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Appendix A Accessibility 141
Speak Screen
iPod touch can read the contents of the screen to you, even if you don’t use VoiceOver.
Turn on Speak Screen. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Speech.
Have iPod touch speak the screen. Swipe down from the top of the screen with two ngers. Use
the controls that appear to pause speaking or adjust the rate.
Highlight what’s being spoken. Turn on Highlight Content, below the Speak Screen switch when
it’s turned on.
Use Siri. Say “speak screen.”
You can also have iPod touch read just text you select—see Speak Selection, above.
Speak Auto-text
Speak Auto-text speaks the text corrections and suggestions iPod touch makes when you type.
Turn Speak Auto-text on or o. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Speech.
Speak Auto-text also works with VoiceOver and Zoom.
Large, bold, and high-contrast text
Display larger text in apps such as Settings, Calendar, Contacts, Mail, Messages, and Notes.
Go to Settings > General > Text Size, then adjust the slider. For even larger text, go to Settings >
General > Accessibility > Larger Text, then turn on Larger Accessibility Sizes.
Display bolder text on iPod touch. 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
iPod touch 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 eect 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 iPod touch show an
additional label on on/o switches.
Add switch-setting labels. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility, then turn on On/O Labels.