User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- Use iPad with iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, and PC
- Accessibility
- Get started with accessibility features on iPad
- Turn on accessibility features during setup
- Change accessibility settings
- VoiceOver
- Turn on and practice VoiceOver on iPad
- Change your VoiceOver settings on iPad
- Learn VoiceOver gestures on iPad
- Operate iPad using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor on iPad
- Use the onscreen keyboard with VoiceOver on iPad
- Write with your finger using VoiceOver on iPad
- Use VoiceOver on iPad with an Apple external keyboard
- Use a braille display with VoiceOver on iPad
- Type braille directly on iPad using VoiceOver
- Customize VoiceOver gestures and keyboard shortcuts on iPad
- Use VoiceOver on iPad with a pointer device
- Use VoiceOver in apps on iPad
- Vision
- Zoom in on the iPad screen
- Magnify nearby objects with Magnifier on iPad
- Detect people around you using Magnifier on iPad
- Adjust the display and text size on iPad
- Reduce or stop the motion of screen elements on iPad
- Hear iPad speak the screen, selected text, and typing feedback
- Hear audio descriptions for video content on iPad
- Touch
- Physical and Motor
- Change Face ID and attention settings on iPad
- Switch Control
- Use Voice Control to interact with iPad
- Adjust settings for the Home or top button
- Use buttons on the Apple TV Remote on iPad
- Change the pointer appearance when using a mouse or trackpad with iPad
- Adjust the onscreen and external keyboard settings on iPad
- Adjust the settings for AirPods Max and AirPods Pro on iPad
- Change Apple Pencil (2nd generation) settings
- Hearing
- General
- Get started with accessibility features on iPad
Createcustomgestures
Youcanaddyourfavoritegestures(suchastouchandholdortwo-fingerrotation)tothe
AssistiveTouchmenu.Youcanevencreateseveralgestureswithdifferentdegreesofrotation.
1. GotoSettings >Accessibility>Touch>AssistiveTouch>CreateNewGesture.
2. Performyourgestureontherecordingscreen.Forexample:
Touch-and-holdgesture:Touchandholdyourfingerinonespotuntiltherecordingprogress
barreacheshalfway,thenliftyourfinger.Becarefulnottomoveyourfingerwhilerecording,or
thegesturewillberecordedasadrag.
Two-fingerrotationgesture:RotatetwofingersontheiPadscreenaroundapointbetween
them.(Youcandothiswithasinglefingerorstylus—justcreateeacharcseparately,oneafter
theother.)
Ifyourecordasequenceoftapsordraggestures,theyʼreallplayedbackatthesametime.For
example,usingonefingerorastylustorecordfourseparate,sequentialtapsatfourlocationson
thescreencreatesasimultaneousfour-fingertap.
3. Ifyourgesturedoesnʼtturnoutquiteright,tapCancel,thentryagain.
4. Whenyouʼresatisfiedwithyourgesture,tapSave,thennamethegesture.
Touseyourcustomgesture,taptheAssistiveTouchmenubutton,tapCustom,thenchoosethe
gesture.Whenthebluecirclesrepresentingyourgestureappear,dragthemtowhereyouwanttouse
thegesture,thenrelease.
AdjusttouchsettingsoniPad
Ifyouhavedifficultyusingthetouchscreenorbuttons,youcanchangehowiPadrespondstoyour
touch.
AdjustHapticTouchsettings
Youcanadjustthetimeneededfortouch-and-holdgestures.
1. GotoSettings >Accessibility>Touch>HapticTouch,thenchooseFastorSlow.
2. Testyournewsettingsontheimageatthebottomofthescreen.
Usetouchaccommodations
1. GotoSettings >Accessibility>Touch>TouchAccommodations.
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