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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 iPod touch battery is low (less than 20% charge) ÂÂ iPod touch 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

Many iPod touch apps let you zoom in or out on specific elements. For example, you can double-tap or use the pinch gesture to expand webpage columns in Safari.

Zoom is also a special accessibility feature that lets you magnify the entire screen of any app you’re using, to help you see what’s on the display.

Turn Zoom on or off: In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > Zoom and tap the Zoom On/Off switch.

Note: You cannot use VoiceOver and Zoom at the same time.

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

Increase magnification: With three fingers, tap and drag toward the top of the screen (to increase magnification) or toward the bottom of the screen (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. Once you start dragging, you can drag with a single finger.

Move around the screen: When zoomed in, drag or flick the screen with three fingers. Once you start dragging, you can drag with a single finger so that you can see more of the screen. Hold a single 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 top-middle of the screen.

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Chapter 27    Accessibility