Apple IPod Touch IOS8 User Guide
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Chapter 28 Podcasts 121 Control playback Use the playback controls to go forward and back in a podcast, set the speed, skip episodes, and more. See a list of episodes. Tap to see more info. Drag to skip forward or back. Skip to the next episode. Tap to speed up or slow down. Tap to start over, or double-tap to go to the previous episode. See podcast info while you listen. Tap the podcast image on the Now Playing screen. Skip forward or back with greater accuracy. Move your finger toward the top of the screen as you drag the playhead left or right. When you’re close to the playback controls, you can scan quickly through the entire episode. When you’re close to the top of the screen, you can scan one second at a time. Use Siri. Say something like: •“Play podcasts” •“Play it twice as fast” •“Skip ahead 10 seconds” See a list of episodes. Tap to see more info. Drag to skip forward or back. Skip to the next episode. Tap to speed up or slow down. Tap to start over, or double-tap to go to the previous episode.
Chapter 28 Podcasts 12 2 Organize your favorites into stations Organize your favorite podcasts into custom stations, and update episodes automatically across all your devices. Organize selected podcasts and episodes into stations. Tap a station to choose episodes or change settings. Tap to play the latest episode. Delete or rearrange stations. Pull together episodes from different podcasts. To add episodes to your On-The-Go station, tap My Stations, tap On-The-Go, then tap Add. Or tap next to any episode in your library. You can also touch and hold any episode, then tap Add to On-The-Go. Create a station. Tap My Stations, then tap . Change the order of the station list or the podcasts in a station. Tap My Stations, tap Edit above the station list or the episode list, then drag up or down. Change the playback order for episodes in a station. Tap the station, then tap Settings. Rearrange your podcast library. Tap My Podcasts, tap list view in the upper right, tap Edit, then drag up or down. List oldest episodes first. Tap My Podcasts, tap a podcast, then tap Settings. Play podcasts from the station list. Tap next to the station name. Podcasts settings Go to Settings > Podcasts, where you can: •Choose to keep your podcast subscriptions up to date on all your devices •Choose how frequently Podcasts checks your subscriptions for new episodes •Have episodes downloaded automatically •Choose whether to keep episodes after you finish them Organize selected podcasts and episodes into stations. Tap a station to choose episodes or change settings. Tap to play the latest episode. Delete or rearrange stations.
29 12 3 Voice Memos Voice Memos at a glance Voice Memos lets you use iPod touch as a portable recording device. Use it with the built-in microphone, or a supported headset or external microphone. Drag recording level to position play/record head. Record, pause, or resume. Trim the recording. Switch playback between receiver and speaker. Save the recording. Your recordings Listen before saving. Record Make a recording. Tap or press the center button on your headset. Tap again to pause or resume. Recordings using the built-in microphone are mono, but you can record stereo using an external stereo microphone that works with the iPod touch headphones port or the Lightning connector. Look for accessories marked with the Apple “Made for iPod” or “Works with iPod” logo. Adjust the recording level. Move the microphone closer to what you’re recording. For better recording quality, the loudest level should be between –3 dB and 0 dB. Preview before saving. Tap to the left of the Record button. To position the play head, drag the recording level display left or right. Record over a section. Drag the recording level display to position the record/play head, then tap . Drag recording level to position play/record head. Record, pause, or resume. Trim the recording. Switch playback between receiver and speaker. Save the recording. Your recordings Listen before saving.
Chapter 29 Voice Memos 12 4 Trim the excess. Tap , then drag the red trim handles. Tap to check your edit. Adjust the trim handles if necessary, then tap Trim when you’re finished. Save the recording. Tap Done. Mute the start and stop tones. Use the iPod touch volume buttons to turn the volume all the way down. Multitask. To use another app while you’re recording, press the Home button, then open the other app. To return to Voice Memos, tap the red bar at the top of the screen. Play it back Trim or rename the recording. Listen to the recording. Tap a recording to play or edit it. Drag to skip ahead or rewind. Rename a recording. Tap the name of the recording. Move recordings to your computer You can sync voice memos with the iTunes library on your computer, and listen to them on your computer or sync them with another iPod touch or iPhone. When you delete a synced voice memo from iTunes, it stays on the device where it was recorded, but it’s deleted from any other iPod touch or iPhone you synced. If you delete a synced voice memo on iPod touch, it’s copied back to iPod touch the next time you sync with iTunes, but you can’t sync that copy back to iTunes a second time. Sync voice memos with iTunes. Connect iPod touch to your computer. Open iTunes on your computer, then select iPod touch. Select Music at the top of the screen, select Sync Music, select “Include voice memos,” then click Apply. Voice memos synced from iPod touch to your computer appear in the Music list and in the Voice Memos playlist in iTunes. Voice memos synced from your computer appear in the Voice Memos app on iPod touch, but not in the Music app. Trim or rename the recording. Listen to the recording. Tap a recording to play or edit it. Drag to skip ahead or rewind.
