Apple Iphone IOS 7 User Guide

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Use VoiceOver with an Apple Wireless Keyboard
You can control VoiceOver using an Apple Wireless Keyboard paired with iPhone. See Use an 
Apple Wireless Keyboard
 on page 26.
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.” 
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
 •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
 •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
 •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 
						

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You can also use the number keys on an Apple Wireless Keyboard to dial a phone number in 
Phone or enter numbers in Calculator.
Single-key Quick Nav for web browsing
When you view a webpage with Quick Nav on, you can use the following keys on the keyboard 
to navigate the page quickly. Typing the key moves to the next item of the indicated type. To 
move to the previous item, hold the Shift key as you type the letter.
 •Heading:  H
 •Link:  L
 •Text field:  R
 •Button:  B
 •Form control:  C
 •Image:  I
 •Table:  T
 •Static text:  S
 •ARIA landmark:  W
 •List:  X
 •Item of the same type:  M
 •Level 1 heading:  1
 •Level 2 heading:  2
 •Level 3 heading:  3
 •Level 4 heading:  4
 •Level 5 heading:  5
 •Level 6 heading:  6
Text editing
Use these commands (with Quick Nav turned off ) to work with text. VoiceOver reads the text as 
you move the insertion point.
 •Go forward or back one character:  Right Arrow or Left Arrow
 •Go forward or back one word:  Option–Right Arrow or Option–Left Arrow
 •Go up or down one line:  Up Arrow or Down Arrow
 •Go to the beginning or end of the line:  Command–Left Arrow or Command–Down Arrow
 •Go to the beginning or end of the paragraph:  Option–Up Arrow or Option–Down Arrow
 •Go to the previous or next paragraph:  Option–Up Arrow or Option–Down Arrow
 •Go to the top or bottom of the text field:  Command–Up Arrow or Command–Down Arrow
 •Select text as you move:  Shift + any of the insertion point movement commands above
 •Select all text:  Command–A
 •Copy, cut, or paste the selected text:  Command–C, Command–X, or Command–V
 •Undo or redo last change:  Command–Z or Shift–Command–Z 
						

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Support for braille displays
You can use a Bluetooth braille display to read VoiceOver output, and you can use a braille 
display with input keys and other controls to control iPhone when VoiceOver is turned on. For a 
list of supported braille displays, see www.apple.com/accessibility/ios/braille-display.html.
Connect a braille display. Turn on the display, then go to Settings > Bluetooth and turn on 
Bluetooth. Then, go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Braille and choose 
the display.
Adjust Braille settings. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Braille, where  
you can:
 •Turn on contracted braille
 •Turn off automatic braille translation
 •Turn off eight-dot braille
 •Turn on the status cell and choose its location
 •Turn on Nemeth code for equations
 •Display the onscreen keyboard
 •Change the braille translation from Unified English
For information about common braille commands for VoiceOver navigation, and for information 
specific to certain displays, see support.apple.com/kb/HT4400.
The braille display uses the language that’s set for Voice Control. This is normally the language 
set for iPhone in Settings > International > Language. You can use the VoiceOver language 
setting to set a different language for VoiceOver and braille displays.
Set the language for VoiceOver. Go to Settings > General > International > Voice Control.
If you change the language for iPhone, you may need to reset the language for VoiceOver and 
your braille display.
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 additional text to the right
Set the leftmost or rightmost cell to display status information. Go to Settings > General > 
Accessibility > VoiceOver > Braille > Status Cell and tap Left or Right. 
See an expanded description of the status cell. On your braille display, press the status cell’s 
router button.
Siri
With Siri, you can do things like opening apps just by asking, and VoiceOver can read Siri 
responses to you. See Chapter 4, Siri, on page 40. 
						

