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Browse visible points of interest. Set the rotor to Points of Interest, then swipe up or down with 
one finger.
Follow a road. Hold your finger down on the road, wait until you hear “pause to follow,” then 
move your finger along the road while listening to the guide tone. The pitch increases when you 
stray from the road.
Select a pin. Touch a pin, or swipe left or right to select the pin. 
Get information about a location. With a pin selected, double-tap to display the information 
flag. Swipe left or right to select the More Info button, then double-tap to display the 
information page.
Hear location cues as you move about. Turn on Tracking With Heading in Maps to hear street 
names and points of interest as you approach them.
Edit videos with VoiceOver
You can use VoiceOver gestures to trim Camera videos.
Trim a video. While viewing a video in Photos, double-tap the screen to display the video 
controls, then select the beginning or end of the trim tool. Then swipe up to drag to the right, or 
swipe down to drag to the left. VoiceOver announces the amount of time the current position 
will trim from the recording. To complete the trim, select Trim, then double-tap.
Zoom
Many apps let you zoom in or out on specific items. For example, you can double-tap or pinch to 
look closer in Photos or expand webpage columns in Safari. There’s also a general Zoom feature 
that lets you magnify the screen no matter what you’re doing. You can zoom the entire screen 
(Full Screen Zoom) or zoom part of the screen in a resizable window and leave the rest of the 
screen unmagnified ( Window Zoom). And, you can use Zoom together with VoiceOver.
Turn Zoom on or off. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Zoom. Or use the Accessibility 
Shortcut. See Accessibility Shortcut on page 13 0.
Zoom in or out. With Zoom turned on, double-tap the screen with three fingers.
Adjust the magnification. Double-tap with three fingers, then drag up or down. This gesture 
is similar to a double-tap, except you don’t lift your fingers after the second tap—instead, drag 
your fingers on the screen. You can also triple-tap with three fingers, then drag the Zoom Level 
slider in the zoom controls that appear. To limit the maximum magnification, go to Settings > 
General > Accessibility > Zoom > Maximum Zoom Level.
Pan to see more. Drag the screen with three fingers. Or hold your finger near the edge of the 
screen to pan to that side. Move your finger closer to the edge to pan more quickly. Or, if you 
have detached the Zoom Controller, drag it.
Switch between Full Screen Zoom and Window Zoom. Triple-tap with three fingers, then tap 
Window Zoom or Full Screen Zoom in the zoom controls that appear. To choose the mode that’s 
used when you turn on Zoom, go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Zoom > Zoom Region.
Resize the zoom window ( Window Zoom). Triple-tap with three fingers, tap Resize Lens, then 
drag any of the round handles that appear.
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Show the zoom controller. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Zoom, then turn on Show 
Controller, or triple-tap with three fingers, then choose Show Controller. Then you can double-
tap the floating Zoom Controls button to zoom in or out, single-tap the button to display the 
zoom controls, or drag it to pan. To move the Zoom Controls button, tap and hold the button, 
then drag it to a new location. To adjust the transparency of the zoom controller, go to Settings > 
General > Accessibility > Zoom > Idle Visibility.
Have Zoom track your selections or the text insertion point. Go to Settings > General > 
Accessibility > Zoom > Follow Focus. Then, for example, if you use VoiceOver, turning on this 
option causes the zoom window to magnify each element on the screen as you select it using a 
swipe in VoiceOver.
Zoom in on your typing without magnifying the keyboard. 
Go to Settings > General > 
Accessibility > Zoom, then turn on Follow Focus and turn off Zoom Keyboard. Now when you 
zoom in while typing (in Messages or Notes, for example), the text you type is magnified but all 
of the keyboard remains visible.
Display the magnified part of the screen in grayscale or inverted color. Triple-tap with three 
fingers, then tap the Filters button in the controls that appear.
While using Zoom with an Apple Wireless Keyboard, the screen image follows the insertion point, 
keeping it in the center of the display. See Use an Apple Wireless Keyboard
 on page 30.
Invert Colors and Grayscale
Sometimes, inverting the colors or changing to grayscale on the iPad screen makes it easier 
to read.
Invert the screen colors. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Invert Colors.
See the screen in grayscale. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Grayscale.
Turn on both effects to see inverted grayscale. You can also apply these effects to just the 
contents of the zoom window—see Zoom
 on page 141 .
