer: the status bar, the grid of apps, the page indicator, and the doc.


27. What is iCloud Keychain?

Answer: iCloud Keychain keeps your Safari website user names and passwords, credit card information, and Wi–Fi network information up to date. iCloud Keychain works with Safari Password Generator and AutoFill. When you’re setting up a new account, Safari Password Generator suggests unique, hard–to–guess passwords. You can use AutoFill to have iPhone enter your user name and password info, making login easy.
With iCloud Keychain, you can store all your user names and passwords for websites and apps, securely and safely. You can even store credit card numbers Now, when this information is needed, just authenticate with Face ID, Touch ID, or your device passcode, and the correct information will be available automatically, so you can log in with no effort at all. Of course, it’s iCloud, so all your info is available on all your devices. iCloud Keychain can even create and suggest strong passwords for you, so you’ll always be protected. You can see your passwords at any time if you need to, and you can also find out which passwords are being reused or are otherwise weak. You can even share passwords with people who need them, when they are nearby, such as when someone wants to join your home Wi–Fi network.


28. What is ApplePay?

Answer: Apple Pay lets you make secure purchases in stores, in apps, and on the web. And now send and receive money from friends and family right within Messages.


29. There are several key words that will cause an animation to play when you type or dictate them in the Edit field in the iMessages app. Name three trigger words?

Answer: The words must be typed or dictated exactly as shown below and by themselves. After entering the "key words" in the edit field, go to the "Send Button" and perform a one finger double tap gesture (When VoiceOver is running) to send the message with the animation.
The Three key words are:
"Happy Birthday", this will send Balloons up from the bottom of the screen, up to the top of the screen along with the words "Happy Birthday"
"Congratulations", Confetti will fall, along with the word "Congratulations" when you send this text message
"Happy New Year", fireworks will play, along with the words "Happy New Year" when you send this text message.


30. What is "text replacement" and how do you use it?

Answer: Open Settings, then go to General, then go to Keyboard, and flick right until you get to "Text Replacement".
Set up keyboard shortcuts for any and all of the text you type regularly. By default, the iPhone and iPad ship with "OMW" as a "Text Replacement shortcut for "On my way!" but you can create and customize any Text Replacement – shortcut you want. What's more, thanks to iCloud, any Text Replacement you create will automatically sync between your iPhone, iPad, and/or Mac. Here's how!
Type common phrases with fewer letters by using shortcut phrases. Type “omw” and watch the text transform to “On my way!”
To add your own shortcuts, go to Settings, General, Keyboard, Text Replacement.


31. How do you bring up the "item chooser" and what is its function?

Answer: Two finger Triple tap gesture
Triple–tapping with 2 fingers shows the Item Chooser, allowing you to access all on–screen accessible elements as an alphabetical list, including a search
The Item Chooser lists and filters all items on the screen and is most useful on web pages or apps with large lists of content.
To open the Item Chooser, perform a double finger triple tap gesture.


32. What are the two types of screen orientation? How do you lock or unlock the screen orientation?

Answer: There are two screen orientations, Portrait and Landscape.
Open the Control Center and swipe until you get to "Lock Rotation" and this is a toggle switch to turn it On or Off.


33. How do you dictate text within an editable text field. What are the two ways to get to the Dictate option, when the virtual keyboard is present?

Answer: Perform a two finger double tap gesture when the text field is open and the virtual keyboard is present. The two finger double tap gesture will start and then stop the Dictation option.
You can also perform a one finger double tap gesture on the "Dictate" Button which is located in the far right bottom corner on the virtual keyboard, when the virtual keyboard is present. The one finger double tap gesture on the Dictate button is a toggle.


34. What is the "AirDrop" feature?

Answer: AirDrop is an application built into Apple software which uses Bluetooth to communicate between two or more nearby iOS devices. It can be used to send files, links, pictures, videos, contact cards, etc.
It is accessed through the "Share" menu along with printing and other facilities. When the request is sent the receiving device must accept the request to transfer.
AirDrop is both quick and easy. Similar to sending files via text and email, you can use the cross–platform utility to send photos, videos, songs, and even files. This is particularly handy when you are in close proximity to the person you’d like to send your file to, as AirDrop only works when users are near one another.
Moreover, from a security standpoint, AirDrop is safer to use than both email and text. The feature uses a Bluetooth connection to create a peer–to–peer Wi–Fi network between your Apple devices, and creates a firewall which allows for added encryption.
Another benefit of AirDrop is that several native iOS apps support it. You can access the feature from directly within Photos, Notes, Safari, Contacts, and Maps, without having to navigate to a different screen or copy and paste the information.


35. What is iCloud Drive?

Answer: iCloud Drive lets you securely access all of your documents from your iPhone, iPad, and any other Apple device. So no matter which device you’re using, you always have the most up to date documents when you need them.
You can keep files and folders up to date across all of your devices: create new files and folders from iCloud enabled apps.: work on the same file across multiple app: etc.
You can even share files and folders with other users who have an Apple ID for file and folder collaboration.


