IOS Features on iPad

iPad Accessibility
By: Christa Kerns
Apple iPad with ios
•Powerful assistive features are built into iPad to complement your vision, hearing, motor skills, learning, and
literacy. So you can create, learn, work, play, and do pretty much anything you want to do, wherever you want to
do it, more easily than ever.

•Apple has created features to relate to almost any need a person might have and found ways to make tasks easier.
Voiceover
•VoiceOver is a gesture-based screen reader that lets you
enjoy iPad even if you don’t see the screen. With VoiceOver
enabled, just triple-click the Home button to access it
wherever you are in iOS. Hear a description of everything
happening on your screen, from battery level to who’s
calling to which app your finger is on. You can also adjust
the speaking rate and pitch to suit you.
 •High-quality video and a fast frame rate
make FaceTime ideal for people who

facetime communicate using sign language. And

because Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
all come equipped with FaceTime, you can
talk to iOS and mac users across the street
or across the globe.

•This is an easy and convenient way for

people to communicate in a way other than
talk or text. Access right from home screen
with green and white camera icon.
Monoaudio •When you’re using headphones, you may miss some
audio if you’re hard of hearing or deaf in one ear.
That’s because stereo recordings usually have
distinct left- and right-channel audio tracks. iOS
can help by playing both audio channels in both ears,
and letting you adjust the balance for greater
volume in either ear, so you won’t miss a single
word.
Switch control
•Built directly into iOS, Switch Control is a
powerful accessibility technology for anyone with
extensive physical motor limitations. Switch
Control allows you to navigate sequentially
through onscreen items and perform specific
actions using a variety of Bluetooth-enabled switch
hardware. It also has features like expanded word
prediction and a media playback menu to make it
easier to use.
 •Guided Access helps people with autism or
Guided access other attention and sensory challenges
stay focused on the task (or app) at hand.
With Guided Access, a parent, teacher, or
therapist can limit iPad to stay on one app
by disabling the Home button, and limit
the amount of time spent in an app. You
can even restrict access to the keyboard or
touch input on certain areas of the screen.
So wandering taps and gestures won’t
distract from learning.
•Apple has made major improvements with it’s technology
to make tasks easier and more accessible for people of all
different levels of learning. With their level of
knowledge and dedication, they have made technology Improving
learning
something great that all different types of age groups
and learning styles can appreciate and use on a daily
basis to improve their lives.