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 > General > Accessibility, or use the Accessibility 
Shortcut. See below Accessibility Shortcut below.
Use iTunes to configure accessibility. You can choose some accessibility options in iTunes on 
your computer. Connect iPod touch to your computer and select iPod touch in the iTunes device 
list. Click Summary, then click Configure Accessibility at the bottom of the Summary screen.
For more information about iPod touch accessibility features, see www.apple.com/accessibility .
Accessibility Shortcut
Use the Accessibility Shortcut. Press the Home button quickly three times to turn any of these 
features on or off:
 •VoiceOver
 •Zoom
 •Invert Colors
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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, so you can use iPod touch without seeing it.
VoiceOver tells you about each item on the screen as you select it. The VoiceOver cursor (a 
rectangle) encloses the item and VoiceOver speaks its name or describes it.
Touch the screen or drag your finger over it to hear the items on the screen. When you select 
text, VoiceOver reads the text. If you turn on Speak Hints, VoiceOver may tell you the name of the 
item and provide instructions—for example, “double-tap to open.” To interact with items, such as 
buttons and links, use the gestures described in Learn VoiceOver gestures
 on page 11 5 .
When you go to a new screen, VoiceOver plays a sound, then selects and speaks the first item 
of the screen (typically, the item in the upper-left corner). VoiceOver also lets you know when 
the display changes to landscape or portrait orientation, and when the screen becomes locked 
or unlocked.
Note:  VoiceOver speaks in the language specified in International settings, which may be 
influenced by the Region Format setting in Settings > General > International. VoiceOver is 
available in many languages, but not all.
VoiceOver Basics
Important:  VoiceOver changes the gestures you use to control iPod touch. When VoiceOver is on, 
you must use VoiceOver gestures to operate iPod touch—even to turn VoiceOver off.
Turn VoiceOver on or off. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, or use the 
Accessibility Shortcut. See Accessibility Shortcut
 on page 111 .
Explore. Drag your finger over the screen. VoiceOver speaks each item you touch. Lift your finger 
to leave an item selected.
 •Select an item:  Tap it, or lift your finger while dragging over it.
 •Select the next or previous item:  Swipe right or left with one finger. Item order is left-to-right, 
top-to-bottom.
 •Select the item above or below:  Set the rotor to Vertical Navigation, then swipe up or down with 
one finger. If you don’t find Vertical Navigation in the rotor, you might need to add it; see  Use 
the VoiceOver rotor
 on page 11 6 .
 •Select the first or last item on the screen:  Tap with four fingers at the top or bottom of 
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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:  Select the item, then tap and hold with two fingers 
anywhere on the screen.
 •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.
 •Pause speaking:  Tap once with two fingers. Tap again with two fingers to resume, or select 
another item.
 •Mute VoiceOver:  Double-tap with three fingers. Repeat to unmute. If you’re using an external 
keyboard, press the Control key.
 •Silence sound effects:  Turn off Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Use 
Sound Effects.
Use a larger VoiceOver cursor. Turn on Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > 
Large Cursor.
Adjust the speaking voice. You can adjust characteristics of the VoiceOver speaking voice to 
make it easier for you to understand:
 •Change the speaking volume:  Use the volume buttons on iPod touch, or add volume to the 
rotor, then swipe up and down to adjust; see Use the VoiceOver rotor on page 11 6 .
 •Change the speaking rate:  Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver and drag 
the Speaking Rate slider. You can also add Speech Rate to the rotor, then swipe up or down 
to adjust.
 •Use pitch change:  VoiceOver uses a higher pitch when speaking the first item of a group (such 
as a list or table) and a lower pitch when speaking the last item of a group. Go to Settings > 
General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Use Pitch Change. 
 •Speak punctuation:  Set the rotor to Punctuation, then swipe up or down to to select how 
much you want to hear.
 •Change the language for iPod touch:  Go to Settings > General > International > Language. 
Pronunciation of some languages is affected by Settings > General > International > 
Region Format.
 •Set the default dialect for the chosen language:  Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > 
VoiceOver > Languages & Dialects.
 •Change pronunciation:  Set the rotor to Language, then swipe up or down. Language is 
available in the rotor only if you select more than one rotor language in Settings > General > 
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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 > General > 
Accessibility > VoiceOver > Languages & Dialects.