36. How do you use the Spell Check on an iOS device?

Answer: 1. Set VoiceOver rotor to misspelled words.
2 Swipe up or down, or press up or down arrows on your keyboard or braille displays to find the previous or next misspelled word.
3. Move right with a finger or keyboard each time will show you the next in a list of correctly spelled suggestions.
4. If you find the word you want, double tap on it or activate it with your keyboard and it will replace the misspelled word.
5. If the word you want is not in the list, the offensive misspelling you’re on is selected so pressing delete or backspace will erase it. Then you can enter another attempt.


37. What is "Two Factor Authentication?

Answer: Two–factor authentication adds an extra layer of security to all your logins by asking new devices to confirm that they are legit. After you log in to an app, or site with two–factor authentication enabled you will get a push notification with a verification code, ensuring that you are the only one who can access the account.
Apple has two–factor authentication support baked right into the iOS software, and it is so incredibly easy to use that it auto–fills the codes for you. So you don't even have to type them in.
Go to Settings , Password & Security, then tap "Turn on Two–Factor authentication.
Once you do this, your phone guides you through the rest of the setup process.


38. What are "Siri Shortcuts"?

Answer: The Shortcuts app lets you create custom shortcuts with multiple steps that you can use with your favorite apps. Choose from hundreds of examples in the Gallery Or drag and drop actions to create your very own shortcuts.
Once the Short Cuts app is installed, you will be able to create all sorts of shortcuts that can run multiple steps at once with Apple's apps as well as third–party apps. For example, saying "Hey Siri, it's bedtime" might turn off the lights in every room of your house and arm your HomeKit enabled alarm system.


39. What is "Capacitive Touch" on an iOS device?

Answer: Capacitive touch, and it is best to use a light (almost feather weight) type of touch.
capacitive touch screen has a small electrical charge. When you put your finger near it, it will discharge into you and create the voltage drop in the screen surface. As you move your finger across the surface, there is a corresponding drop in voltage. The screen has hundreds of sensors in a grid like pattern that track these voltage drops on the screen so it knows what gestures or actions you are doing. Think of what is happening as many tiny little invisible painless lightning bolts coming from the screen and into your fingers.
Capacitive touch is a voltage drop on the screen, not heat or pressure that triggers action.


40. How do you go about finding all the list of VoiceOver Gestures that are located right in your iPhone?

Answer: To find about all the VoiceOver Gestures, you can find this information right in your iPhone.
Go to Settings, Accessibility, VoiceOver, Commands, and then to the heading of Touch commands.


41. How do you customize VoiceOver gestures that are "unassigned"?

Answer: Customize VoiceOver Gestures:
You can go to Settings, Accessibility, VoiceOver, and then to Commands: to customize VoiceOver Gestures.
If there is not an already "Assigned Command" you have the option to assign a customized VoiceOver Command that works best for you.


42. What are "Back Tap" gestures, and how do you enable these features?

Answer: The Back Tap Gestures:
Double– or Triple–tap on the back of your iPhone to perform a host of functions. Open Settings Accessibility Touch and scroll all the way down to find the Back Tap menu. This lets you add an action to a double–tap on the back of your iPhone, and another action to triple–tap. These include the ability to open Control Center, take a screenshot, return to the Home screen, adjust volume, and more. You can even set them to one of your Shortcuts, making it very flexible. This is like having two extra buttons on your iPhone, and getting to customize exactly what they do


43. What is the "Long Press" Action and how do you perform this gesture, when VoiceOver is running?

Answer: The Long Press Gesture is performed by performing a one finger double tap and hold gesture. This gesture allows Context menu's to open.


44. How do you Add a Caption to a Photo using VoiceOver.

Answer:
Go to photos and select a photo by swiping to it or touching the photo.
Single–finger double tap.
Note: once a photo is selected, you can single–finger double tap anywhere on the screen.
Swipe to the photo, which is right after the "edit button."
single–finger double tap
Single–finger flick up once to "show details."
Single–finger double tap,
Single–finger swipe left until you hear "add a caption."
Note: Sometimes you will need to swipe once and other times 3 or 4 times to get to the “Add a Caption” option.


45. Name at least five of the Apple services available as of September 2021.

Answer: Apple Services As of September 2021:
there are 9 choices of Apple Services. The Subscription Services that are available to join will have a + symbol after the name. The Apple Services are: Apple Music,
Apple TV+, Apple Fitness+,
Apple News+, Apple Arcade, iCloud+, Apple Card, and Apple Books


46. What is the Reader View in the Safari web Browser?

Answer: Reader view is an option for viewing a web site, with out all the clutter and shows a simplified text view.
In safari the “page settings button“ is located to the left of the Search bar: it’s not always necessarily at the top. In iOS 15 the search bar move to the bottom of the screen, unless you change it back to the top, it could be at the bottom. If you double tap the “Page Settings” button, there will be options including showing the Reader.


