Work the phone by speaking to it

Open things and press things by saying so, without touching the screen.

Voice Control is not the assistant you ask questions of. It works the screen: you name a button and it presses it.

Good for hands that are sore, full or unsteady. The commands are short and fixed.

Key points

What to remember

Try this

Look under Accessibility for Voice Control, or Voice Access. Reading its command list is plenty.

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