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Appendix A Accessibility 158
Turn on accessibility features. With your voice, you can turn on many accessibility features just
by asking Siri (“turn on VoiceOver,” for example). See Siri on page 175 and Make requests on
page 50. Or go to Settings > General > Accessibility, or use the Accessibility Shortcut. See
Accessibility Shortcut on page 158 below.
Use iTunes on your computer to congure accessibility on iPhone. In iTunes you can choose to
enable a limited number of accessibility features, including VoiceOver, Zoom, invert colors, speak
auto-text, mono audio, and show closed captions where available. Click Summary, then click
Congure Accessibility at the bottom of the Summary screen.
For more information about iPhone accessibility features, see www.apple.com/accessibility/.
Accessibility Shortcut
Use the Accessibility Shortcut. After setting up an accessibility shortcut, press the Home button
quickly three times to engage the associated feature. Features include:
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Touch Accommodations
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VoiceOver
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Invert Colors
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Grayscale
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Zoom
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Switch Control
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AssistiveTouch
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Guided Access (The shortcut starts Guided Access if it’s already turned on. See Guided
Access on page 175.)
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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
Button. (This also slows down double-clicks.)
VoiceOver
VoiceOver describes aloud what appears onscreen, so you can use iPhone 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 nger 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 161.
When you go to a new screen, VoiceOver plays a sound, then selects and speaks the rst item
on 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 specied in Settings > General > Language & Region.
VoiceOver is available in many languages, but not all.
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