Accessibility

For your
Classroom iPads
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As we will be using our classroom iPADs both here at school as well as at

home, it is important to know that iPADs offer a variety of accessibility
feature to help our learner use theri iPAD with comfort and ease.

If you have any questions or concerns about more accessibilty feasture, please feel free to contact the school’s IT at
schoolITperson@[Link] or check out Apple’s website at [Link]

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To access your iPAD’s accessibility features...

1. Open the iPAD’s setting 2. Tap General

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3. In the General 4. Tapping the Accessibility Button will open a screen

settings, locate the that list all the options available for increased
Accessibility option. accessibility.
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Speech
This feature, when activated, will read highlighted text or the whole text screen aloud for visually-
impared users. The user can adjust the speaking speed for understanding.
TEXT-TO-SPEECH

To activate text-to-speech, tap the Speech option and turn on

Speak Selection.
Speak Selection allows you to highlight specific text on the
screen by tapping a finger and then speaking that text by
choosing the Speak button You can also tap Typing
Feedback to turn on Speak Words, which speaks the words
you are typing.

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Change Contrast
This is another feature the helps the visually-impared user who may be colorblind,
has dyslexia, or a number of other visual contrast impairments.

INVERT COLORS AND CHANGE

CONTRAST

You can invert colors by tapping Display

Accommodations. These settings also include
a setting for Color Filters for those who are
color blind. The main Accessibility settings also
have an option to Increase Contrast which you
can use to Reduce Transparency or Darken
Colors.

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Accessibility Features: Connect to Hearing

Devices and subtitles and captioning
These features allow for a number of adjustments to help users with hearing-impairments

The iPad supports hearing devices made with the MFi standard,
which stands for "Made For iOS." These devices connect
through Bluetooth. You can also turn on Mono Audio and
adjust the audio balance to the left or right.

Hearing accessibility for video playback is in the Media section

under Subtitles and Captioning. You can turn on Closed
Captions and SDH in the Subtitles and Captioning section.
You can also modify the style of the captions from a transparent
background to larger text. You can even create your own style.

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These settings allow the user to adjust the home screen and other settings to allow for
accommodations regarding motor skills.
Touch Accommodation options:

Hold Duration – Here you can determine the length of time a single touch
should be in order to be considered intentional. This is useful for those that may
touch the screen unintentionally before touching the intended target.

Ignore Repeat – Here you can set a length of time in which repeated touches
are considered a single touch. This is especially useful for users with a shaky
hand who may unintentionally touch the target multiple times, or for others still
the learning process who continue to touch their intended target multiple times
before waiting for a response.

Tap Assistance – This setting is intended for those whose finger slides on the
screen to or from the intended target, causing the screen not to “understand”
what the intended target of the touch is. Here you can set either the initial touch
location or the final touch location as the intended target, depending on the
user’s style of touch. This setting is useful for all activities including
communication, typing, and play.

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Accessibility Feature: Guided Access

This feature is an important feature in our classroom to help keep our students on task
and where they should be on the iPad. This feature is especially important for our
students with autism, attention disorders, and sensory disorders.

The Guided Access setting is great for those with

learning challenges, including autism, attention,
and sensory challenges. The Guided Access
setting makes the iPad stay within apps by
disabling the Home Button, which you normally
use to exit out of an app. Essentially, it locks the
iPad in place with a single app.

Also, within the Guided Access setting, time

limits can be set to ensure that the iPAD is being
used with responsible screen breaks.

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Resources:

How to enable Text-to-Speech on iPad & iPhone for Kindle, iBooks, etc. (2015, February
19). The eBook [Link]. Retreieved November 2, 2020, from
[Link]
for-kindle-ibooks-etc/

Nation, D. (2020,May 16).The iPAD Accessibility Guide. Lifewire.

[Link]

Petel, S. (2016, May 3). Not All Touches are Alike: Exploring the use of Touch
Accommodations. Tech It Issie.
[Link]
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Accessibility
Counts!