Speak Auto-Text

Speak Auto-text speaks the text corrections and suggestions iPad makes when you type. Turn Speak Auto-text on or off: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Speak Auto-text.

Speak Auto-text also works with VoiceOver or Zoom.

Mono Audio

Mono Audio combines the sound of the left and right channels into a mono signal played on both sides. This lets users with hearing impairment in one ear hear the entire sound signal with the other ear.

Turn Mono Audio on or off: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Mono Audio.

AssistiveTouch

AssistiveTouch helps you use iPad if you have difficulty touching the screen or pressing the buttons. You can use a compatible adaptive accessory (such as a joystick) together with AssistiveTouch to control iPad. You can also use AssistiveTouch without an accessory to perform gestures that are difficult for you.

Turn on AssistiveTouch: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > AssistiveTouch. You can also set Triple-click Home to turn AssistiveTouch on or off; go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Triple-click Home.

Adjust the tracking speed

Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > AssistiveTouch > Touch speed.

 

 

Show or hide the

Click the secondary button on your accessory.

AssistiveTouch menu

 

 

 

Hide the menu button

Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > AssistiveTouch > Always Show

 

Menu.

Perform a flick or drag that uses 2, 3, 4, or 5 fingers

Tap the menu button, tap Gestures, and then tap the number of digits needed for the gesture. When the corresponding circles appear on the screen, flick or drag in the direction required by the gesture. When you’re finished, tap the menu button.

Perform a pinch gesture

Tap the menu button, tap Favorites, and then tap Pinch. When the pinch

 

circles appear, touch anywhere on the screen to move the pinch circles,

 

then drag the pinch circles in or out to perform a pinch gesture. When you

 

finish, tap the menu button.

 

 

Create your own gesture

Tap the menu button, tap Favorites, and then tap an empty gesture

 

placeholder. You can also go to Settings > General > Accessibility >

 

AssistiveTouch > “Create custom gesture.”

Lock or rotate the screen, adjust iPad volume, toggle the Side Switch, or simulate shaking iPad

Tap the menu button, then tap Device.

Simulate pressing the Home button

Tap the menu button, then tap Home.

 

 

Move the menu button

Drag it to any location on the screen.

 

 

Exit a menu without performing

Tap anywhere outside the menu.

a gesture

 

 

 

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