You can control VoiceOver on iPhone using an Apple Wireless Keyboard. See Using an Apple Wireless Keyboard.

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

Read all, starting from the current position

VO–A

Read from the top

VO–B

Move to the status bar

VO–M

Press the Home button

VO–H

Select the next or previous item

VO–Right Arrow or VO–Left Arrow

Tap an item

VO–Space bar

Double-tap with two fingers

VO–”-”

Choose the next or previous rotor item

VO–Up Arrow or VO–Down Arrow

Choose the next or previous speech rotor item

VO–Command–Left Arrow or VO–Command–Right Arrow

Adjust speech rotor item

VO–Command–Up Arrow or VO–Command–Down Arrow

Mute or unmute VoiceOver

VO–S

Turn the screen curtain on or off

VO–Shift-S

Turn on VoiceOver help

VO–K

Return to the previous screen, or turn off VoiceOver help

Escape

Quick Nav

Turn on Quick Nav to control VoiceOver using the arrow keys. Quick Nav is off by default.

Turn Quick Nav on or off

Left Arrow–Right Arrow

Select the next or previous item

Right Arrow or Left Arrow

Select the next or previous item specified by the rotor setting

Up Arrow or Down Arrow

Select the first or last item

Control–Up Arrow or Control–Down Arrow

"Tap” an item

Up Arrow–Down Arrow

Scroll up, down, left, or right

Option–Up Arrow, Option–Down Arrow, Option–Left Arrow, or Option–Right Arrow

Change the rotor

Up Arrow–Left Arrow or Up Arrow–Right Arrow

You can also use the number keys on an Apple Wireless Keyboard to dial a phone number in Phone or enter numbers in Calculator.

Single-letter Quick Nav for the web

When you view a web page with Quick Nav enabled, you can use the following keys on the keyboard to navigate the page quickly. Typing the key moves to the next item of the indicated type. Hold the Shift key as you type the letter to move to the previous item.

H

Heading

L

Link

R

Text field

B

Button

C

Form control

I

Image

T

Table

S

Static text

W

ARIA landmark

X

List

M

Element of the same type

1

Level 1 heading

2

Level 2 heading

3

Level 3 heading

4

Level 4 heading

5

Level 5 heading

6

Level 6 heading