Speak Selection
Even with VoiceOver turned off, you can have iPad read aloud any text you select.
Turn on Speak Selection. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Speech. There you can also:
 •Adjust the speaking rate
 •Choose to have individual words highlighted as they’re read
Have text read to you. Select the text, then tap Speak.
You can also have iPad read the entire screen to you. See Speak Screen, nex t.
Speak Screen
iPad can read the contents of the screen to you, even if you don’t use VoiceOver.
Turn on Speak Screen. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Speech.
Have iPad speak the screen. Swipe down from the top of the screen with two fingers. Use the 
controls that appear to pause speaking or adjust the rate.
Highlight what’s being spoken. Turn on Highlight Content, below the Speak Screen switch when 
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Use Siri. Say “speak  screen.”
You can also have iPad read just text you select—see Speak Selection, above.
Speak Auto-Text
Speak Auto-text speaks the text corrections and suggestions iPad makes when you type.
Turn Speak Auto-text on or off. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Speech.
Speak Auto-text also works with VoiceOver and Zoom.
Large, bold, and high-contrast text
Display larger text in apps such as Settings, Calendar, Contacts, Mail, Messages, and Notes. 
Go to Settings > General > Text Size, then adjust the slider. For even larger text, go to Settings > 
General > Accessibility > Larger Text, then turn on Larger Accessibility Sizes.
Display bolder text on iPad. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility, then turn on Bold Text.
Increase text contrast where possible. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility, then turn on 
Increase Contrast.
Button Shapes
iPad can add a colored background shape or an underline to buttons so they’re easier to see.
Emphasize buttons. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility, then turn on Button Shapes.
Reduce screen motion
You can stop the movement of some screen elements, for example, the parallax effect of icons 
and alerts against the wallpaper, or motion transitions.
Reduce motion. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility, then turn on Reduce Motion.
On/off switch labels
To make it easier to see whether a setting is on or off, you can have iPad show an additional label 
on on/off switches.
Add switch-setting labels. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility, then turn on On/Off Labels.
Assignable tones
You can assign distinctive ringtones to people in your contacts list for audible FaceTime caller 
ID. You can also assign distinct tones to alert you of a variety of other events, including new 
voicemail, new mail, sent mail, Tweet, Facebook Post, and reminders. See Sounds and silence
 on 
page 35. 
You can purchase ringtones from the iTunes Store on iPad. See Chapter 22, iTunes Store, on 
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Video Descriptions
Video descriptions provide an audible description of video scenes. If you have a video that 
includes video descriptions, iPad can play them for you.
Turn on Video Descriptions. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Video Descriptions.
Hearing aids
If you have Made for iPhone hearing aids (compatible with iPad 4th generation or later and 
iPad mini), you can use iPad to adjust their settings, stream audio, or use iPad as a remote mic.
Pair with iPad. If your hearing aids aren’t listed in Settings > General > Accessibility > Hearing 
Aids, you need to pair them with iPad. To start, open the battery door on each hearing aid. Next, 
on iPad, go to Settings > Bluetooth and make sure Bluetooth is turned on. Then go to Settings > 
General > Accessibility > Hearing Aids. Close the battery doors on your hearing aids and wait 
until their name appears in the list of devices (this could take a minute). When the name appears, 
tap it and respond to the pairing request.
When pairing is finished, you hear a series of beeps and a tone, and a checkmark appears next to 
the hearing aids in the Devices list. Pairing can take as long as 60 seconds—don’t try to stream 
audio or otherwise use the hearing aids until pairing is finished.
You should only need to pair once (and your audiologist might do it for you). After that, each 
time you turn your hearing aids back on, they reconnect to iPad.
Adjust hearing aid settings and view status. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Hearing 
Aids, or choose Hearing Aids from the Accessibility Shortcut. See Accessibility Shortcut on 
page 13 0. Hearing aid settings appear only after you pair your hearing aids with iPad.
For shortcut access from the Lock screen, go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Hearing Aids, 
then turn on Control on Lock Screen. Use the settings to:
 •Check hearing aid battery status.
 •Adjust ambient microphone volume and equalization.
 •Choose which hearing aids (left, right, or both) receive streaming audio.
 •Control Live Listen.
Stream audio to your hearing aids. Stream audio from Siri, Music, Videos, and more by choosing 
your hearing aids from the AirPlay menu 
.
