iPad Tutorial Of The Day – Making Your iPad Talk
I am writing a great new eBook about how to get the most out of your iPad, it’s such an exciting book but I also wanted to share some excerpts with you along the way. Did you know that you can get your iPad to speak to you? It’s really simple to do and a very cool feature. The feature is called VoiceOver and if you read the tutorial below you will be able to get your iPad to speak anything on the screen to you, such as emails, text documents or even a complete iBook page.
Go To Settings
First, you need to go into the Settings menu on your iPad.
General
Select General in the left hand column.
Accessibility
Select Accessibility near the bottom of the right column.
VoiceOver
Select VoiceOver and switch it to On. You will see a warning message on the screen that says that you are changing the gestures used to control the iPad and it asks you to confirm if this is what you want to do. Just select OK to confirm this change. It is very easy to take VoiceOver off again and therefore changing the gestures back to their original default if you want to do this later on.
Words
When typing with VoiceOver on by default it will speak every character you type. This can be changed within the Settings menu to just allow Words, Words With Characters, or Nothing.
iBooks
Within iBooks to have a complete page read to you, you need to touch the bottom and the top of the block of text on the screen at the same time.
Single Line
If you tap in the text with one finger, only a single line is read to you and this can be seen with a black lined border around it. If you tap anywhere within the Notes app, the complete note will be read allowed to you.
BBC News
Whatever app you happen to be in, your iPad will now speak the text to you, as seen above.
VoiceOver Off
To change your iPad back to the original settings, just switch the VoiceOver to Off.
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
