How to turn off voice-over on ipad

I am replying to myself and One nice lady who tried to help. I went to the Apple store and in 30 seconds my problem was solved. This happened after hours wasted on the phone with Apple Care technicians who tried but didn't know the right thing to do. As a matter of fact not only would Voiceover not stop but the technician got me locked out of my iPad. All I had to do was to triple click the Home button three times and then hold down the Home button a couple of seconds. Presto, the iPad accepted my passcode once again and the Voiceover finally shut up when I was writing with the keyboard. Thank you to the smart technician at my Apple store at the Beverly Center!