Presenter Notes in Keynote

By PaulMartz, 19 July, 2025

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iOS and iPadOS

When playing a slide presentation in Keynote on your iPhone, how do you show the presenter notes so that VoiceOver reads them?

I'm planning to drive the projector directly from my iPhone. I plan to use my AirPods Pro so I can hear VoiceOver. As I advance to each new slide with a 3-finger swipe, I want to hear VoiceOver read the presenter notes. At least, that's my goal.

Yes, I read Apple's documentation about how to play a presentation using KeyNote on your iPhone. It didn't even mention presenter notes, let alone describe how to get VoiceOver to read them.

Thanks in advance.

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By PaulMartz on Saturday, July 19, 2025 - 23:36

I've discovered that if I open the More menu and select Rehearse Slideshow, the Presenter Notes are read by VoiceOver as I advance to each slide. However, if I exit out of that and just press Play, the Presenter Notes aren't read at all by VoiceOver and don't even appear to be on the screen, even though I have selected to show them in the View Options.

Maybe I should just run my presentation with the "Rehearse Slideshow" mode?

By PaulMartz on Saturday, July 19, 2025 - 23:43

According to this link, once I have my iPhone connected to a projector and I play the slideshow, my phone will display the same thing I see in Rehearse Slideshow mode. And I'm already getting the Presenter Notes in the Rehearse Slideshow display, so I should be good to go.

By PaulMartz on Saturday, July 19, 2025 - 23:45

Am I going to run into any issues with where VoiceOver spoken output is sent? I want it sent to my AirPods, not some external sound system connected to the projector.