Apple Iphone IOS 8.4 User Guide

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You can set the leftmost or rightmost cell of your braille display to provide system status and 
other information. For example:
 •Announcement History contains an unread message
 •The current Announcement History message hasn’t been read
 •VoiceOver speech is muted
 •The iPhone battery is low (less than 20% charge)
 •iPhone is in landscape orientation
 •The screen display is turned off
 •The current line contains additional text to the left
 •The current line contains...

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Set the rotor options for web browsing. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > 
Rotor. Tap to select or deselect options, or drag  up or down to reposition an item.
Skip images while navigating. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Navigate 
Images. You can choose to skip all images or only those without descriptions.
Reduce page clutter for easier reading and navigation. Select the Reader item in the Safari 
address field (not...

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Turn Zoom on or off. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Zoom. Or, use the Accessibility 
Shortcut. See Accessibility Shortcut on page 151.
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. The tap-and-
drag gesture is similar to a double-tap, except you don’t lift your fingers on the second tap—
instead, drag your fingers on the screen. You can also...

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Speak Selection
Even with VoiceOver turned off, you can have iPhone read aloud any text you select. 
iPhone analyzes the text to determine the language, then reads it to you using the 
appropriate pronunciation.
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...

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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 iPhone show an additional 
label on on/off switches.
Add switch-setting labels. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility,...

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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 Phone, Siri, Music, Videos, and more by 
choosing your hearing aids from the...

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This phone has been tested and rated for use with hearing aids for some of the wireless 
technologies it uses. However, there may be some newer wireless technologies used in this 
phone that have not been tested yet for use with hearing aids. It is important to try the different 
features of this phone thoroughly and in different locations, using your hearing aid or cochlear 
implant, to determine if you hear any interfering noise. Consult your service provider or Apple...

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Large phone keypad
Make phone calls simply by tapping entries in your contacts and favorites lists. When you need 
to dial a number, the large numeric keypad on iPhone makes it easy. See Make a call
 on page 51.
LED Flash for Alerts
If you can’t hear the sounds that announce incoming calls and other alerts, you can have iPhone 
flash its LED (next to the camera lens on the back of iPhone). This works only when iPhone is 
locked or asleep.
Turn on LED Flash for Alerts....

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 •Enable the Sleep/Wake or volume buttons: Tap Options below Hardware Buttons.
 •Keep iPhone 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...

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Basic techniques
Whether you use item scanning or point scanning, the Switch Control basics are the same.
Select an item. While the item is highlighted, trigger the switch you’ve set up as your Select Item 
switch. If you are using a single switch, it is your Select Item switch by default.
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....