47. What is the App Library, and how do you open the App Library?

Answer: when running VoiceOver, perform a 3 finger swipe gesture (from right to left) to advance screens of apps, until you get past the last page of apps and then the App Library will appear with one more 3 finger swipe gesture.
You can also get to the App Library by selecting the Page selector, which is located just above the Doc and is represented by dots. If you have 5 pages of Apps, then there are 5 dots in the page selector area. You can flick up and down with one finger to go forward and backward through the pages of Apps on your iOS device. When you keep flicking up, you will go past the last page of apps and then there will appear the App Library. If you keep flicking down, you will arrive at the "Today View" which used to be Page 1 in prior versions of the iOS.
Searching the App Library: If you do not want to open and close the app category boxes looking for the app you need, search is the way to go. Just drag down on the App Library, or tap the search box, to get an alphabetical index of all your apps. Tap the search box at the top of the screen, or swipe down anywhere on the screen, and you can search by name or scroll through an alphabetical list of all the apps on your iPhone.
Adding apps to the home screen: If there is an app in the App Library that is not on your home screen, it is easy to add. Just tap and hold on an app icon until you see the context menu, and choose Add to Home Screen. If an app already exists on your home screen, you won't see that option. Long–press an icon in the App Library to add it to your home screen.
Adding an app to your home screen does not remove it from the App Library it will always contain all the apps on your iPhone.


48. What is the Vertical Scroll Bar?

Answer: The Vertical Scroll Bar:
This is a useful tool to quickly get where you want to be in places where there are many pages. Instead of flicking up with three fingers to go one page at a time, you can use the Vertical Scroll Bar. For example: if you are in the News app and there are many pages of stories... Touch with one finger
on the top right–hand side of the screen, just below the status line. This is like the "Table Index Scroll Bar when you are in the main route of the Contacts app. You can now flick up or down to go quickly at percentage rates. You can also touch the Vertical Scroll Bar at the far bottom right of the screen,
once you have performed a four–finger single tap gesture at the bottom of your screen, and this takes you to the last page at 100%.
To quickly get to the top of a large document or place where there are multiple pages, you can jump to the top by bringing focus to the status bar and double tap. This jumps you to the top.


49. What are Share Sheets and how do you open this feature?

Answer: Share Sheets allow you to easily share almost anything with almost anyone. They also provide ways for you to share content among multiple apps, and to perform important functions, such as copying or printing documents, editing audio, and more. To the sighted user, the Share icon in most apps will appear as three dots. Voiceover users will typically hear the word, “Share”.
The Share Sheet is usually divided into three sections. The first section, if available, provides a list of sharing suggestions, based upon people you’ve recently talked to, and based upon people who seem to be relevant, such as faces that appear in a photo. Simply tap on any name (double–tap for VO users), to share quickly with that person.
The next section of the Share Sheet shows ways of sharing the particular content with others, as well as options for opening the content in other apps These choices will vary depending on what apps you have installed on your iPad, and are also specific to the type of file you are trying to share. Most file types can be shared using Messages and Mail, as well as AirDrop. Other options will vary. For example, if you received a PDF attachment in an email, you will see the option to copy it to Apple Books for easy access. Did you receive an audio attachment? You will be able to open it in the Voice Memos app. If you have Dropbox, Twitter, Facebook, iTunes U, Google Classroom, or a variety of other apps installed on your iPad, these options will also usually be available. Don’t see the app you’re looking for? Try tapping the “More” icon, to display additional app choices.
The final section of the Share Sheet displays additional relevant options, again depending on what you have installed and the kind of file you are sharing. Copy, Print, Save to Files, Save Photo/Video, Use As Wall Paper, MarkUp, and Download file, are just a few examples of options you might see. The “Edit Actions” button at the bottom of the Share Sheet allows you to rearrange items on the sheet.
Voice Memos, Photos, Maps, Safari, Pages, Keynote, Numbers, GarageBand, Clips, iMovie, Apple Books, and Apple News are just a few examples of apps that offer Share Sheets. You might be surprised where they will show up. Third–party apps like Amazon, YouTube, and others definitely have them.
Some apps, like Photos and Safari, allow you to choose custom options before sharing. To the left of the sharing suggestions, you will find the name of what you are trying to share, or the number of items that are being shared With Voiceover on, swipe up or down on this info area until you hear “Options”. Sighted users can tap the blue Options button. In Safari, you’ll be able to choose whether you are sending the website as HTML or as a PDF. With Photos, choose to disable the sharing of the location where the photo was taken. Tap Back when you’re finished.


50. How do you get to "My Account" in the App store app, and how do you update your apps that are installed on your Apple iOS device?

Answer: When you go into the App Store you will single–finger swipe to “My Account”.
Single–Finger tap and swipe down to “Available Updates”.
This is a heading so swipe one more time to "Update All”, or keep swiping through the Apps ready for updating and decide individually.
A nice trick is to refresh this list with a single–finger tap and hold, then pull down and let go.
Another way is to do a 3–finger pull down to refresh. Notice that your available updates increase.
Another nice feature added to the list of Apps is you can flick up with one finger and delete the app if you do not want that particular app anymore.


