Apple IPhone IOS 51 User Guide

Quick Nav
Turn on Quick Nav to control VoiceOver using the arrow keys. Quick Nav is off by default.
Turn Quick Nav on or offLeft Arrow–Right Arrow
Select the next or previous item Right Arrow or Left Arrow
Select the next or previous item 
specified by the rotor setting Up Arrow or Down Arrow
Select the first or last item Control–Up Arrow or Control–Down Arrow
"Tap” an item Up Arrow–Down Arrow
Scroll up, down, left, or right Option–Up Arrow, Option–Down Arrow, Option–Left Arrow, or Option–
Right...

Using a braille display with VoiceOver
You can use a refreshable Bluetooth braille display to read VoiceOver output in braille, and you 
can use a braille display with input keys and other controls to control iPhone when VoiceOver is 
turned on. iPhone works with many wireless braille displays. For a list of supported displays, go to 
www.apple.com/accessibility/iphone/braille-display.html.
Set up a braille display:  Turn on the display, then go to Settings > General > Bluetooth and  
turn on Bluetooth....

Siri
With Siri, you can do things with your iPhone just by asking, and VoiceOver can read Siri responses 
to you. For information, see Chapter 4, “Siri,”  on page 39 .
Triple-click Home
Triple-click Home provides an easy way to turn some of the Accessibility features on or off when 
you press the Home button 
 quickly three times. You can set Triple-click Home to:
Turn VoiceOver on or off Â
Turn White on Black on or off Â
Turn Zoom on or off Â
Turn AssistiveTouch on or off Â
You can also set Triple-click...

White on Black
Use White on Black to invert the colors on the iPhone screen, which may make it easier to read 
the screen. When White on Black is turned on, the screen looks like a photographic negative.
Invert the screen’s colors:  Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > White on Black.
Speak Selection
Even with VoiceOver turned off, you can have iPhone read aloud any text you can select.
Turn on Speak Selection and adjust speaking rate:   Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > 
Speak Selection....

Custom Vibrations
You can assign special vibration patterns for phone calls or FaceTime calls from important 
contacts. Choose from existing patterns or create a new one.
Turn on custom vibrations:  Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Custom Vibrations.
Choose the vibration pattern for  
a contact In Contacts, choose a contact, then tap “vibration.” If you don’t see vibration 
in the contact info, tap Edit and add it.
Create a new vibration pattern If you’re already editing a contact, tap...

Move the menu buttonDrag it to any location on the screen.
Exit a menu without performing  
a gesture Tap anywhere outside the menu.
Universal Access in OS X
Take advantage of the Universal Access features in OS X when you use iTunes to sync  
information and content from your iTunes library to iPhone. In the Finder, choose Help > 
 
Help Center, then search for “universal access.”
For more information about iPhone and OS X accessibility features, go to  
www.apple.com/accessibilit y.
TTY support
You can...

Large phone keypad
Make phone calls simply by tapping entries in your contacts and favorites lists. When you need to 
dial a number, iPhone’s large numeric keypad makes it easy. See “Phone calls
” on page 56.
Voice Control
Voice Control lets you make phone calls and control Music playback using voice commands. See 
“ Voice dialing
” on page 57 , and “Using Siri or Voice Control with Music” on page 78 .
Closed captioning
Turn on closed captioning for videos:   Go to Settings > Video > Closed Captioning....

Settings
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Settings lets you configure iPhone, set app options, add accounts, and enter other preferences.
Airplane mode
Airplane mode disables the wireless features in order to reduce potential interference with aircraft 
operation and other electrical equipment.
Turn on airplane mode:  Go to Settings and turn on airplane mode.
When airplane mode is on, 
 appears in the status bar at the top of the screen. No phone, Wi-Fi, 
or Bluetooth signals are emitted from iPhone, and GPS reception is turned off....

Set iPhone to ask if you want to 
join a new networkGo to Settings > Wi-Fi and turn “Ask to Join Networks” on or off.
If “Ask to Join Networks” is off, you must manually join a network to connect 
to the Internet when a previously used network isn’t available.
Forget a network, so iPhone  
doesn’t join it Go to Settings > Wi-Fi and tap 
 next to a network you’ve joined before. 
Then tap “Forget this Network.”
Join a closed Wi-Fi network To join a Wi-Fi network that isn’t shown in the list of scanned...

Display numbered badges on  
apps with notifications Go to Settings > Notifications, then choose an item from the In Notification 
Center list and turn on Badge App Icon.
Hide alerts when iPhone is locked Go to Settings > Notifications, then choose an app from the In Notification 
Center list. Turn off “View in Lock Screen” to hide alerts from the app when 
iPhone is locked.
Some apps have additional options. For example, Messages lets you specify how many times the 
alert sound repeats and whether...