Use iPad as a remote microphone. You can use Live Listen to stream sound from the 
microphone in iPad to your hearing aids. This can help you hear better in some situations by 
positioning iPad nearer the sound source. Triple-click the Home button, choose Hearing Aids, 
then tap Start Live Listen.
Use your hearing aids with more than one iOS device. If you pair your hearing aids with more 
than one iOS device (both an iPhone and iPad, for example), the connection for your hearing 
aids automatically switches from one to the other when you do something that generates audio 
on the other device, or when you receive a phone call on iPhone. Changes you make to hearing 
aid settings on one device are automatically sent to your other iOS devices. To take advantage 
of this, all of the devices must be on the same Wi-Fi network and signed in to iCloud using the 
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Mono audio and balance
Mono Audio combines the sound from the left and right channels into a mono signal played on 
both channels. This way you can hear everything with either ear, or through both ears with one 
channel set louder.
Turn Mono Audio on or off. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Mono Audio.
Adjust the balance. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility, then drag the Left Right Stereo 
Balance slider.
Subtitles and closed captions
The Videos app includes an Alternate Track button  you can tap to choose subtitles and 
captions offered by the video you’re watching. Standard subtitles and captions are usually listed, 
but if you prefer special accessible captions, such as subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing 
(SDH), you can set iPad to list them instead, if they’re available.
Prefer accessible subtitles and closed captions for the hard of hearing in the list of available 
subtitles and captions. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Subtitles & Captioning, then 
turn on Closed Captions + SDH. This also turns on subtitles and captions in the Videos app.
Choose from available subtitles and captions. Tap 
 while watching a video.
Customize your subtitles and captions. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Subtitles & 
Captioning > Style, where you can choose an existing caption style or create a new style based 
on your choice of:
 •Font, size, and color
 •Background color and opacity
 •Text opacity, edge style, and highlight
Not all videos include closed captions.
Siri
With Siri, you can do things like opening apps just by asking, and VoiceOver can read Siri 
responses to you. For information, see Use Siri
 on page 47 .
Widescreen keyboards
All built-in iPad apps show a larger onscreen keyboard when you rotate iPad to landscape view. 
You can also type using an Apple Wireless Keyboard.
Guided Access
Guided Access helps an iPad user stay focused on a task. Guided Access dedicates iPad to a 
single app, and lets you control which app features are available. Use Guided Access to:
 •Temporarily restrict iPad to a particular app
 •Disable areas of the screen that aren’t relevant to a task, or areas where an accidental gesture 
might cause a distraction
 •Limit how long someone can use an app
 •Disable the iPad hardware buttons
Use Guided Access. 
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 •Turn Guided Access on or off
 •Tap Passcode Settings to set a passcode that controls the use of Guided Access (preventing 
someone from leaving a session), and turn on Touch ID (as a way to end Guided Access)
 •Tap Time Limits to set a sound or have the remaining Guided Access time spoken before time 
ends
 •Set whether other accessibility shortcuts are available during a session
Start a Guided Access session. After turning on Guided Access, open the app, then triple-click 
the Home button. Adjust settings for the session, then tap Start.
 •Disable app controls and areas of the app screen: Draw a circle or rectangle around any part 
of the screen you want to disable. Drag the mask into position or use the handles to adjust 
its size.
 •Enable the Sleep/Wake button and Volume buttons: Tap Options below Hardware Buttons.
 •Keep iPad from switching from portrait to landscape or from responding to other motions: Tap 
Options, then turn off Motion.
 •Prevent typing: Tap Options, then turn off Keyboards.
 •Ignore all screen touches: Turn off Touch at the bottom of the screen.
 •Set a session time limit: Tap Time Limit Options at the bottom of the screen.
End the session. Triple-click the Home button, then enter the Guided Access passcode, or use 
Touch ID (if enabled).
Switch Control
Switch Control lets you control iPad using a single switch or multiple switches. Use any of several 
methods to perform actions such as selecting, tapping, dragging, typing, and even free-hand 
drawing. The basic technique is to use a switch to select an item or location on the screen, and 
then use the same (or different) switch to choose an action to perform on that item or location. 
Three basic methods are:
 •Item scanning (default), which highlights different items on the screen until you select one.
 •Point scanning, which lets you use scanning crosshairs to pick a screen location.
