can't turn off voice over, can't scroll

I turned on voice over because I thought it would fix a problem where I couldn't get sound in some applications (that problem fixed by resetting the phone). Now I can't get voice over to turn off! The first problem I had was that I couldn't scroll. The directions for voice over say "flick 3 fingers" to scroll, and that seemed to work (tapping three different fingers one at a time) immediately after I turned VO on. But now that doesn't work.

I read some other ?? in the forum, and then tried double tapping with three fingers to scroll. Now, my phone is completely dark!!!! I can't figure out how to make everything appear again; tapping doesn't work at all, neither does pushing the button. I know I need to go into "general" and then into "accessibility" to turn this dang thing off, but how do I get there now????


I know somehow I need to get into "general" and scroll down to "accessibility" to turn this dang thing off, but how do I get there