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Zoom
Many apps let you zoom in or out on specific items. For example, you can double-tap or pinch 
to expand webpage columns in Safari. There’s also a Zoom accessibility feature that lets you 
magnify the entire screen of any app you’re using. You can use Zoom together with VoiceOver.
Turn Zoom on or off. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Zoom. Or, use the Accessibility 
Shortcut. See Accessibility Shortcut
 on page 12 3.
Zoom in or out. Double-tap the screen with three fingers.
Vary the magnification. With three fingers, tap and 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. Once you start dragging, you can drag with a single finger. iPhone 
returns to the adjusted magnification when you zoom out and in again using the three-finger 
double-tap.
Pan around the screen. While zoomed in, drag the screen with three fingers. Once you start 
dragging, you can continue with just one finger. Or, hold a single finger near the edge of the 
screen to pan to that side. Move your finger closer to the edge to pan more quickly. When you 
open a new screen, Zoom goes to the upper-middle of the screen.
While using Zoom with an Apple Wireless Keyboard (see Use an Apple Wireless Keyboard
 on 
page 26), the screen image follows the insertion point, keeping it in the center of the display.
Invert Colors
Sometimes, inverting the colors on the iPhone screen may make it easier to read. When Invert 
Colors is turned on, the screen looks like a photographic negative.
Invert the screen’s colors. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Invert Colors.
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 > Speak Selection. There you 
can also:
 •Choose a language, dialect, and voice quality
 •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.
Speak Auto-text
Speak Auto-text speaks the text corrections and suggestions iPhone makes when you type.
Turn Speak Auto-text on or off. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Speak Auto-text.
Speak Auto-text also works with VoiceOver and Zoom. 
						

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Large, bold, and high-contrast text
Display larger text in apps such as Calendar, Contacts, Mail, Messages, and Notes. Go to 
Settings > General > Accessibility > Larger Type, where you can turn on Larger Dynamic Type 
and adjust the font size.
Display bolder text on iPhone. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility and turn on Bold Text.
Increase text contrast where possible. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility and turn on 
Increase Contrast.
Reduce onscreen motion
You can stop the movement of some screen elements, such as the parallax of the wallpaper 
behind home screen icons.
Reduce motion. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility and 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 and turn on On/Off Labels.
Hearing aids
Made for iPhone hearing aids
If you have a Made for iPhone hearing aid (available for iPhone 4s or later), you can use iPhone to 
adjust its settings to suit your listening needs.
Adjust hearing aid settings and view status. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility >  
Hearing Aids, or set the Accessibility Shortcut to open Hearing Aid Control. See  Accessibility 
Shortcut
 on page 12 3 . 
For shortcut access from the Lock screen, turn on Settings > Accessibility > Hearing Aids > 
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) should receive streaming audio.
 •Control Live Listen.
Use iPhone as a remote microphone. You can use Live Listen to stream sound from the 
microphone in iPhone to your hearing aids. This can help you hear better in some situations by 
positioning the iPhone nearer the sound source. Triple-click the Home button, choose Hearing 
Aids, then tap Start Live Listen.
Stream audio to your hearing aids. Stream audio from Phone, Siri, Music, Videos and more by 
choosing your hearing aids from the AirPlay menu 
.
Hearing Aid Mode
iPhone has a Hearing Aid Mode that, when activated, may reduce interference with some 
hearing aid models. Hearing Aid Mode reduces the transmission power of the cellular radio in 
the GSM 1900 MHz band and may result in decreased 2G cellular coverage.
Activate Hearing Aid Mode. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Hearing Aids. 
						

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Hearing aid compatibility
The FCC has adopted hearing aid compatibility (HAC) rules for digital wireless phones. These 
rules require certain phones to be tested and rated under the American National Standard 
Institute (ANSI) C63.19-2007 hearing aid compatibility standards. 
The ANSI standard for hearing aid compatibility contains two types of ratings:
 •An “M” rating for reduced radio frequency interference to enable acoustic coupling with 
hearing aids that are not operating in telecoil mode
 •A “T” rating for inductive coupling with hearing aids operating in telecoil mode
These ratings are given on a scale from one to four, where four is the most compatible. A phone 
is considered hearing aid compatible under FCC rules if it is rated M3 or M4 for acoustic coupling 
and T3 or T4 for inductive coupling.
For iPhone hearing aid compatibility ratings, see www.apple.com/support/hac .
Hearing aid compatibility ratings don’t guarantee that a particular hearing aid works with a 
particular phone. Some hearing aids may work well with phones that don’t meet particular 
ratings. To ensure interoperability between a hearing aid and a phone, try using them together 
before purchase.
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 
for information on hearing aid compatibility. If you have questions about return or exchange 
policies, consult your service provider or phone retailer.
Subtitles and closed captions
The Videos app includes an Alternate Track button , which you can tap to choose subtitles and 
captions offered by the video you’re watching. Standard subtitles and captions are usually listed, 
but if you prefer special accessible captions, such as subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing 
(SDH), you can set iPhone to list them instead when they’re available.
Prefer accessible subtitles and closed captions for the hard of hearing in the list of available 
subtitles and captions. Turn on Settings > General > Accessibility > Subtitles & Captioning > 
Closed Captions + SDH. This also turns on subtitles and captions in the Videos app.
Choose from available subtitles and captions. Tap 
 while watching a video in Videos.
Customize your subtitles and captions. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Subtitles & 
Captioning > Style, where you can choose an existing caption style or create a new style based 
on your choice of:
 •Font, size, and color
 •Background color and opacity
 •Text opacity, edge style, and highlight
Not all videos include closed captions. 
						