30 12 5 Contacts Contacts at a glance iPod touch lets you access and edit your contact lists from personal, business, and other accounts. Open in Mail. Open in Messages. Set your My Info card for Safari, Siri, and other apps. Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, tap My Info, then select the contact card with your name and information. Let Siri know who’s who. On your contact card, use Add Related Names to define relationships you want Siri to know about, so you can say things like “send a message to my sister.” Use Siri. Say, for example, “Sarah Castelblanco is my sister.” Find a contact. Tap the search field at the top of the contacts list, then enter your search. You can also search your contacts using Spotlight Search (see Spotlight Search on page 29). Use Siri. Say, for example, “What’s my brother’s work address?” Share a contact. Tap a contact, then tap Share Contact. See Share from apps on page 32 . Change a label. If a field has the wrong label, such as Home instead of Work, tap Edit. Then tap the label and choose one from the list, or tap Custom Field to create one of your own. Add your friends’ social profiles. While viewing a contact, tap Edit, then tap “add social profile.” You can add Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Flickr, Myspace, and Sina Weibo accounts, or create a custom entry. Delete a contact. Go to the contact’s card, then tap Edit. Scroll down, then tap Delete Contact. Open in Mail. Open in Messages.
Chapter 30 Contacts 12 6 Add contacts Besides entering contacts, you can: •Use your iCloud contacts: Go to Settings > iCloud, then turn on Contacts. •Import your Facebook Friends: Go to Settings > Facebook, then turn on Contacts in the “Allow These Apps to Use Your Accounts” list. This creates a Facebook group in Contacts. •Use your Google contacts: Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, tap your Google account, then turn on Contacts. •Access a Microsoft Exchange Global Address List: Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, tap your Exchange account, then turn on Contacts. •Set up an LDAP or CardDAV account to access business or school directories: Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Add Account > Other. Tap Add LDAP account or Add CardDAV account, then enter the account information. •Sync contacts from your computer: In iTunes on your computer, turn on contact syncing in the device info pane. For information, see iTunes Help. •Import contacts from a vCard: Tap a .vcf attachment in an email or message. Search a directory. Tap Groups, tap the GAL, CardDAV, or LDAP directory you want to search, then enter your search. To save a person’s info to your contacts, tap Add Contact. Show or hide a group. Tap Groups, then select the groups you want to see. This button appears only if you have more than one source of contacts. Update your contacts using Twitter, Facebook, and Sina Weibo. Go to Settings > Twitter, Settings > Facebook, or Settings > Sina Weibo, then tap Update Contacts. This updates contact photos and social media account names in Contacts. Unify contacts When you have contacts from multiple sources, you might have multiple entries for the same person. To keep redundant contacts from appearing in your All Contacts list, contacts from different sources that have the same name are linked and displayed as a single unified contact. When you view a unified contact, the title Unified Info appears. Link contacts. If two entries for the same person aren’t linked automatically, you can unify them manually. Edit one of the contacts, tap Edit, tap Link Contact, then choose the other contact entry to link to. If you link contacts with different first or last names, the names on the individual cards won’t change, but only one name appears on the unified card. To choose which name appears when you view the unified card, tap Edit, tap the linked card with the name you prefer, then tap Use This Name For Unified Card. Contacts settings Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, where you can: •Change how contacts are sorted •Display contacts by first or last name •Change how long names are shortened in lists •Choose to show recent contacts in the multitasking screen •Set a default account for new contacts •Set your My Info card
A 12 7 Appendix Accessibility Accessibility features iPod touch offers many accessibility features: Vision •VoiceOver •Support for braille displays •Zoom •Invert Colors and Grayscale •Speak Selection •Speak Screen •Speak Auto-text •Large, bold, and high-contrast text •Button Shapes •Reduce screen motion •On/off switch labels •Assignable tones •Video Descriptions Hearing •Hearing aids •Mono audio and balance •Subtitles and closed captions Interaction •Siri •Widescreen keyboards •Guided Access •Switch Control •AssistiveTouch Turn on accessibility features. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility, or use the Accessibility Shortcut. See Accessibility Shortcut on page 12 8 and work with VoiceOver. See Chapter 4, Siri, on page 41 Use iTunes on your computer to configure accessibility on iPod touch. You can choose some accessibility options in iTunes on your computer. Connect iPod touch to your computer, then 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/