51. What are Widgets and how do you add them to any screen of apps on your iPhone?

Answer: How to Add Widgets to Your Home Screen. The extra widget options you can add to your Home screen. Adding these can range from fun, such as adding featured photos, to useful, such as having the weather front and center for your daily planning.
Note: These instructions were written for sighted persons, who are not using voiceOver. If you are using VoiceOver: when the instructions say "Tap on an item", perform a one finger double tap.
1. Unlock your iPhone if it is locked.
2. Press your Home screen until the icons start to wiggle.
3. Tap the Add button in the top left corner.
4. Apple will suggest widgets. If your desired widget is there, tap it.
5. If you don't see the widget you want to add, scroll down or use the search bar at the top of the feature.
6. Tap Add Widget.
7. Tap Done.


52. What are the three categories within VoiceOver Recognition?

Answer: Image Recognition, Screen Recognition and Text Recognition.
Image Recognition uses on–device AI to analyze images and photos and attempts to give the users a verbal description of the focused image.
Text Recognition uses on–device intelligence to analyze text within images and present that text to the VO user. This is useful for screen shots, scanned pdf documents and photos of textual information.
Screen Recognition again uses on–device AI to analyze elements on the screen, groups things together, separates elements etc, and attempts to make the screen more accessible to the VO user. Screen Recognition is meant to be used with apps that are lacking accessibility references and, therefore, the on–device intelligence will work to make it more accessible to you. If an app is already accessible, you may find that it actually confuses you and causes the app to be less user friendly.
These features are configurable in Settings, Accessibility, VoiceOver, VoiceOver Recognition. You can disable or enable each feature individually, as well as turn off Image Recognition for specific apps. In addition, you can add Screen Recognition to the rotor so that it is easily enabled and disabled for specific apps on the fly.


53. What model or models of iPhone currently work with VoiceOver Recognition features?

Answer: iPhone XS or later. These are the iPhone models with the AI chip present. iPhone X and older do not have the AI chip and thus are not compatible with VoiceOver Recognition features.


54. In the native Apple Weather app there is a feature to hear an autograph of the precipitation for the next hour. How do you access this audio graph?

Answer: When there is precipitation in your area; you can now view and hear an audio graph of the “X and Y axis” for the precipitation for the next hour.
you will get a notice that there is an audio graph available. This is called a “Rain fall graph”. This occurs when running voiceover.
There are Rotor actions for viewing the precipitation details for that specific hour, where rain or other precipitation is forecasted. You swipe up to get the rotor actions for reviewing the details.


55. How can you access the VoiceOver Settings, for the VoiceOver Commands list, on the fly, from anywhere on your iPhone?

Answer: Under Quick Settings: You can now adjust VoiceOver settings on the Fly, no matter where you are on your Apple iOS Device, such as in a particular app, on Safari, in your e–mail, etc.
This is activated by a 2 finger quadruple tap gesture.
You can adjust the order in which the Quick Setting appears in the list.
You can also remove items by de–selecting them.
You can close the Quick Settings feature, with a Z scrub gesture, or going to the Done button, that is located at the top.


56. What are the two navigation styles in iOS 15: Referring to "Navigation Style", which is located in the Settings, under Accessibility?

Answer: Under Navigation Style: There are 2 options, Flat or Grouped.
Suggested that you keep this on the Flat option, which is the normal way of navigating.
If you choose Navigate by Groups, then VoiceOver will navigate by moving through items and groups of items on the screen. You will need to perform a two finger slide left to leave a group, and a 2 finger swipe right to enter a group.

57. How do you enable "Background Sounds" that will play in the background on your iPhone?

Answer: Under Hearing: Under Audio and Visual: Background Sounds can be turned on. This plays background sounds that masks unwanted environmental noise. These sounds can minimize distractions and help you to focus, calm yourself, or to rest.
All of the sounds can be set to play in the background, to mask unwanted environmental or external noise, and the sounds mix into or duck under other audio and system sounds.
Background Sounds comes with six options: balanced, bright, or dark noise, ocean, rain, and stream.
Instead of having its own app, the feature is tucked inside Settings, Accessibility, Hearing, under Audio and Visual. There is a Control Center shortcut.


58. How can you learn what the various system sound effects are, and determine if you want to customize or change those sounds?

Answer: Under Settings, Accessibility, VoiceOver, Audio, go to Sounds and Haptics.
Under the Interaction Heading: you can customize and review the variety of sounds. You can learn what the various system sound effects are, and determine if you want to customize or change those sounds.


59. What is "Focus" Mode on your iPhone?

Answer: The Focus mode on the iPhone: Now helps users focus and reduces distractions.
Focus will filter notifications and apps based on what a user wants to focus on. Users can set their device to help them be in the moment by creating a custom Focus or selecting a suggested Focus, which uses on–device intelligence to suggest which people and apps are allowed to notify them.
For example, you can enable the Sleep focus profile at night, and your iPhone will limit the notifications from only a handful of apps based on your habit and machine learning.
Custom Focus Profiles:
By default, Apple offers a Driving, Sleep, Personal, and Work Focus profile. You can also create a custom Focus profile with specific apps, widgets, and home screen arrangement in the Focus mode.


