SETBC offers a fantastic tutorial on the built-in Accessibility features of iOS (iPad). iOS accessibility is designed as a powerful technology tool to support a wide range of learning needs ranging from visual, access, hearing and learning impairments. This tutorial details the following accessibility features available on the iPad and iOS devices:
- Zoom: allows user to zoom on an image or text on the ipad screen
- Magnifier: view an image from a distance and enlarge it
- Display & Text Size: change the size of the text, background colour, and opacity in order to accommodate the user’s visual preference
- Spoken Content: have the text on the screen read
- Define: look up the meaning of the selected word
- Dictate: use the speech-to-text feature
- Predictive text: select words from a list that to reduce keystrokes
- Pronunciation: alter the pronunciation of words when using the text to speech feature (Spoken Content)
- Reader View: declutter a website allowing for greater focus and less distraction
- SIRI: verbally ask SIRI for assistance
- Text replacement: customize abbreviations to reduce the amount of keystrokes needed
- Screen recording: allows users to record the ipad screen for demonstration purposes
- Air Drop: accept or send images, videos, and websites to other iOS devices