 •Change the basic reading voice:  Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver >  
Use Compact Voice.
Use iPod touch with VoiceOver
Unlock iPod touch. Press either the Home button or the Sleep/Wake button, swipe to select the 
Unlock slide, then double-tap the screen.
Enter your passcode silently. To avoid having your passcode spoken as you enter it, use 
handwriting; see  Write with your finger
 on page 11 8.
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 fingers.
 •Scroll continuously through a list:  Double-tap and hold until you hear three rising tones, then 
drag up or down.
 •Use the list index:  Some lists have an alphabetical index along the right side. The index can’t 
be selected by swiping—you must touch the index to select it. With the index selected, swipe 
up or down to move through the index. You can also double-tap, then slide your finger up 
or down.
 •Reorder a list:  You can change the order of items in some lists, such as the Rotor items in 
Accessibility settings. Select 
 to the right of an item, double-tap and hold until you hear 
three rising tones, then drag up or down.
Open Notification Center. Select any item in the status bar, then swipe down with three fingers. 
To dismiss Notification Center, do a two-finger scrub (move two fingers back and forth three 
times quickly, making a “z”).
Open Control Center. Select any item in the status bar, then swipe up with three fingers. To 
dismiss Control Center, do a two-finger scrub.
Switch apps. Press the Home button twice to see what’s running, then swipe left or right with 
one finger to select and tap to open. You can also set the rotor to Actions while viewing open 
apps and swipe up or down.
Rearrange your Home screen. Select an icon on the Home screen, double-tap and hold, then 
drag. Lift your finger when the icon is in its new location. Drag an icon to the edge of the screen 
to move it to another Home screen. You can continue to select and move items until you press 
the Home button.
Speak iPod touch status information. Tap the status bar at the top of the screen, then swipe left 
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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 VoiceOver gestures
When VoiceOver is on, standard touchscreen gestures have different effects, and additional 
gestures let you move around the screen and control individual items. VoiceOver gestures 
include two-, three-, and four-finger taps and swipes. For best results using multi-finger gestures, 
relax and let your fingers touch the screen with some space between them.
You can use different techniques to perform VoiceOver gestures. For example, you can perform 
a two-finger tap using two fingers of one hand, or one finger from each hand. You can even use 
your thumbs. Many use a split-tap gesture: instead of selecting an item and double-tapping, 
touch and hold an item with one finger, then tap the screen with another finger. Try different 
techniques to discover what works best for you.
Try different techniques to discover what works best for you. 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 iPod touch 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 VoiceOver Practice 
button, make sure VoiceOver is turned on.
Here’s a summary of key VoiceOver gestures:
Navigate and read
 •Tap:  Select and speak the item.
 •Swipe right or left:  Select the next or previous item.
 •Swipe up or down:  Depends on the rotor setting. See Use the VoiceOver rotor on page 11 6 .
 •Two-finger tap:  Stop speaking the current item.
 •Two-finger swipe up:  Read all from the top of the screen.
 •Two-finger swipe down:  Read all from the current position.
 •Two-finger scrub:  Move two fingers back and forth three times quickly (making a “z”) to dismiss 
an alert or go back to the previous screen.
 •Three-finger swipe up or down:  Scroll one page at a time.
 •Three-finger swipe right or left:  Go to the next or previous page (on the Home screen or in 
Stocks, for example).
 •Three-finger tap:  Speak additional information, such as position within a list or whether text 
is selected.
 •Four-finger tap at top of screen:  Select the first item on the page.
 •Four-finger tap at bottom of screen:  Select the last item on the page. 
						

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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 then without lifting your finger, drag your finger to slide a switch.
 •Two-finger double-tap:  Play or pause in Music, Videos, Voice Memos, or Photos. Take a photo in 
Camera. Start or pause recording in Camera or Voice Memos. Start or stop the stopwatch.
 •Two-finger double-tap and hold:  Relabel the selected item.
 •Two-finger triple-tap:  Open the Item Chooser.
 •Three-finger double-tap:  Mute or unmute VoiceOver.
 •Three-finger triple-tap:  Turn the screen curtain on or off.
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 iPod touch around a point between them.
