Hi David. Well done! Forgive me if I'm teaching my grandma to suck eggs but by swiping I mean you swipe 1 finger across the screen left to right and when I say double tap, I mean you quickly tap twice with 1 finger on an item. O.k., here we go: Find settings on your home screen by swiping and then double tap to open swipe to Accessability and double tap to open double tap on Voiceover swipe until you reach speaking rate once hear by swiping (this time up or down) you can increase or decrease the speech speed Alison Hi all The I-Pad is up and running. Not really done much with it as yet, but my friend who helped me with the setting up did put the kindle app on for me. I have managed to load two books, using my pc to purchase the books. Am I correct in thinking that I should be able to read the books which are not speech enabled? Also how do I decrease or more likely increase the reading speed. Next question is how to find apps. I want to get a good app for radio stations and also the tap tap see app. Do I have to purchase those or are they free and where do I find them? Is it easier to find apps on the pc and transfer them to the ipad, if that is possible. Last question for now is do ipad and iphone users use screen protectors or a special case, and if so any recommendations would be of assistance. All for now folks. David