Apple Ipod Touch Ios7 User Guide

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Accessibility
Accessibility features
iPod touch incorporates these accessibility features:
 •VoiceOver
 •Support for braille displays
 •Siri
 •Zoom
 •Invert Colors
 •Speak Selection
 •Speak Auto-text
 •Large, bold, and high-contrast text
 •Reduce onscreen 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 >...

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 •Guided Access ( The shortcut starts Guided Access if it’s already turned on. See Guided 
Access
 on page 12 5.)
 •Switch Control
 •AssistiveTouch
Choose the features you want to control. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Accessibility 
Shortcut and select the accessibility features you use.
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,...

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 •Select an item by name:  Triple-tap with two fingers anywhere on the screen to open the Item 
Chooser. Then type a name in the search field, or swipe right or left to move through the list 
alphabetically, or tap the table index to the right of the list and swipe up or down to move 
quickly through the list of items. Or use handwriting to select an item by writing its name; see 
Write with your finger
 on page 11 8 .
 •Change an item’s name so it’s easier to find:...

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 •Choose which pronunciations are available in the rotor:  Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > 
VoiceOver > Languages & Dialects. To adjust the voice quality or speaking rate for each 
language, tap 
 next to the language. To change the order of the languages, tap Edit, then 
drag  up or down. To delete a language, tap Edit, then tap the delete button to the left of 
the language name.
 •Set the default dialect for the current iPod touch language:  Go to Settings...

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Speak notifications. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver and turn on Speak 
Notifications. Notifications, including the text of incoming text messages, are spoken as they 
occur, even if iPod touch is locked. Unacknowledged notifications are repeated when you unlock 
iPod touch.
Turn the screen curtain on or off. Triple-tap with three fingers. When the screen curtain is on, the 
screen contents are active even though the display is turned off.
Learn...

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Activate
 •Double-tap:  Activate the selected item.
 •Triple-tap:  Double-tap an item.
 •Split-tap:  As an alternative to selecting an item and double-tapping to activate it, touch and 
hold an item with one finger, and then tap the screen with another.
 •Double-tap and hold (1 second) + standard gesture:  Use a standard gesture. The double-tap and 
hold gesture tells iPod touch to interpret the next gesture as standard. For example, you can 
double-tap and hold, and...

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 •Touch typing:  Touch a key on the keyboard to select it, then lift your finger to enter the 
character. If you touch the wrong key, slide your finger to the key you want. VoiceOver 
speaks the character for each key as you touch it, but doesn’t enter a character until you lift 
your finger.
 •Choose standard or touch typing:  With VoiceOver turned on and a key selected on the 
keyboard, use the rotor to select Typing Mode, then swipe up or down.
Move the insertion...

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Write with your finger
Enter handwriting mode. Use the rotor to select Handwriting. If Handwriting isn’t in the rotor, go 
to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Rotor and add it.
Choose a character type. Swipe up or down with three fingers to choose lowercase, numbers, 
uppercase, or punctuation.
Hear the currently selected character type. Tap with three fingers.
Enter a character. Trace the character on the screen with your finger.
Enter a space. Swipe...

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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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You can use VoiceOver Help to learn the keyboard layout and the actions associated with various 
key combinations. VoiceOver Help speaks keys and keyboard commands as you type them, 
without performing the associated action.
VoiceOver keyboard commands
VO = Control-Option
 •Turn on VoiceOver help:  VO–K
 •Turn off VoiceOver help:  Escape
 •Select the next or previous item:  VO–Right Arrow or VO–Left Arrow
 •Double-tap to activate the selected item:  VO–Space bar
 •Press...