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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 the iPhone). This works only when iPhone is 
locked or asleep. Available for iPhone 4 or later.
Turn on LED Flash for Alerts. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > LED Flash for Alerts.
Mono audio and balance
Mono Audio combines the left and right stereo channels into a mono signal played on both 
channels. You can adjust the balance of the mono signal for greater volume on the right or 
left channel.
Turn Mono Audio on or off and adjust the balance. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > 
Mono Audio.
Call audio routing
You can have the audio of incoming calls automatically routed to a headset or speaker phone 
instead of the iPhone receiver.
Reroute audio for incoming calls. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Incoming Calls and 
choose how you want to hear your calls.
You can also have audio from calls routed to your hearing aids; see Hearing aids
 on page 13 5.
Assignable ringtones and vibrations
You can assign distinctive ringtones to people in your contacts list for audible caller ID. You can 
also assign vibration patterns for notifications from specific apps, for phone calls, for FaceTime 
calls or messages from special contacts, and to alert you of a variety of other events, including 
new voicemail, new mail, sent mail, Tweet, Facebook Post, and reminders. Choose from existing 
patterns, or create new ones. See Sounds and silence
 on page 31. 
You can purchase ringtones from the iTunes Store on iPhone. See Chapter 22, iTunes Store, on 
page 10 0 .
Phone noise cancellation
iPhone uses ambient noise cancellation to reduce background noise. 
Turn noise cancellation on or off. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Phone 
Noise Cancellation.
Guided Access
Guided Access helps an iPhone user stay focused on a task. Guided Access dedicates iPhone to a 
single app, and lets you control app features. Use Guided Access to:
 •Temporarily restrict iPhone to a particular app
 •Disable areas of the screen that aren’t relevant to a task, or areas where an accidental gesture 
might cause a distraction
 •Disable the iPhone Sleep/Wake or volume buttons 
						

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Turn on Guided Access. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Guided Access, where you can:
 •Turn Guided Access on or off
 •Set a passcode that controls the use of Guided Access and prevents someone from leaving  
a session
 •Set whether other accessibility shortcuts are available during a session
Start a Guided Access session. Open the app you want to run, then triple-click the Home button. 
Adjust settings for the session, then click Start.
 •Disable app controls and areas of the app screen:  Circle any part of the screen you want to 
disable. Use the handles to adjust the area.
 •Enable the Sleep/Wake or Volume buttons:  Tap Options and turn on the buttons.
 •Ignore all screen touches:  Turn off Touch.
 •Keep iPhone from switching from portrait to landscape or from responding to any other motions:  
Turn off Motion.
End a Guided Access session. Triple-click the Home button, enter the Guided Access passcode, 
and tap End.
Switch Control
Switch Control lets you control iPhone using a single switch or multiple switches. Use any of 
several methods to perform actions such as selecting, tapping, dragging, typing, and even free-
hand drawing. The basic technique is to use a switch to select an item or location on the screen, 
and then use the same (or different) switch to choose an action to perform on that item or 
location. Three basic methods are:
 •Item scanning (default), which highlights different items on the screen until you select one.
 •Point scanning, which lets you use scanning crosshairs to pick a screen location.
 •Manual selection, which lets you move from item to item on demand (requires multiple 
switches).
Whichever method you use, when you select an individual item (rather than a group), a menu 
appears so you can choose how to act on the selected item (tap, drag, or pinch, for example).
If you use multiple switches, you can set up each switch to perform a specific action and 
customize your item selection method. For example, instead of automatically scanning screen 
items, you can set up switches to move to the next or previous item on demand.
You can adjust the behavior of Switch Control in a variety of ways, to suit your specific needs 
and style.
Add a switch and turn on Switch Control
You can use any of these as a switch:
 •An external adaptive switch. Choose from a variety of popular USB or Bluetooth switches.
 •The iPhone screen. Tap on the screen to trigger the switch.
 •The iPhone FaceTime camera. Move your head to trigger the switch. You can use the camera as 
two switches; one when you move your head to the left, and the other when you move your 
head to the right.
Add a switch and choose its action. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control > 
Switches. 
						