Choose your rotor options. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Rotor and 
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 can use the rotor to switch between hearing text spoken word-by-
word or character-by-character when you swipe up or down. If you’re browsing a webpage, you 
can set the rotor to speak all text (word-by-word or character-by-character), or to jump to the 
next item of a certain type, such as a header or link.
When you use an Apple Wireless Keyboard to control VoiceOver, the rotor lets you adjust settings 
such as volume, speech rate, use of pitch or phonetics, typing echo, and reading of punctuation. 
See Use VoiceOver with an Apple Wireless Keyboard
 on page 11 9 .
Use the onscreen keyboard
When you activate an editable text field, the onscreen keyboard appears (unless you have an 
Apple Wireless Keyboard attached).
Activate a text field. Select the text field, then double-tap. The insertion point and the onscreen 
keyboard appear.
Enter text. Type characters using the onscreen keyboard:
 •Standard typing:  Select a key on the keyboard by swiping left or right, then double-tap to 
enter the character. Or move your finger around the keyboard to select a key and, while 
continuing to touch the key with one finger, tap the screen with another finger. VoiceOver 
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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 point. Swipe up or down to move the insertion point forward or backward in 
the text. Use the rotor to choose whether you want to move the insertion point by character, by 
word, or by line. 
VoiceOver makes a sound when the insertion point moves, and speaks the character, word, or 
line that the insertion point moves across. When moving forward by words, the insertion point 
is placed at the end of each word, before the space or punctuation that follows. When moving 
backward, the insertion point is placed at the end of the preceding word, before the space or 
punctuation that follows it.
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 is placed at the beginning of the 
line that’s spoken.
Change typing feedback. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > 
Typing Feedback.
Use phonetics in typing feedback. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > 
Phonetic Feedback. Text is read character by character. VoiceOver first speaks the character, then 
its phonetic equivalent—for example, “f ” and then “foxtrot.”
Delete a character. Use 
 with either standard or touch typing techniques. VoiceOver speaks 
each character as it’s deleted. If Use Pitch Change is on, VoiceOver speaks deleted characters in a 
lower pitch.
Select text. Set the rotor to Edit, swipe up or down to choose Select or Select All, then double-
tap. If you chose Select, the word closest to the insertion point is selected when you double-
tap. To increase or decrease the selection, do a two-finger scrub to dismiss the pop-up menu, 
then pinch.
Cut, copy, or paste. Set the rotor to Edit, select the text, swipe up or down to choose Cut, Copy, 
or Paste, then double-tap.
Undo. 
Shake iPod touch, swipe left or right to choose the action to undo, then double-tap.
Enter an accented character. In standard typing mode, select the plain character, then double-
tap and hold until you hear a sound indicating alternate characters have appeared. Drag left or 
right to select and hear the choices. Release your finger to enter the current selection.
Change the keyboard language. Set the rotor to Language, then swipe up or down. Choose 
“default language” to use the language specified in International settings. The Language rotor 
item appears only if you select more than one language in Settings > General > Accessibility > 
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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 right with two fingers.
Go to a new line. Swipe right with three fingers.
Delete the character before the insertion point. Swipe left with two fingers.
Select an item on the Home screen. Start writing the name of the item. If there are multiple 
matches, continue to spell the name until it is unique, or swipe up or down with two fingers to 
select a match candidate.
Enter your passcode silently. Set the rotor to Handwriting on the passcode screen, then write 
the characters of your passcode.
Skip to a letter in a table index. Select the index to the right of the table, then write the letter.
Set the rotor to a web browsing element type. While viewing a webpage, write the first letter of 
a page element type. For example, write “l” to have up or down swipes skip to links, or “h” to skip 
to headings.
Exit handwriting mode. Turn the rotor to a different selection.
Read math equations
VoiceOver can read aloud math equations that are encoded using:
 •MathML on the web
 •MathML or LaTeX in iBooks Author
Hear an equation. Have VoiceOver read the text as usual. VoiceOver says “math” before it starts 
reading an equation.
Explore the equation. Double tap the selected equation to display it full screen and move 
through it one element at a time. Swipe left or right to read elements of the equation. Use the 
rotor to select Symbols, Small Expressions, Medium Expressions, or Large Expressions, then swipe 
up or down to hear the next element of that size. You can continue to double-tap the selected 
element to “drill down” into the equation to focus on the selected element, then swipe left or 
right, up or down to read one part at a time.
