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Turn on Switch Control. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control, or use the Accessibility Shortcut—see Accessibility Shortcut on page 123.

Turn off Switch Control. Use any scanning method to select and tap Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control. Or, triple-click the Home button.

Basic techniques

Whether you use item scanning or point scanning, the Switch Control basics are the same.

Select an item. Trigger your Select Item switch when the item is highlighted (item scanning) or under the crosshairs (point scanning).

Perform an action on the selected item. Choose a command from the control menu that appears when you select the item. The layout of the menu depends on whether you use Auto Tap.

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With Auto Tap off: The control menu includes only the Tap button and the More button (two dots at the bottom). If you’re in a scrollable area of the screen, a Scroll button also appears. To tap the highlighted item, trigger your Select Item button when Tap is highlighted. To see additional action buttons, choose More at the bottom of the menu. If you have multiple switches, you can set one up specifically for tapping.

With Auto Tap on: To tap the item, do nothing—the item is automatically tapped when the Auto Tap interval expires (0.75 seconds if you haven’t changed it). To see the control menu, trigger your Select Item button before the Auto Tap interval expires. The control menu skips the Tap button and goes right to the full set of action buttons.

Turn on Auto Tap. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control > Auto Tap. To tap an item with Auto Tap on, just wait for the Auto Tap interval to pass.

Dismiss the control menu without choosing an action. Tap while the original item is highlighted and all the icons in the control menu are dimmed. Or, choose Escape from the control menu. The menu goes away after cycling the number of times you specify at Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control > Loops.

Perform screen gestures. Choose Gestures from the control menu. Scroll the screen. Select an item in a scrollable part of the screen, then:

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With Auto Tap off: Select the Scroll Down button (next to the Tap button) in the control menu. Or, for more scrolling options, select More, then select Scroll.

With Auto Tap on: Select Scroll from the control menu. If many actions are available, you might have to select More first.

Tap the Home button. Select Home in the control menu.

Perform other hardware actions. Select any item, then select Device from the menu that appears. Use the menu to mimic these actions:

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Double-click the Home button for multitasking

Open Notification Center or Control Center

Press the Sleep/Wake button to lock iPad Rotate iPad

Flip the Side Switch to mute iPad volume Press the Volume buttons

Hold down the Home button to open Siri Triple-click the Home button

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