for iOS 5.0 software

AssistiveTouch
AssistiveTouch helps you use iPod touch if you have diculty touching the screen or pressing
the buttons. You can use a compatible adaptive accessory (such as a joystick) together with
AssistiveTouch to control iPod touch. You can also use AssistiveTouch without an accessory to
perform gestures that are dicult for you.
Turn on AssistiveTouch: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > AssistiveTouch. You can also
set Triple-click Home to turn AssistiveTouch on or o; go to Settings > General > Accessibility >
Triple-click Home.
Adjust the tracking speed Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > AssistiveTouch > Touch speed.
Show or hide the AssistiveTouch
menu
Click the secondary button on your accessory.
Hide the menu button Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > AssistiveTouch >
Always Show Menu.
Perform a ick or drag that uses
2, 3, 4, or 5 ngers
Tap the menu button, tap Gestures, and then tap the number of digits
needed for the gesture. When the corresponding circles appear on the
screen, ick or drag in the direction required by the gesture. When you
nish, tap the menu button.
Perform a pinch gesture Tap the menu button, tap Favorites, and then tap Pinch. When the pinch
circles appear, touch anywhere on the screen to move the pinch circles,
then drag the pinch circles in or out to perform a pinch gesture. When you
nish, tap the menu button.
Create your own gesture Tap the menu button, tap Favorites, and then tap an empty gesture
placeholder. Or, go to Settings > General > Accessibility > AssistiveTouch >
“Create custom gesture.”
Lock or rotate the screen, adjust
iPod touch volume, or simulate
shaking iPod touch
Tap the menu button, then tap Device.
Simulate pressing the Home button Tap the menu button, then tap Home.
Move the menu button Drag it to any location on the screen.
Exit a menu without performing
a gesture
Tap anywhere outside the menu.
Universal Access in Mac OS X
Take advantage of the Universal Access features in Mac OS X when you use iTunes to sync
information and content from your iTunes library to iPod touch. In the Finder, choose Help >
Mac Help, then search for “universal access.”
For more information about iPod touch and Mac OS X accessibility features, go to
www.apple.com/accessibility.
Minimum font size for mail messages
To increase readability, you can set the minimum font size for Mail message text to Large, Extra
Large, or Giant.
Set the minimum mail message font size: Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars >
Minimum Font Size.
The Large Text setting overrides this minimum font size.
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