Accessibility of an

Ipad

By: Kristien Davis

Simplify

First, go into Settings > General > Gestures

and turn these off. Now a tap is a tap and
won’t activate anything else. Next, go to
Settings > General > Accessibility >
AssistiveTouch and turn Assistive Touch on.
Now your child can use all their fingers or
just one finger to do complicated moves on
the screen. Finally, go to Settings >
Notifications and turn notifications off for all
of the apps or customize which apps do or
do not allow notifications by going through
each app and turning Allow Notifications on
or off to your preference.
Switch Control

Switch access for the iPad allows users to

interact with one or two large buttons rather
than have to maneuver through the
complexities of the touch screen. Go to
Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch
Control to turn Switch Control on. You can
then tell the iPad how many switches you
wish to use and you can fully customize how
the switches interact with the iPad, from
changing the cursor speed, size and color to
adding sound effects and speech options
(which is perfect for children who are
visually impaired)
 Vision

Go to Settings > General > Accessibility and

you have a few options to change the way
your screen looks. You can Zoom to magnify
the entire screen.

This setting is often used for younger

children learning how to navigate, or older
people who have trouble seeing.
 Voice Over

VoiceOver is the built in screenreader that

comes with all Apple products.

(to set this up you need to go into Settings >

General > Accessibility > Speech > Speak
Screen). With increased accessibility in
iTunes Movies and TV. Just go to Settings >
General > Accessibility > Audio Descriptions
and now the accessible audio descriptions
on videos will play automatically whenever
available.
 Hearing Impairments

You have complete control over how the

audio is played back through speakers or
headphones on your iPad. Many songs or
videos split their audio so that the left and
right ear jacks hear different sounds. But if
you go to Settings > General > Accessibility
> Hearing you can turn Mono Audio on so
that both ear jacks receive the same sounds.
You can also play with the left and right
audio volumes separately, allowing you to
leave one louder than the other if you wish.