Apple MD058LL/A, ME178LL/A, MC544LL/A manual Closed Captioning and Other Helpful Features

Closed Captioning and Other Helpful Features

Many iPod touch features help make iPod touch accessible to all users, including those with visual or auditory impairments.

Closed Captioning

You can turn on closed captioning for videos in iPod settings. See “” on page 166.

Note: Not all video content is encoded for closed captioning.

Voice Control

Voice Control (iPod touch 3rd generation or later) lets you control iPod music playback by using voice commands. See “Using Voice Control with iPod” on page 57.

Widescreen Keyboards

Several apps let you rotate iPod touch when you’re typing, so you can use a larger keyboard:

ÂÂ Mail

ÂÂ Safari

ÂÂ Notes

ÂÂ Contacts

Instant Messaging (IM) Chat

The App Store features many Internet Messaging (IM) apps, such as AIM, BeejiveIM, ICQ, and Yahoo! Messenger, that are optimized for iPod touch.

Minimum Font Size for Mail Messages

To increase readability, set a minimum font size for Mail message text to Large, Extra Large, or Giant. See “Mail” on page 170.

Universal Access in Mac OS X

Take advantage of the Universal Access features in Mac OS X when you use iTunes to sync information and content from your iTunes library to iPod touch. In the Finder, choose Help > Mac Help, then search for “universal access.”

For more information about iPod touch and Mac OS X accessibility features, go to www.apple.com/accessibility.

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