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
Anexternaladaptiveswitch:ChooseaBluetoothswitchorMadeForiPhone(MFi)switchthat
plugsintotheLightningconnectoroniPad.
TheiPadscreen:Tapthescreentotriggertheswitch.
TheiPadfrontcamera:Moveyourheadleftorrightwhilefacingthecameratotriggertheswitch.
Beforeyouaddanexternalswitch,connectittoiPad,followingtheinstructionsthatcamewiththe
switch.IftheswitchconnectsusingBluetooth,pairitwithiPad—turnontheswitch,gotoSettings
>Bluetooth,turnonBluetooth,tapthenameoftheswitch,thenfollowtheonscreeninstructions.
1. GotoSettings>Accessibility>SwitchControl>Switches.
2. TapAddNewSwitch,thenchooseasource.
3. Assignanactiontotheswitch.
ToensureSwitchControlfunctionscorrectly,youmustassigntheSelectItemactiontoatleast
oneswitch.
ChooseascanningstyleandcustomizeSwitchControl
YoucanadjustthebehaviorofSwitchControlinavarietyofways,tosuityourspecificneedsand
style.
1. GotoSettings >Accessibility>SwitchControl.
2. TapScanningStyle,thenchooseoneofthefollowing:
AutoScanning:Thefocusautomaticallymovestothenextitemafteraspecifiedduration.
ManualScanning:Youtriggeraswitchtomovethefocustothenextitem(requiresmultiple
switches).
SingleSwitchStepScanning:Youtriggeraswitchtomovethefocustothenextitem;ifno
actionistakenwithaspecifiedduration,theitemwiththefocusisautomaticallyactivated.
3. CustomizeSwitchControlbysettingoptionssuchasthefollowing:
Switches:Addswitchesandspecifytheirfunction.
Recipes:Create,edit,andchooserecipestotemporarilyassignspecialactionstoswitches.
AutoScanningTime:Adjusttheitemscanningspeed.
PauseonFirstItem:Setscanningtopauseonthefirstiteminagroup.
Loops:ChoosehowmanytimestocyclethroughthescreenbeforehidingSwitchControl.
MoveRepeat:Setthedelaybeforemovingtothepreviousornextitemwhileaswitchis
pressed.
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