60. What is "Notifications Summary?

Answer: Notification Summary collects non–time–critical notifications for delivery at a more opportune time, such as in the morning and evening. It learns from customer habits and uses on–device learning to prioritize and deliver notifications based on user’s interactions with apps.


61. What is "Voice isolation mode and how do you enable it when on FaceTime calls?

Answer: Voice isolation in FaceTime uses Machine Learning to block unwanted background noise in FaceTime video/voice calls. It’s not limited to FaceTime calls only. Apple will allow third–party apps to utilize the tech for seamless audio calls.
When on a call, go to the Control Center (on newer phones, swipe down from the top–right corner) and hold down on the Mic. There you can turn on voice isolation, which will decrease background noise, such as a dog barking or other environmental sounds. This will work in other video–calling apps, too, and will help even if you're wearing AirPods.
The Voice Isolation mode for your microphone, separates your voice from any distracting background noise that might be on the call
• Launch the FaceTime app and initiate a video call.
• Open Control Center with a diagonal swipe down from the top–right corner of your screen.
• Tap the Mic Mode button, top–right.
• Tap Voice Isolation to enable it.
• Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to dismiss Control Center and return to the call
There are two other Voice Isolation Modes: Standard or Wide Spectrum
To disable Voice Isolation and use Standard or Wide Spectrum mode, simply repeat the above steps and choose one of the different Voice Isolation modes for the Mic.


62. How do you create a link in FaceTime, in order to invite other people to join a FaceTime call?

Answer: Apple now allows users to create a video meeting link in the FaceTime app. You can share the link with others on Messages, WhatsApp, or Email and they can join the conversation by tapping on the shared link.
When you first open the FaceTime app, there are two options: Create a Link, and New FaceTime.
When you tap on the Create a Link, you can name the group.
There will be a list of Share options.


63. What is "Live Text", and how do you access this while using VoiceOver?

Answer: Live Text uses on–device intelligence to recognize text in a photo and allow users to take action. Live Text enables copy, paste, and share text straight from your Camera or Photos app.
When in an Editable text field, You can double tap and hold or turn the Rotor to Edit, when visible text is present and you can capture that text.


64. What is the "Sheet Grabber"?

Answer: This is an option to hide the on–screen keyboard. Double tap to dismiss the keyboard on screen.
Sheet Grabber:
The Sheet Grabber is clickable, and as the VoiceOver Hint say, it hides the keyboard. If you want to review your message without the on–screen keyboard showing, double–tap the Sheet Grabber. To show the on–screen keyboard again, double–tap in the Message Content edit field. You have to touch pretty high up on the screen to even encounter the Sheet Grabber, if you find yourself running into it frequently when you expect to find something else, try tapping a bit lower on the screen.


65. How do you get VoiceOver to correctly pronounce a Name or word?

Answer: To correct the pronunciation of a word: go to settings, accessibility, voiceover, speech, and to pronunciation. Select Add, and then enter the Word or phrase; and then enter the replacement. Select the language, for all voices, ignore case on or off, and apply for all apps on or off.
Double tap the "Done" button near the top.


66. How do you open the VoiceOver Quick Settings?

Answer: Perform a two finger quadruple tap gesture.


67. What are Emoji's?

Answer: Emoji's are used in electronic messages and webpages. The Emoji‘s primary function is to fill in emotional cues otherwise missing from typed conversation.
An Emoji is a small digital image or icon use to express an idea or emotion.
Some examples of Emoji‘s are: 😎, 🐱, 🍎.


68. How do you perform a Search for specific Emoji's?

Answer: The Emoji Search feature, becomes available once you open the Emoji keyboard. The Search is located just past the Send Button above Emoji’s that are currently showing. If you tap on the Search within the Emoji keyboard showing, you can type the name of an image that you want: such as, “heart”. Several Emoji’s matching “heart” will appear: such as red heart, smiling face with hearts, blue heart, heart with arrow through it, etc. You can tap on that Emoji that you want and it will autofill in the text area of the Edit field.


69. What Categories of Emoji's appear when you activate the Emoji Keyboard?

Answer: When you activate the Emoji button, you will encounter a series of tabs at the bottom of your screen. Such as Frequently Used Category, Smileys and People Category, Animals and Nature Category, Food and Drink Category, Activity Category, Travel and Places Category, Objects Category, Symbols Category, Flags Category, etc.


70. How do you open a "Quick Note" from anywhere on an iPad or Mac?

Answer: You can open a quick note from anywhere by using the key combinations of the Function key and the letter Q. Some keyboards will require you to use the Globe key and the Q to open a Quick Note. When Quick Note opens, it creates its own folder within the Notes app: called “Quick Notes”. You can type a note and usually the first line of the note is the name of the note. If you type the name of the note and enter two blank lines, then it will save as the title from the first line.
You can also ask Siri to create a new note at any time.


