Apple ME991LL/A, MH332LL/A, MH2W2LL/A, MH2V2LL/A manual Manual selection, Settings and adjustments

Manual selection

You can select a screen item directly using dedicated switches instead of having iPad alternately highlight every item.

Stop scanning and highlight items yourself. Add switches in addition to your Select Item switch to perform the Move To Next Item and Move To Previous Item actions. (You can use the iPad FaceTime camera with head-left and head-right movements for these switches.) When you’ve added the switches, turn off Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control > Auto Scanning.

Important: Don’t turn off Auto Scanning if you use only one switch. You need at least two: one to move to an item and a second to select the item.

Settings and adjustments

Adjust basic settings. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control, where you can:

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Add switches and specify their function

Turn off auto scanning (only if you’ve added a Move to Next Item switch) Adjust how rapidly items are scanned

Set scanning to pause on the first item in a group

Choose how many times to cycle through the screen before hiding Switch Control

Turn Auto Tap on or off and set the interval for performing a second switch action to show the control menu

Set whether a movement action is repeated when you hold down a switch, and how long to wait before repeating

Set whether and how long you need to hold a switch down before it’s accepted as a switch action

Have Switch Control ignore accidental repeated switch triggers

Adjust the point scanning speed

Turn on sound effects or have items read aloud as they are scanned

Choose what to include in the Switch Control menu

Set whether items should be grouped while item scanning

Make the selection cursor larger or a different color

Save custom gestures to the control menu (in Gestures > Saved)

Fine-tune Switch Control. Choose Settings from the control menu to:

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Adjust scanning speed

Change the location of the control menu

Switch between item scan mode and point scan mode Choose whether point scan mode displays crosshairs or a grid Reverse the scanning direction

Turn sound or speech accompaniment on or off Turn off groups to scan items one at a time

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