Watch (or listen) as items are highlighted. When the item you want to control (or
the group containing the item) is highlighted, trigger your Select Item switch.
Work your way down the hierarchy of items until you select the individual item
you want to control.
Back out of a group.
Trigger your Select Item switch when the dashed highlight around the group or
item appears.
Dismiss the control menu without performing an action.
Trigger your Select Item switch when the item itself is highlighted. Or choose
Escape from the control menu.
Hear the names of items as they are highlighted.
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control, then turn on Speech.
Or choose Settings from the control menu, then choose Speech On.
Slow down the scanning.
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control > Auto Scanning Time.
Point scanning
Point scanning lets you select an item on the screen by pinpointing it with
scanning crosshairs.
Switch to point scanning.
Use item scanning to choose Point Mode from the control menu. The vertical
crosshair appears when you close the menu.
Select an item.
Trigger your Select Item switch when the item you want is within the broad,
horizontal scanning band, then trigger again when the fine scanning line is on
the item. Repeat for vertical scanning.
Refine your selection point.
Choose Refine Selection from the control menu.
Return to item scanning.
Choose Item Mode from the control menu.
Settings and adjustments
Adjust basic settings.
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control, where you can:
Add switches and specify their function
Choose, create, and edit recipes
Choose a scanning style
Adjust how rapidly items are scanned
Set scanning to pause on the first item in a group
Choose how many times to cycle through the screen before hiding Switch
Control
Choose a tap behavior and set the interval for performing a second switch