71. What are the 3 "Radio Sets" present on an iPhone?

Answer: The WiFi radio, the Bluetooth radio and the Cell radio:
Your Apple iOS device has three radio sets built in Of interest are the WiFi radio, the Bluetooth radio and the Cell radio.
These are two way radios which means they can receive signals much like an FM or AM radio and they can transmit signals back out to other receivers such as, the cell tower.
The Bluetooth radio can talk to Bluetooth devices like headphones, speakers, keyboards, and other remote controller devices.


72. How do you create new Mail Boxes in the Mail App?

Answer: In the mail app, you can create “mailboxes“ which are actually folders, where you can move important e–mail messages into.


73. How do you use "Mark Up" for a photo in your Photos App?

Answer: The steps for adding a Mark Up label to a photo in the Photos app. Bring up the photo in order to have it in focus and open, hit the Edit button, go to Mark Up, go to Add, go to Description, and one finger double tap to get the keyboard to open up. Once you have type the label that you want, swipe down to the Done button. There are two Done buttons on this screen. You want the Done button that is below. Then you need to hit Done again, and then Done again to exit the markup screen. So after you type the description, you need to make sure that you have hit the “Done“ three times to get you out successfully


74. What is a Browser?

Answer: Web Browser: a browser is your access to the internet. Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Edge


75. What is a "Search Engine"?

Answer:
Search Engine: A search engine allows you to search the internet. You have to use a browser to get to a search engine. Google, and Bing are search engines.


76. What is the visual icon for the Settings App, and Name some other common Visual icons present on an iPhone?

Answer: Settings App = a gray background with a gear wheel.
Back button = a left pointing arrow.
The Share option = a rectangle with an up pointing arrow, or 3 dots.
Attachments = a paper clip
More option = a circle with 3 dots in the middle
Search = a magnifying glass as its icon
Edit =the word Edit in a square
Add = the plus sign
Cancel = the word Cancel
The Lock Screen = a padlock.


77. Name at least three subscription services that are available through Apple?

Answer: Paid or yearly subscription services available through Apple are:
Apple TV+, Apple Music, Apple News+, Apple Arcade, Fitness+, and iCloud Storage (beyond the 5 free Gigs of Storage).


78. What is meant by "OCR"?

Answer: Apple has included optical character recognition (OCR) as an option in the Camera app as well as for photos and screenshots you have already taken in the Photos app.
How to use iPhone Live Text OCR.
In the Camera app, look for the Live Text button (viewfinder square with three lines)
Bottom right corner when in portrait orientation or bottom left in landscape
Look for the yellow viewfinder rectangle to appear as the camera notices text as you move your camera around
When you have the yellow viewfinder surrounding the text you want, tap the Live Text button to be able to select, copy, look up, translate, and share recognized text
And text like phone numbers, emails, dates, addresses, etc. feature live links that can be acted on with a long–press


79. How do you create a group and name that text message group in the iMessages App?

Answer: How to set up a group text, and how to name the group, on your iPhone:
Note: If you are using VoiceOver: when the instructions say "Tap on an item", perform a one finger double tap.

In order for the iMessages Text Group to be named, all members of the Text Chat iMessage Group need to be iPhone user’s.
Open the Messages app.
Tap the compose icon in the upper–right corner.
Type the names of the contacts you want to add.
If multiple contact options appear, tap to select the correct name in the list of options below.
You can also tap the plus icon to look for them in your Contacts list. When running VoiceOver, the plus symbol will say “Add Contact”.
Tap to select a contact from your Contacts app.
Once you've finished adding contacts, type your message and tap the Send icon. You have now started a group chat.
If you want to add a name for the group message, tap the group info at the top.
Tap Change Name and Photo.
Type a descriptive group name.
Tap Done to save your group name.
Tap Done.
Your new group name will now be listed for all participants in the group text.


80. How do you add funds to your Apple ID?

Answer: How to Add Funds to Your Apple ID Account on an iPhone. You can add money to your Apple ID account for App Store purchases or use Apple Pay without having to use a linked card.
Note: When running VoiceOver, perform a one finger double tap gesture when the directions say to tap on an item.
Here's how to add funds to your Apple ID directly. If you budget your app or iTunes purchases, you can even load the balance you want to spend and make purchases accordingly.
Open the App Store app.
Tap your profile icon in the top–right corner of the screen.
Tap Add Funds to Apple ID.
Choose the amount you want to add.
Confirm your purchase by following the on–screen instructions. On my iPhone, I double–click the side button to confirm.
You'll see a confirmation that the funds were added.