 •Manual selection, which lets you move from item to item on demand (requires multiple 
switches).
Whichever method you use, when you select an individual item (rather than a group), a menu 
appears so you can choose how to act on the selected item (tap, drag, or pinch, for example).
If you use multiple switches, you can set up each switch to perform a specific action and 
customize your item selection method. For example, instead of automatically scanning screen 
items, you can set up switches to move to the next or previous item on demand.
You can adjust the behavior of Switch Control in a variety of ways, to suit your specific needs 
and style.
Add a switch and turn on Switch Control
You can use any of these as a switch:
 •An external adaptive switch: Choose from a variety of popular USB or Bluetooth switches.
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 •The iPad FaceTime camera: Move your head to trigger the switch. You can use the camera as 
two switches: one when you move your head to the left, and the other when you move your 
head to the right.
Add a switch and choose its action. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control > 
Switches. If you use only one switch, it is your Select Item switch by default.
If you’re adding an external switch, you need to connect it to iPad before it will appear in the 
list of available switches. Follow the instructions that came with the switch. If it connects using 
Bluetooth, you need to pair it with iPad—turn on the switch, go to Settings > Bluetooth, tap the 
switch, then follow the onscreen instructions. For more information, see Bluetooth devices on 
page 41 .
Turn on Switch Control. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control, or use the 
Accessibility Shortcut. See Accessibility Shortcut on page 13 0 .
Turn off Switch Control. 
Use any scanning method to select and tap Settings > General > 
Accessibility > Switch Control. Or triple-click the Home button.
Basic techniques
Whether you use item scanning or point scanning, the Switch Control basics are the same.
Select an item. Trigger your Select Item switch when the item is highlighted (item scanning) or 
under the crosshairs (point scanning).
Perform an action on the selected item. Choose a command from the control menu that 
appears when you select the item. The layout of the menu depends on whether you use 
Auto Tap.
 •With Auto Tap off: The control menu includes only the Tap button and the More button (two 
dots at the bottom). If you’re in a scrollable area of the screen, a Scroll button also appears. 
To tap the highlighted item, trigger your Select Item button when Tap is highlighted. To see 
additional action buttons, choose More at the bottom of the menu. If you have multiple 
switches, you can set one up specifically for tapping.
 •With Auto Tap on: To tap the item, do nothing—the item is automatically tapped when the 
Auto Tap interval expires (0.75 seconds if you haven’t changed it). To see the control menu, 
trigger your Select Item button before the Auto Tap interval expires. The control menu skips 
the Tap button and goes right to the full set of action buttons.
Turn on Auto Tap. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control > Auto Tap. To tap an 
item with Auto Tap on, just wait for the Auto Tap interval to pass.
Dismiss the control menu without choosing an action. Tap while the original item is 
highlighted and all the icons in the control menu are dimmed. Or choose Escape from the 
control menu. The menu goes away after cycling the number of times you specify at Settings > 
General > Accessibility > Switch Control > Loops.
Perform screen gestures. Choose Gestures from the control menu.
Scroll the screen. Select an item in a scrollable part of the screen, then:
 •With Auto Tap off: Choose the Scroll Down button (next to the Tap button) in the control menu. 
Or, for more scrolling options, choose More, then choose Scroll.
 •With Auto Tap on: Choose Scroll from the control menu. If many actions are available, you 
might have to choose More first.
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Perform other hardware actions. Select any item, then choose Device from the menu that 
appears. Use the menu to mimic these actions:
 •Double-click the Home button for multitasking
 •Open Notification Center or Control Center
 •Press the Sleep/Wake button to lock iPad
 •Rotate iPad
 •Flip the Side Switch to mute iPad volume
 •Press the volume buttons
 •Hold down the Home button to open Siri
 •Triple-click the Home button
 •Shake iPad
 •Press the Home and Sleep/Wake buttons simultaneously to take a screenshot
 •Swipe down from the top with two fingers to speak the screen (if you have Speak Screen 
turned on)
Item scanning
Item scanning alternately highlights each item or group of items on the entire screen until 
you trigger your Select Item switch. If there are many items, Switch Control highlights them in 
groups. When you select a group, highlighting continues with the items in the group. When you 
select a unique item, scanning stops and the control menu appears. Item scanning is the default 
when you first turn on Switch Control.
Select an item or enter a group. 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.
