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Getting Started with Apple iOS Devices
In addition to being designed for ease of use and a great user experience, Apple’s iOS
devices come with built-in accessibility features and learning aids. iPad, iPod touch, and
iTunes oer many features and apps that can help accommodate a range of students
with special needs.
Vision
iPad and iPod touch have valuable built-in accessibility features—which are also
available on the Mac—for visually impaired students:
• White on Black: Displays the screen as photonegative, with white text on a black
background.
• VoiceOver: Gesture-based screen reading technology that uses speech to describe
what’s happening onscreen. It can also read aloud the contents of a page, such as a
book in iBooks or a web page in Safari. When VoiceOver is on, it changes the gestures
used to control the device so students who are visually impaired can navigate and
use the device much like their sighted counterparts. VoiceOver supports over 30
dierent languages and can be used with over 30 dierent models of Bluetooth
braille displays.
• Zoom: Magnies images on the screen by up to 500% so elements are easier to see
and read.
Set up Zoom, White on Black, and VoiceOver on iPad or iPod touch by going to
Settings > General > Accessibility. You can also manage these settings in iTunes when
the iOS device is connected to your computer. To use iTunes to manage these settings,
click Congure Universal Access in the iTunes Summary pane.
If Zoom, VoiceOver, or White on Black is only used sometimes, you can turn on the
Triple-click Home option in Accessibility settings. With this option, you press the Home
button three times to turn that feature on and o.
Voice Control is another feature that visually impaired students can take advantage of
on iPod touch (see “Physical and Motor Skills,” on the next page).
Additionally, the Sleep/Wake and Volume buttons on iPad and iPod touch are located
and designed in a way that visually impaired students can readily navigate.
Hearing
iPad and iPod touch include accessibility features for those who are deaf or hard of
hearing. You can view closed caption content in iTunes and on iPad and iPod touch.
You can also view content with subtitles in iTunes and on iPad.
To set up the device to display closed captions on the iPad or iPod touch, go to
Settings > Video, and select On for Closed Captioning. Alternatively, you can turn on
closed captioning from the iTunes Summary pane when the device is connected to
the computer. Click Congure Universal Access, then select “Show closed captions
when available.”
Accessibility and iOS Devices