81. How do you Transfer Apple Cash to Your Bank.

Answer: How to Transfer Apple Cash to Your Bank:
Note: When running VoiceOver, perform a one finger double tap gesture when the directions say to tap on an item.
Open the Wallet app or tap the Wallet icon in the Control Center. On your iPhone, you can also easily access the Wallet app from the Lock screen.
Tap your Apple Cash card.
Tap the More icon.
Tap Transfer to Bank.
Enter the amount you would like to transfer, then tap Next.
Select either Instant Transfer, which comes with a small fee, or 1–3 Business Days, which has no fee.
If you haven't yet linked your bank account, enter your routing and account numbers, then confirm by entering them again.
Tap Transfer.
A notification will pop up at the top of your screen to let you know the transfer request was successful.
You now know how to transfer Apple Cash to your bank. If you selected Instant Transfer, you will see the money in your account within thirty minutes. The 1–3 Business Days option will take longer but will show up in one to three business days, as its name suggests. Once you have entered your bank account information once, you won't have to do it again.


82. How do you schedule a FaceTime call from the Calendar App?

Answer: How to Schedule a FaceTime Call when using the Calendar App, in iOS 15:
Note: When running VoiceOver, perform a one finger double tap gesture when the directions say to tap on an item.
Open the Calendar app.
Tap the + icon in the upper–right corner.
If you are running VoiceOver it will say “Add”.
Enter a title for your FaceTime call.
Tap on the date to change it, if needed.
Select the date for your FaceTime call.
Tap on the time to change it, if needed.
Scroll through the numbers shown to select your start time.
Tap on Location or Video Call.
Tap on FaceTime.
Tap Add to add the event to your Calendar. You can also customize any other settings as needed before you add the event.
To share, tap the date your FaceTime is scheduled for.
Select the event you just scheduled.
Tap the Share icon.
Select how you want to share and whom you’d like to share it with.
Tap the send arrow to send the invite.
This link will be available to users of both iPhones and other devices, and you can find the link in your Calendar app.


83. Describe the "PassKey Standard"?

Answer: The passkey standard is described as unique digital keys designed to replace the need for passwords altogether with streamlined sign–in across your devices, websites, and apps.
The flow for logging in with a passkey will work similarly to using iCloud Keychain and Face ID or Touch ID. The difference, is that, instead
of choosing a credential from iCloud Keychain and autofilling your password and username into text fields, you’ll choose (or create) a passkey as your
login method. Passkeys are synced across your devices using iCloud Keychain with end–to–end encryption.


84. What is "Sound Recognition" on an iPhone?

Answer: Sound Recognition allows the iPhone to listen out for certain sounds, such as a crying baby, fire alarm, door bell or running water, and uses on–device intelligence to notify you when certain sounds are detected. This can be a powerful tool for a person who is deaf or hard of hearing.
You can enable the Sound Recognition Feature by going to Settings, Accessibility, and going down the list to Sound Recognition.
Note: if you enable the Sound Recognition Feature, then the “Hey Siri” feature will be disabled.


85. How do you switch between the Ear Piece and Speaker, when on a phone call, on an iPhone?

Answer: Go to, Settings Accessibility Voiceover Audio, then Auto Select Speaker in call. That can be disabled to prevent the phone from switching to speaker when you pull it away from your ear. This is a toggle., to turn it on and off


86. How do you set the Audio Route on a phone call?

Answer: Setting the Audio Route on a phone call:
While on a phone call, make sure that the iPhone is not near your face. Touch the screen and swipe right/left to find the “Hide” button, and double–tap it. Swipe right/left to find the Audio button and double–tap. Choose from the various options to set your desired audio route.


87. How do you view the wiFi networks you have ever visited?

Answer:
It is possible to view details of all the Wi–Fi networks your iPhone has connected to in the past and remembered. If iCloud Keychain is enabled on all your Apple devices, you'll even be able to see the Wi–Fi networks saved by those other devices. For example, you could use your iPhone to see all the networks your Mac or iPad has saved, and copy the password so that you can connect via your iPhone. Additionally, you can remove old ones without being near their access points.
Go to Settings, WiFi, Tap the Edit button, verify with Face ID, or passcode, go to Known locations. Here will be a list of visited WiFi locations, and you can use the Rotor Action to swipe up for the Delete option.


88. How can you get a list of step–by–step directions in Apple Maps, when running VoiceOver?

Answer: Instructions for Step by Step Directions, when running VoiceOver:
Open the Maps app.
Enter the destination that you want turn–by turn based directions for, in the search bar.
You will find a list of results, just under where you typed the information for in the Search Bar. Double tap on the correct address if it appears in the Search Results area.
If you want to see a list of the steps before driving, double–tap where it tells you the approximate time and so on, just to the left of the button to the “Go" and start navigating. This brings up the list of turn by turn directions.
You might have to double tap a couple of times to get the steps to open up in a list.


89. How do you delete a Contact from the main list of Contact names in the Apple Contacts App?

Answer: You can long press on a Contact from the main Contacts list, and delete that contact.


90. How do you choose how Notifications appear on the Lock Screen of your Apple iOS device?

Answer: You can choose from three options for how notifications appear on your lock screen, two of which are designed not to take up much space. There are three possible views for notifications on the Lock Screen: List view, Stack View, and Count view.