Equations read by VoiceOver can also be output to a braille device using Nemeth code, as well 
as the codes used by Unified English Braille, British English, French, and Greek. See Support for 
braille displays
 on page 121 .
Use VoiceOver with Safari
Search the web. Select the search field, enter your search, then swipe right or left to move down 
or up the list of suggested search phrases. Then double-tap the screen to search the web using 
the selected phrase.
Skip to the next page element of a particular type. Set the rotor to the element type, then 
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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 available for all pages).
If you pair an Apple Wireless Keyboard with iPod touch, you can use single-key Quick Nav 
commands to navigate webpages. See Use VoiceOver with an Apple Wireless Keyboard on 
page 11 9 .
Use VoiceOver with Maps
With VoiceOver, you can zoom in or out, select a pin, or get information about a location.
Explore the map. Drag your finger around the screen, or swipe left or right to move to 
another item.
Zoom in or out. Select the map, set the rotor to Zoom, then swipe down or up with one finger.
Pan the map. Swipe with three fingers.
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.
Edit videos and voice memos with VoiceOver
You can use VoiceOver gestures to trim Camera videos and Voice Memo recordings.
Trim a video. While viewing a video in Photos, double-tap the screen to display the video 
controls. Select the trim beginning or trim end tool, then swipe up or down to adjust. VoiceOver 
announces the amount of time the current position will trim from the recording. To complete the 
trim, select Trim and double-tap.
Trim a voice memo. Select the memo in Voice Memos, tap Edit, then tap Start Trimming. Select 
the beginning or end of the selection, double-tap and hold, then drag to adjust. VoiceOver 
announces the amount of time the current position will trim from the recording. Tap Play to 
preview the trimmed recording. When you’ve got it the way you want it, tap Trim.
Use VoiceOver with an Apple Wireless Keyboard
You can control VoiceOver using an Apple Wireless Keyboard paired with iPod touch. See Use an 
Apple Wireless Keyboard
 on page 24 .
Use VoiceOver keyboard commands to navigate the screen, select items, read screen contents, 
adjust the rotor, and perform other VoiceOver actions. Most commands use the Control-Option 
key combination, abbreviated in the table that follow as “VO.” 
						

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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 the Home button:  VO–H
 •Touch and hold the selected item:  VO–Shift–M
 •Move to the status bar:  VO–M
 •Read from the current position:  VO–A
 •Read from the top:  VO–B
 •Pause or resume reading:  Control
 •Copy the last spoken text to the clipboard:  VO–Shift–C
 •Search for text:  VO–F
 •Mute or unmute VoiceOver:  VO–S
 •Open Notification Center:  Fn–VO–Up Arrow
 •Open Control Center:  Fn–VO–Down Arrow
 •Open the Item Chooser:  VO–I
 •Change the label of the selected item:  VO–/
 •Double-tap with two fingers:  VO–”-”
 •Adjust the rotor:  Use Quick Nav (see below)
 •Swipe up or down:  VO–Up Arrow or VO–Down Arrow
 •Adjust the speech rotor:  VO–Command–Left Arrow or VO–Command–Right Arrow
 •Adjust the setting specified by the speech rotor:  VO–Command–Up Arrow or VO–Command–
Down Arrow
 •Turn the screen curtain on or off:  VO–Shift–S
 •Return to the previous screen:  Escape
Quick Nav
Turn on Quick Nav to control VoiceOver using the arrow keys.
 •Turn Quick Nav on or off:  Left Arrow–Right Arrow
 •Select the next or previous item:  Right Arrow or Left Arrow
 •Select the next or previous item specified by the rotor:  Up Arrow or Down Arrow
 •Select the first or last item:  Control–Up Arrow or Control–Down Arrow
 •Double-tap to activate the selected item:  Up Arrow–Down Arrow
 •Scroll up, down, left, or right:  Option–Up Arrow, Option–Down Arrow, Option–Left Arrow, or 
Option–Right Arrow
 •Adjust the rotor:  Up Arrow–Left Arrow or Up Arrow–Right Arrow
You can also use the number keys on an Apple Wireless Keyboard to enter numbers in Calculator.