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Manual selection
You can select a screen item directly using dedicated switches instead of having iPad alternately 
highlight every item.
Stop scanning and highlight items yourself. Add switches in addition to your Select Item switch 
to perform the Move To Next Item and Move To Previous Item actions. (You can use the iPad 
FaceTime camera with head-left and head-right movements for these switches.) When you’ve 
added the switches, turn off Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control > Auto Scanning.
Important:  Don’t turn off Auto Scanning if you use only one switch. You need at least two: one to 
move to an item and a second to select the item.
Settings and adjustments
Adjust basic settings. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control, where you can:
 •Add switches and specify their function
 •Turn off auto scanning (only if you’ve added a Move to Next Item switch)
 •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
 •Turn Auto Tap on or off and set the interval for performing a second switch action to show the 
control menu
 •Set whether a movement action is repeated when you hold down a switch, and how long to 
wait before repeating
 •Set whether and how long you need to hold a switch down before it’s accepted as a switch 
action
 •Have Switch Control ignore accidental repeated switch triggers
 •Adjust the point scanning speed
 •Turn on sound effects or have items read aloud as they are scanned
 •Choose what to include in the Switch Control menu
 •Set whether items should be grouped while item scanning
 •Make the selection cursor larger or a different color
 •Save custom gestures to the control menu (in Gestures > Saved)
Fine-tune Switch Control. Choose Settings from the control menu to:
 •Adjust scanning speed
 •Change the location of the control menu
 •Switch between item scan mode and point scan mode
 •Choose whether point scan mode displays crosshairs or a grid
 •Reverse the scanning direction
 •Turn sound or speech accompaniment on or off
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AssistiveTouch
AssistiveTouch helps you use iPad if you have difficulty touching the screen or pressing the 
buttons. You can use AssistiveTouch without any accessory to perform gestures that are difficult 
for you. You also can use a compatible adaptive accessory (such as a joystick) together with 
AssistiveTouch to control iPad.
The AssistiveTouch menu lets you perform actions such as these by just tapping (or the 
equivalent on your accessory):
 •Press the Home button
 •Summon Siri
 •Perform multi-finger gestures
 •Access Control Center or Notification Center
 •Adjust iPad volume
 •Shake iPad
 •Capture a screenshot
Turn on AssistiveTouch. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > AssistiveTouch, or use the 
Accessibility Shortcut. See Accessibility Shortcut on page 13 0 . When AssistiveTouch is on, the 
floating menu button appears on the screen.
Show or hide the menu. Tap the floating menu button, or click the secondary button on 
your accessory.
Simulate pressing the Home button. Tap the menu button, then tap Home.
Lock or rotate the screen, adjust iPad volume, or simulate shaking iPad. Tap the menu button, 
then tap Device.
Perform a swipe or drag that uses 2, 3, 4, or 5 fingers. 
Tap the menu button, tap Device > 
More > Gestures, then tap the number of digits needed for the gesture. When the corresponding 
circles appear on the screen, swipe or drag in the direction required by the gesture. When you 
finish, tap the menu button.
Perform a pinch gesture. Tap the menu button, tap Favorites, then tap Pinch. When the pinch 
circles appear, touch anywhere on the screen to move the pinch circles, then drag the pinch 
circles in or out to perform a pinch gesture. When you finish, tap the menu button.
Create your own gesture. You can add your own favorite gestures to the control menu (for 
example, tap and hold or two-finger rotation). Tap the menu button, tap Favorites, then tap an 
empty gesture placeholder. Or go to Settings > General > Accessibility > AssistiveTouch > Create 
New Gesture.
Example 1:
 To create the rotation gesture, go to Settings > General > Acce ssibility > 
AssistiveTouch > Create New Gesture. On the gesture recording screen that prompts you to 
touch to create a gesture, rotate two fingers on the iPad screen around a point between them. 
(You can do this with a single finger or stylus—just create each arc separately, one after the 
other.) If it doesn’t turn out quite right, tap Cancel, then try again. When it looks right, tap Save, 
then give the gesture a name—maybe “Rotate 90.” Then, to rotate the view in Maps, for example, 
open Maps, tap the AssistiveTouch menu button, and choose Rotate 90 from Favorites. When 
the blue circles representing the starting finger positions appear, drag them to the point around 
which you want to rotate the map, then release. You might want to create several gestures with 
different degrees of rotation.