Iphone Accessibility
By: Erika Padilla
How to find accessibility on Iphone.
1. Go to settings
2. Scroll down
and click
accessibility
3. From then on,
there are
numerous of
accessibility
options.
VoiceOver
Commands
The VoiceOver commands reads
the items of the screen and it can
also be controlled by a couple of
gestures. For instance, to go to the
homescreen you can tap once.
It also allows you to adjust the
speaking rate of the phone, you
can make it read/speak slower or
faster.
There are a lot of other things that
can be adjusted or activated. One
of my favorites is the “Always
speak notifications” which is
essentially Siri reading the owner’s
Display and Text
Size
This allows the owner to adjust
their text size and overall display
to their preferred size or
accomodation.
This features allows the owner of
the phone to bold text, adjust text
to their preferred reading size,
button shapes, on/off labels, and
reduce transparency.
It also allows the users to increase
contrast, differentiate without
color, smart invert, classic invert,
color filters, reduce intensity of
colors, and turn on or off the auto-
Keyboards
Under physical and motor
accessibility is Keyboard.
Under this accessibility there are five
things that you can implement.
1. Full Keyboard Access- This allows
the users to use an external
keyboard to control one's iphone.
2. Key Repeat- This prevent
characters from being entered
multiple times. It allows you to
adjust key repeat interval and
delay until repeat.
3. Sticky Keys- it allows modifier
keys to be set without having to
hold the key down.
4. Slow Keys- adjusts the amount of
between when a key is pressed
and when it is activated.
Subtitles and
Captioning
This is under the Hearing
Accessibility
Closed Captions + SHD - This
offers closed captioning or
subtitles for those who are dear or
have a hard time hearing.
It also allows the user to select
different styles such as transparent
background, large text, classic,
online text and one could create
their own style. One can create
their own style by choosing their
preferred font, size, color,
background, and other advanced
Siri
This is under General Accessibility.
Siri is a voice, text and type command
accessibility that will listen to the user’s
request. For instance, one can
command siri to set an alarm for 5 am.
You can also ask Siri to google things
such as “what day will christmas fall
under?” and siri will use google to
provide answers that she will read to
the user.
Under this, you can activate “Type to
Siri.”
You can also adjust her voice feedback
to with silent mode off, only with “Hey
Siri”, or always speak with responses.”
You can also have Siri set up to
always listen for “Hey Siri.”
Lastly, you can also choose to “Show