Pass through on sighted people pinch gesture?

By OldBear, 2 August, 2025

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I can't find any information on this. Is there a pass through way to do a pinch gesture, like what the sighted folk use to shrink and expand things, so I don't have to keep turning off Voiceover? The double tap and hold doesn't work with the pinch.

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By Brian on Sunday, August 3, 2025 - 01:23

Asking because in the camera app, if you have VoiceOver focused on the viewfinder, you can use the rotor to get to a zoom control, then you can swipe up or down to adjust zoom settings.

HTH.

By Levi Gobin on Sunday, August 3, 2025 - 01:40

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

other than in the Camera app or in the Maps app or any screen which displays the camera or maps interface like an app showing a package on a map, the map that is in the Find My app, etc., I have not seen the zoom rotor.
You could always try enabling zoom and accessibility settings, but keep in mind that you’re three finger gestures will require one additional tap then they would before, meaning you now triple tap to turn speech off, quadruple tap to toggle screen curtain, etc.