91. How do you recover deleted conversations in the native iOS Messages app?

Answer: Note that this will only be possible for up to approximately 30 days after the conversation was deleted.
1. Open the Messages app and double–tap the Edit button.
2. From the menu that appears, double–tap Show Recently Deleted.
3. Select at least one conversation.
4. Double–tap the Recover button.
5. Double–tap Recover Messages from the confirmation dialog.
6. Double–tap the Done button.


92. How do you Add Emojis to Text with dictation, on an iPhone?

Answer: Emoji Support
As with ‌Siri‌, the built–in dictation feature also supports inserting emoji by voice command.
Open any app that allows you to write text, such as Messages.
Open a new or previous message or editable text field: In an app such as Notes, or a new E–mail message.
Tap the Dictation icon. Or when running VoiceOver, perform a 2 finger double tap when the text field is open.
Say the emoji name plus the word "emoji." E.g., "Cat emoji" or "Happy Face emoji". Pro tip: If you don't know the name of an emoji you want to insert, you can look it up by searching the emoji catalog.
Tap on the Dictation icon again to disable it.


93. How do you use SIRI to hang up a phone call or FaceTime call?

Answer: Siri, hang up feature: go to Settings, Siri, and toggle on the "Hang Up "button. “Hey Siri, hang up” is supported during phone and FaceTime calls.
As long as you have iOS 16 installed and you have an iPhone 11 model or later, you can use voice commands to end FaceTime video calls or regular audio calls with Siri.


94. How do you find information about a plant, once you have taken a picture of the plant in question?

Answer: Open the Photos app with a one finger double tap. Select the Tab at the bottom that says “Albums“.
Go to the “Recents“ photos. Go to the bottom of the screen and flick left to the most recent photo, it should say the date and time. Double tap to open the photo and touch on the middle of the screen to bring the focus to the image. Voiceover should say something like a group of pink flowers with green leaves.
There are Tabs at the bottom of the screen: Share button, Favorites button, Detected Item Info button, and the Delete button.
If there is information about the plant, you will find a Tab that says “Detected Item Info".
Perform a one finger double tap to get to the info.
On this screen, you have many options for actions to take related to the selected photo.
There will be an option to Add a Caption, and the next option is”Look Up Plant" button.
You also have the option to use the Rotor to explore and get image descriptions when a photo is open. Turn the Rotor to “Actions” and swipe up and down for the choices of: Explore Image
Or Show Details. When you activate the “Show Details”, there will be the option to “Look Up Plant”.


95. How do you use the iPhone Keyboard Shortcut to Bring Up Commonly Used Domains, when searching on the Web?

Answer: Open your preferred web browser.
Tap the address bar. Enter the letters of the web address.
Tap and hold the period key in the lower right.
Note: When running VoiceOver, perform a long press action and keep your finger held down while sliding upa and down to find the Web extensions: (such as .net. .edu. etc).
You will be presented with a list of domains.
While still holding the period key, slide your finger to select one of the listed domains. Alternatively, if you let go immediately after the menu appears, .com will automatically be inserted, since it is the first selection.
This trick also works when typing in email addresses.


96. How do you change your connected Bluetooth device name?

Answer: Open the Settings app.
Tap Bluetooth.
Tap the info icon next to the device you wish to rename.
Note: if running VoiceOver, the “Info icon” is on the Rotor and if you swipe up with one finger on the device name, it will say "More Information".
Tap Name.
Type in your new device name, and tap Done.
The device will appear in your devices list with its new name.
Repeat this process for each Bluetooth device that you wish to rename.


97. How do you Scan a QR Code with the Camera App, using an iPhone?

Answer: QR codes usually appear as encoded black and white squares that, when scanned, present more information on a topic in the form on a web–page, contact information, video, etc.
Open the Settings app, and tap Camera.
Make sure Scan QR Codes is toggled on.
Open the Camera app.
Hold your phone over the QR code so that it’s centered in the frame.
A banner notification will appear and tell you what the QR code opens and in what app.
Tap on the notification if you want to open the QR code’s link.
Note: You can add the “Code Scanner” to the Control Center for easier access to scan QR codes. Go to Settings, Control Center and choose Code Scanner to show up in the Control Center on your Apple iOS Device.

98. How do you switch between previously opened apps, without opening the App Switcher.

Answer: When running VoiceOver, you can swipe from left to right with 4 fingers across the screen, to switch between open apps.
If you have a connected keyboard, you can press Command–Tab: To Switch to the next most recently used app, among your open apps.


99. How do you Search for a particular app that is resident on your Apple iOS Device?

Answer: You can use the Spotlight Search option, or the App Library to open an App that is resident on your iPhone. You can also ask Siri to open an App on your iPhone.


100. How do you adjust the display brightness on an iPhone?

Answer: There are a few ways to adjust your screen's brightness: You can access it through the Settings app or in Control Center.
The quickest way to adjust your iPhone's screen brightness is through the iPhone Control Center.
You can also ask SIRI to adjust the screen brightness level.

Updated July 10,2025