Reading the Daily Text

The first, or left most, tab in JW Library is Home. Find and double tap the Home Tab if it isn't already selected.

Now touch the top left corner of the screen. If VoiceOver says something like the time followed by "StatusBar Item" lift your finger and touch a tiny bit lower.

Alternatively, if Vertical Navigation is on your Voiceover rotor, you can turn the rotor until you hear Vertical Navigation. Now swipe down with 1 finger to move to the item that is directly below the item with focus. *

You want to hear "Home, Heading."

Right below that will be the Daily Text. VoiceOver will read the scripture that is today's text.

To read the scripture along with the comments double tap when VoiceOver says Daily Text.

If you hear total silence instead of "Daily Text" in the spot just below the Home Heading, that means the Examining the Scriptures Daily publication is not downloaded. Just double tap that empty spot anyway.

You should hear something like "Examining the Scriptures Daily 2025, brochures and booklets 2MB" swipe right and you'll hear Cancel button. swipe right again to the Download Button and double tap it.

If Examining the scriptures Daily is downloaded, double tapping Daily Text will open the Daily text at today's date so you can read both the scripture and comments.

Voiceover will probably say "In progress" as it opens. It used to open with VoiceOver focus on the back button. If it still does for you, you can swipe down with 1 finger if your VoiceOver rotor is on containers.

Most often it now opens and VoiceOver reads the date and the text again, but VoiceOver focus will be stuck so you can't read the rest of the text.

To solve that touch somewhere near the middle of the screen then swipe up with 1 finger with your VoiceOver rotor set to Containers.

VoiceOver should say Heading and the date.

Make VoiceOver read the entire text by swiping down with 2 fingers.

You can stop VoiceOver's reading at any time by touching the screen with 2 fingers. Touch the screen again with 2 fingers to resume reading.

When finished reading you can use the Voiceover 2 finger scrub to go back to the list of publications on the Home Tab.

Notes:

For more information on how to use and customize the VoiceOver rotor use this tutorial provided by Apple. Control VoiceOver using the rotor

The VoiceOver back gesture is activated by placing 2 fingers on the screen and quickly wiggling them back and forth a few times like you are trying to scrub a tiny spot off the screen. Knowing how to perform this gesture will save you a lot of time and frustration.