How to control your device with your voice in iOS 13 for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch

How to set up Voice Control

Open the Settings app.
In the Settings app, select Accessibility from the list.
On the Accessibility screen, select Voice Control.
On the Voice Control screen, select Set up Voice Control. Voice Control will download in the background while you navigate through the information screens.
Once downloaded, a microphone icon will appear in the status bar at the top of the screen . This shows that Voice Control is listening for commands.

Using Voice Control

Once you have completed the setup process, you can turn Voice Control on or off by saying “Hey Siri, turn on/off Voice Control”

To lock your device, say "Lock screen."

To wake your device, say "Hey Siri, turn on Voice Control."

Commands

You can control your device by speaking commands such as

Open {app name}
Scroll up/down
Zoom in/out
Turn volume up/down
Turn brightness up/down.
Swipe down (to refresh email or Twitter for instance)
Open Notification Centre
Go back (to return to the previous screen)

Show numbers / names

The real power of Voice Control comes when you use overlays.

You can ask voice control to “show numbers” or “show names next to each item on the screen that can be selected. You can then select an item by saying the corresponding name or number.

Note: Names and numbers will disappear after you speak your command. To keep names or numbers on the screen all the time, say “Show numbers/names continuously”.

Show grids

If selection requires more precision, you can say “show grid” to overlay a numbered grid. Selecting a number will zoom in on that grid square and give you a new set of numbers to choose from. You can also use the grid to specify where you would like to drag and drop items to and from.

Note: The grid will disappear when you make your final selection. To keep the grid onscreen all time, say” Show grid continuously”.

Dictation

When you have selected an item where you can enter text, you can immediately start dictating what you would like to write. You can use commands to select the text and edit it. For instance you can say “Select {word or phrase}”, then “Bold that”.

To view the full list of available Commands that you can use with Voice Control:

Open Settings > Accessibility > Voice Control and select Customise Commands. Click through on a command to see which phrase can be used to trigger it.

Or

Visit the online list of commands at iMore.com

Voice control settings

Open Voice Control in the settings app: Settings > Accessibility > Voice Control.

Customise Commands

To turn individual commands on or off, select Customise Commands.
Click through on any command, the select the toggle switch for Enabled to turn it on or off.
You can also set whether you would like to have to confirm a command before it is carried out.
Select Confirmation Required if you would like to use it with this command.
Each command will list the phrases that can be used to trigger it.

Create your own phrase

Select Customise Commands.
Select Create New Command.
Speak or type the phrase you would like to use to trigger your custom command.
Select the action you would like to associate with the phrase.
- Insert text - Allow you to set text that is entered when you say this command. For example, you address.
- Custom Gesture - Set up a custom gesture to be performed.
- Run Shortcut – choose from a list of Siri Shortcuts that can be activated by Voice Control.
- Play Back Recorded Commands - You can record a series of commands that can be played back when you speak this command.
Select the apps you would like to use the command with.

Vocabulary

Teach Voice Commands new words.

Command Feedback

Show confirmation - A confirmation of what Voice Control heard is show at the top of the screen
Play Sound - Hear a sound when a command has been recognised.
Show Hints - When the command you use doesn’t quite match the system command, Voice Control will show hints for what you can say.

Continuous Overlay

Show numbers, names or grids on the screen all the time.

Attention Aware

If your device uses Face ID, you can set listening to turn on or off based on whether or not you’re looking at the screen.

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