iPhone Siri commands

Siri commands for Accessibility on iPhone

Turning assistive features on and off by voice. There are 8 of them below — each with what it actually does.

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Turn on VoiceOver
Siri
The screen reader. Say it again to turn it off.

How it looks on iPhone

Say Hey Siri, Turn on VoiceOver and iPhone responds with the screen reader. Say it again to turn it off.

Using a Mac as well? See Mac Siri commands for accessibility.

All 8 Accessibility commands

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  • Turn on VoiceOver

    The screen reader. Say it again to turn it off.

    iPhone
  • Speak screen

    Reads the current screen aloud.

    iPhone
  • Turn on Voice Control

    Full device control by voice.

    iPhone
  • Turn on AssistiveTouch

    An on-screen button for hardware gestures.

    iPhone
  • Turn on Guided Access

    Locks the device to a single app.

    iPhone
  • Open Accessibility settings

    Jumps straight to the settings pane.

    iPhoneMac
  • Increase the text size

    Opens Display & Text Size.

    iPhone
  • Turn on Type to Siri

    Ask by typing instead of speaking.

    iPhone