Apple Ipad Ios7 User Guide

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Podcasts
Podcasts at a glance
Download the free Podcasts app from the App Store, then browse, subscribe to, and play your 
favorite audio or video podcasts on iPad.
Delete or rearrange podcasts.
Tap a podcast 
to view and 
play episodes.
New 
episodes
See your 
subscriptions
and downloaded 
podcasts.Organize 
your 
episodes.Browse for 
podcasts.
Swipe down 
to update 
or search.
Delete or rearrange podcasts. 
Tap a podcast 
to view and 
play episodes. 
New 
episodes 
See your 
subscriptions
and...

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Get podcasts
Download 
the episode.
Podcast 
episodes
Subscribe 
or adjust 
subscription 
preferences.
Browse for podcasts. Tap Featured or Top Charts at the bottom of the screen.
Preview or stream an episode. Tap the podcast, then tap an episode.
Search the store. Tap Search at the bottom of the screen.
Download an episode to iPad. Tap 
 next to the episode.
Get new episodes as they are released. Subscribe to the podcast. If you’re browsing Featured 
podcasts or Top Charts,...

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Organize your podcasts
Delete or rearrange stations or podcasts.
Return to 
the playback 
controls.
Organize selected podcasts 
and episodes into stations.
Pull together episodes from different podcasts. Add episodes to your On-The-Go station.  
Tap My Stations, tap On-The-Go, then tap Add. Or tap 
 next to any episode in your library. You 
can also touch and hold any episode, then tap Add to On-The-Go.
Create a station. Tap My Stations, then tap 
.
Change the order of the...

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Accessibility
Accessibility features
iPad incorporates these accessibility features:
 •VoiceOver
 •Support for braille displays
 •Siri
 •Zoom
 •Invert Colors
 •Speak Selection
 •Speak Auto-Text
 •Large, bold, and high-contrast text
 •Reduced screen motion
 •On/off switch labels
 •Hearing aids
 •Subtitles and closed captions
 •Mono audio and balance
 •Assignable tones
 •Guided Access
 •Switch Control
 •AssistiveTouch
 •Widescreen keyboards
Turn on accessibility features. Go to Settings > General...

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 •Zoom
 •Guided Access ( The shortcut starts Guided Access if it’s already turned on. See Guided 
Access
 on page 11 7.)
 •Switch Control
 •AssistiveTouch
Not so fast. To slow down the triple-click speed, go to Settings > General > Accessibility > 
Home-click Speed.
VoiceOver
VoiceOver describes aloud what appears onscreen, so you can use iPad without seeing it. 
VoiceOver tells you about each item on the screen as you select it. The VoiceOver cursor  
(a rectangle)...

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 •Speak the text of the selected item:  Set the rotor to characters or words, then swipe down or up 
with one finger.
 •Turn spoken hints on or off:  Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Speak Hints.
 •Use phonetic spelling:  Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Phonetic Feedback.
 •Speak the entire screen from the top:  Swipe up with two fingers.
 •Speak from the current item to the bottom of the screen:  Swipe down with two fingers....

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Open an app, toggle a switch, or tap an item. Select the item, then double-tap the screen.
Double-tap the selected item. Triple-tap the screen.
Adjust a slider. Select the slider, then swipe up or down with one finger.
Use a standard gesture. Double-tap and hold your finger on the screen until you hear three 
rising tones, then make the gesture. When you lift your finger, VoiceOver gestures resume.
Scroll a list or area of the screen. Swipe up or down with three...

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If a gesture doesn’t work, try a quicker movement, especially for a double-tap or swipe gesture. 
To swipe, try brushing the screen quickly with your finger or fingers.
In VoiceOver settings, you can enter a special area where you can practice VoiceOver gestures 
without affecting iPad or its settings.
Practice VoiceOver gestures. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then tap 
VoiceOver Practice. When you finish practicing, tap Done. If you don’t see the...

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Use the VoiceOver rotor
Use the rotor to choose what happens when you swipe up or down with VoiceOver turned on.
Operate the rotor. Rotate two fingers on the iPad screen around a point between them.
Choose your rotor options. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Rotor, then 
select the options you want to be available in the rotor.
The available rotor positions and their effects depend on what you’re doing. For example, if 
you’re reading an email, you...

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Move the insertion point past the punctuation at the end of a word or sentence. Use the rotor 
to switch back to character mode.
When moving the insertion point by line, VoiceOver speaks each line as you move across it. 
When moving forward, the insertion point is placed at the beginning of the next line (except 
when you reach the last line of a paragraph, when the insertion point is moved to the end of the 
line just spoken). When moving backward, the insertion point...