iPhone and iPad

Basics of VoiceOver Notification Center The Notification Center gives you quick access to text , missed phone calls, emails, and any other app notifications you have missed.

Follow these easy steps to start using your Notification Center. Try it out.

1. If you have an iPhone 10 or newer, single-finger drag down from the top of your screen until you feel the second vibration.

Lift your finger to get to the Notification Center.

2. Otherwise, if you have a home button, touch your status bar and then do a three-finger swipe down to get to the Notification Center.

3. You land on the current time in the top center of your screen.

4. Right swipe to move through the items in the Notification Center. 5. When you get to a grouped notification, you can double-tap to expand it.

6. Swipe down to check out your options on what you can do on each notification.

• View: Single-finger double-tap the screen to view each notification. You are given some options or tools that are specific to that notification.

• Manage: Single-finger double-tap the screen to get a menu on how you want the notification to be managed. For example, you could choose to have the notification delivered to you silently or turn off notifications.

• Clear all: Single-finger double-tap the screen to remove all the notifications.

7. Swipe left until you get to the “Show less” button. Activating this collapses the notifications and they are grouped again into one category.

iPhone and iPad: Basics of VoiceOver Notification Center 2 The Notification Center is an easy and useful way to find your most recent app notifications. If you found this workshop handy, why not try another in this series to learn how to better use your Apple device?

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