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Turn on Switch Control. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control.
Turn off Switch Control. Use any scanning method to select Settings > General > Accessibility > 
Switch Control.
Bail out! Triple-click the Home button at any time to exit from Switch Control.
Basic techniques
These techniques work whether you’re scanning by item or by point.
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.
Display available actions. Select an item using the Select Item switch. Available actions appear 
in the control menu that appears.
Tap an item. Use your selection method to choose Tap from the control menu that appears 
when you select the item. Or turn on Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control >  
Auto Tap, then just select an item and do nothing for the Auto Tap interval (0.75 seconds if 
you haven’t adjusted it). Or set up a switch specifically to perform the tap gesture at Settings > 
General > Accessibility > Switch Control > Switches.
Perform other gestures or actions. Select the gesture or action from the control menu that 
appears when you select the item. If you have Auto Tap turned on, trigger your switch within the 
Auto Tap interval, then select the gesture. If there is more than one page of actions available, tap 
the dots at the bottom of the menu to go to another page.
Dismiss the control menu. Tap while all the icons in the menu are dimmed.
Scroll the screen to see more items. Select any item on the screen, then choose Scroll from the 
control menu.
Perform a hardware action. Select any item, then select Device from the menu that appears. You 
can use the menu to mimic these actions:
 •Click the Home button
 •Double-click the Home button for multitasking
 •Open Notification Center or Control Center
 •Press the Sleep/Wake button to lock iPhone
 •Rotate iPhone
 •Flip the Mute switch
 •Press the volume buttons
 •Hold down the Home button to open Siri
 •Triple-click the Home button
 •Shake iPhone
 •Press Home and Sleep/Wake buttons simultaneously to take a screenshot
Item scanning
Item scanning alternately highlights each item or group of items on the screen until you trigger 
your Select Item switch to select the highlighted item. When you select a group, highlighting 
continues with the items in the group. Scanning stops and a menu of actions appears when you 
select a unique item. Item scanning is the default when you first turn on Switch Control. 
						

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Select an item or enter a group. Watch (or listen) as items are highlighted. When the item you 
want to control (or the group containing the item) is highlighted, trigger your Select Item switch. 
Work your way down in the hierarchy of items until you select the individual item you want 
to control.
Back out of a group. Trigger your switch when the the dashed highlight around the group or 
item appears.
Tap the selected item. Choose Tap from the menu that appears when you select the item. Or, if 
you have Auto Tap enabled, just do nothing for three-quarters of a second.
Perform another action. Select any item, then select the action from the menu that appears. If 
you have Auto Tap turned on, act on your switch within three quarters of a second of selecting 
an item in order to display a menu of available gestures.
Point scanning
Point scanning lets you select an item on the screen by pinpointing it with scanning crosshairs.
Turn on point scanning. Use item scanning to select Settings from the menu, then select Item 
Mode to toggle it to Point Mode. The vertical crosshair appears when you close the menu.
Return to item scanning. Select Settings from the control menu, then select Point Mode to 
toggle it to Item Mode.
Settings and adjustments
Adjust basic settings. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control, where you can:
 •Add switches
 •Turn off auto scanning (if you’ve added a “Move to Next Item” switch)
 •Adjust the scanning interval
 •Set scanning to pause on the first item in a group
 •Choose how many times to cycle through the screen before hiding Switch Control
 •Turn Auto Tap on or off and set the interval for performing a second switch action to show the 
control menu
 •Set whether a movement action is repeated when you hold down a switch, and how long to 
wait before repeating
 •Set whether and how long you need to hold a switch down before it is accepted as a switch 
action
 •Have Switch Control ignore accidental repeated switch triggers
 •Adjust point scanning speed
 •Turn on sound effects or speech
 •Select the items you want to see in the menu
 •Make the selection cursor larger or a different color
 •Set whether items should be grouped while item scanning
 •Save custom gestures that you can choose from the Action portion of the control menu.
Fine-tune Switch Control. Choose Settings from the control menu to:
 •Adjust scanning speed
 •Change the location of the control menu
 •Switch between item scan mode and point scan mode
 •Choose whether point scan mode displays crosshairs or a grid