Appendix A Accessibility 12 8 Accessibility Shortcut Use the Accessibility Shortcut. Press the Home button quickly three times to turn any of these features on or off: •VoiceOver •Invert Colors •Grayscale •Zoom •Switch Control •AssistiveTouch •Guided Access ( The shortcut starts Guided Access if it’s already turned on. See Guided Access on page 14 4.) •Hearing Aid Control (if you have paired Made for iPhone hearing aids) Choose the features you want to control. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut, then select the accessibility features you use. Not so fast. To slow down the triple-click speed, go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Home-click Speed. ( This also slows down double-clicks.) 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 131 . When you go to a new screen, VoiceOver plays a sound, then selects and speaks the first item of the screen (typically in the upper-left corner). VoiceOver also lets you know when the display changes to landscape or portrait orientation, and when the screen becomes dimmed or locked. Note: VoiceOver speaks in the language specified in Settings > General > Language & Region. 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 above. Use Siri. Say: •“Turn VoiceOver on” •“Turn VoiceOver off”
Appendix A Accessibility 12 9 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 can add it; see Use the VoiceOver rotor on page 13 2 . •Select the first or last item on the screen: Tap with four fingers at the top or bottom of the screen. •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. You can also use handwriting to select an item by writing its name; see Write with your finger on page 13 4. To dismiss the Item Chooser without making a selection, do a two-finger scrub (move two fingers back and forth three times quickly, making a “z”). •Change an item’s name so it’s easier to find: Select the item, then double-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: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then turn off Use Sound Effects. Use a larger VoiceOver cursor. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then turn on Large Cursor. Adjust the speaking voice. You can adjust the VoiceOver speaking voice: •Change the volume: Use the volume buttons on iPod touch. You can also add volume to the rotor, then swipe up and down to adjust; see Use the VoiceOver rotor on page 13 2 . •Change the speech rate: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then drag the Speaking Rate slider. You can also set the rotor to Speech Rate, 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 select how much you want to hear.
Appendix A Accessibility 13 0 •Control audio ducking: To choose whether audio that’s playing is turned down while VoiceOver speaks, set the rotor to Audio Ducking, then swipe up or down. •Change the language for iPod touch: Go to Settings > General > Language & Region. VoiceOver pronunciation of some languages is affected by the Region Format you choose there. •Change pronunciation: Set the rotor to Language, then swipe up or down. Language is available in the rotor only if you add a language at Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Speech > Rotor Languages. •Choose which dialects are available in the rotor: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Speech > Rotor Languages. To adjust voice quality or speaking rate, tap next to the language. To remove languages from the rotor or change their order, tap Edit, tap the delete button or drag up or down, then tap Done. •Set the default dialect for the current iPod touch language: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Speech. •Download an enhanced quality reading voice: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Speech, tap a language, then tap Enhanced Quality. If you’re using English, you can choose to download Alex (869 MB), the same high-quality U.S. English voice used for VoiceOver on Mac computers. Use iPod touch with VoiceOver Unlock iPod touch. Press either the Home button or the Sleep/Wake button, swipe to select the Unlock button, 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 13 4. 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. For example, to drag a volume slider with your finger instead of swiping up and down, select the slider, double-tap and hold, wait for the three tones, then slide left or right. 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 table index along the right side. Select the index, then swipe up or down to move through the index. You can also double-tap, hold, 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.