Apple MC985LL/A, MC992LL/A, MC983LL/A manual Zoom, Controlling VoiceOver with Your Braille Display

Controlling VoiceOver with Your Braille Display

You can set the leftmost or rightmost cell of your braille display to provide system status and other information:

ÂÂ Announcement History contains an unread message

ÂÂ The current Announcement History message has not been read ÂÂ VoiceOver speech is muted

ÂÂ The iPad battery is low (less than 20% charge) ÂÂ iPad is in landscape orientation

ÂÂ The screen display is turned off

ÂÂ The current line contains additional text to the left ÂÂ The current line contains additional text to the right

Set the leftmost or rightmost cell to display status information: In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Braille > Status Cell, then tap Left or Right.

See an expanded description of the status cell: On your braille display, press the status cell’s router button.

Zoom

The Zoom accessibility feature lets you magnify the entire screen to help you see what’s on the display.

Turn Zoom on or off: In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > Zoom, then tap the Zoom On/Off switch. Or, use Triple-click Home, (see “Triple-Click Home” on page 150).

Zoom in or out: Double-tap the screen with three fingers. By default, the screen is magnified 200 percent. If you manually change the magnification (by using the tap- and-drag gesture, described below), iPad automatically returns to that magnification when you zoom in by double-tapping with three fingers.

Increase magnification: With three fingers, tap and drag up to increase magnification or down to decrease magnification. The tap-and-drag gesture is similar to a double-tap, except you don’t lift your fingers on the second tap—instead, drag your fingers on the screen.

Move around the screen: While zoomed in, drag the screen with three fingers. Hold one finger near the edge of the display to pan to that side of the screen image. Move your finger closer to the edge to pan more quickly. When you open a new screen, Zoom always goes to the upper-center of the screen.

While using Zoom with an Apple Wireless Keyboard (see “Controlling VoiceOver Using an Apple Wireless Keyboard” on page 146), the screen image follows the insertion point, keeping it in the center of the display.

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