SafePhone · Screen reader
Notifications and the Back gesture
Notifications and the Back gesture: a short lesson in 3 steps.
Step by step
- Slide TWO fingers down from the top of the screen to open the notifications.
- Swipe right to hear the quick settings, one by one.
- Close it with the Back gesture: slide DOWN then LEFT in one move, like an L.
These steps are written for SafePhone, a pretend Android-style smartphone in your web browser. On your own smartphone, the buttons and menus may look a little different, but the idea is the same.
Practice it where nothing can break
SafePhone works like a real smartphone, but nothing you do goes anywhere. Try every button, make mistakes and start again.
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