User's Manual

Appendix A Accessibility 172
Large, bold, and high-contrast text
Display larger text in apps such as Settings, Calendar, Contacts, Mail, Messages, and Notes. Go
to Settings > General > Accessibility > Larger Text, then turn on Larger Accessibility Sizes.
Display bolder text on iPhone. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility, then turn on Bold Text.
Increase text contrast where possible. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility, then turn on
Increase Contrast.
Button Shapes
iPhone can add a colored background shape or an underline to buttons so they’re easier to see.
Emphasize buttons. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility, then turn on Button Shapes.
Reduce screen motion
You can stop the movement of some screen elements, for example, the parallax eect of icons
and alerts against the wallpaper, or motion transitions.
Reduce motion. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility, then turn on Reduce Motion.
On/o switch labels
To make it easier to see whether a setting is on or o, you can have iPhone show an additional
label on on/o switches.
Add switch-setting labels. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility, then turn on the On/O
Labels switch.
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 notications from specic 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 38.
You can purchase ringtones from the iTunes Store on iPhone. See Chapter 22, iTunes Store, on
page 125.
Audio Descriptions
Audio descriptions provide an audible description of video scenes. If you have a video that
includes audio descriptions, iPhone can play them for you.
Turn on Audio Descriptions. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Audio Descriptions.
Hearing aids
Made for iPhone hearing aids
If you have Made for iPhone hearing aids, you can use iPhone to adjust their settings, stream
audio, or use iPhone as a remote mic.
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