Navigate in Tracks view with VoiceOver in GarageBand for iPhone
In GarageBand for iPhone, you can use standard VoiceOver gestures to navigate through the interface. When you navigate to a track, the track icon is the first selected item in a track, followed by any regions on the track. If the track headers are open, the Mute and Solo buttons are selected next, followed by the Volume slider, then the regions. When you navigate past the last region on a track, the VoiceOver cursor moves to the track icon of the next track.
You can use additional gestures to zoom in and out, move the playhead, scroll tracks left to right, jump to the previous or next tracks, open track headers and change the order of tracks.
To learn more about navigating songs, see Play and navigate songs in GarageBand for iPhone.
Get ruler position announcements
When you navigate to items that have a ruler position like regions, notes or the playhead, VoiceOver announces the full ruler position.
When you move an item forward or backwards in time, VoiceOver announces only the part of the time position that changes.
For example, if you navigate to the playhead at the beginning of the second bar, VoiceOver announces its position as “Bar 2, Beat 1”. If you move the playhead to the second beat of the same bar, only the beat is changed and VoiceOver announces “Beat 2”. As you move the playhead further in time, VoiceOver announces each following beat. When the playhead reaches the next bar, VoiceOver announces “Bar 3, Beat 1”.
When you move an item while zoomed in, VoiceOver also announces smaller time divisions like ticks and divisions.
Zoom a region
Navigate to any region, turn the VoiceOver rotor to Zoom, then swipe down to zoom in or swipe up to zoom out.
Scroll tracks to the left or right
When you zoom in on a region, you can scroll tracks to the left or right.
Navigate to any item in a zoomed track, then use three fingers to swipe left or right.
The visible range of the ruler is announced as you scroll.
Move the playhead
Do any of the following:
Navigate to the playhead, double-tap and hold until you hear three rising tones, then drag left or right to move the playhead to any position.
Navigate to the playhead, then swipe up or down to move the playhead in one-bar increments.
Navigate to a track icon or region, turn the VoiceOver rotor to Playhead, then swipe up or down to move the playhead in one-bar increments.
Each time you move the playhead, VoiceOver announces the new position.
Select the next or previous track
Navigate to a track icon or a region, turn the VoiceOver rotor to Tracks, then swipe up or down.
Open or close track headers
When track headers are open, you can select and adjust the volume, mute and solo controls for a track. Do one of the following:
Navigate to a track icon, turn the VoiceOver rotor to Toggle Track Headers, then swipe up or down.
Navigate to the Track Headers button, then double-tap.
If the track headers are open, you can close them by navigating to a Solo button, Mute button or Volume slider in the track header, then turning the VoiceOver rotor to Toggle Track Headers.
Change the order of tracks
Navigate to the track icon of the track you want to move.
Double-tap and hold until you hear three rising tones.
Drag vertically to move the track up or down.
When you drag the track, VoiceOver announces the new position in relation to the other tracks.