iOS 8 Accessibility Features Presenter: Sharon Day, M.S,CCC-SLP June 9, 2015 Marathon High School Day 2015

Apple has gone to INCREDIBLE lengths to make the iPad usable for people with vision, hearing, or other physical impairments. And don’t forget about SIRI ! Day 2015 Let’s start with SIRI: 1.Siri is iPad’s famous, voice recognition technology 2.First it is dictation where the tablet types out everything you say. 3.Second, it is like a voice controlled minion. You can say, “Wake me up at 6,” or What’s the weather in Boston this weekend? Or how long till Christmas. Or even, play some classical music 4.Note: Siri requires an internet connection. When your iPad isn’t in a WiFi hotspot or cellular, you cannot use this feature. Also requires an iPad that is newer than the iPad 2.

Day 2015 How to use Siri  Hold down the home button until you hear a double- beep. The iPad does not have to be unlocked or awake  Or you can hold the HOME button down the entire time you are speaking. That way you know SIRI won’t attempt to execute your command before you are finished saying it.  When you are finished speaking, be quiet. The iPad double-beeps at a higher pitch; meaning that it “got it” processing your request  To rephrase your question or cancel or start over, tap the screen or just say “cancel”.

Day 2015 Hands Free Siri 1)The iPad doesn’t respond to “Hey Siri” unless you have met the following conditions 2)Open Settings- General-Siri and turn on “Hey Siri” Note: This uses a lot of power. 3)The iPad has to be charging 4)At this point, you are good to go. Anytime you want to ask Siri something, just say. “Hey Siri”, at the sound of the double beep, say your thing

Day 2015 Tips: What are general categories of things to say to SIRI: 1.Opening apps. Example: Open Keynote or Play Angry Birds or Launch Calendar, Turn on Bluetooth, turn off Wifi 2.Face Time- “Start Face time with Diana” 3.Show me Catherine’s address 4.Playing music- Play some Classical music 5.Show me the Wikipedia page on Hot air balloons 6.What is on cycling this weekend?

Day 2015 Let’s get going with Accessibility features:  Start by opening Settings- General- Accessibility  Features we will look at: 1.Voice Over which is essentially a screen reader 2.Zooming 3.Invert colors and Gray scale 4.Speech 5.Larger/bold text 6.Increase Contrast 7.Hearing Assistance 8.Media (Subtitle Options) 9.Guided Access 10.Switch Control 11.Assistive Touch

Day 2015 Voice Over Voice over is screen reader that makes the iPad speak everything you touch. An important feature for the blind. The iPad can accept input from a Bluetooth Braille Keyboard and in iOS 8, you can type in Braille too. Voice Over is especially good at reading iBooks as well.

Day 2015 Zooming The Zoom command was overhauled in iOS 8. It lets you magnify the screen up to 500% To turn on Master Zoom switch go to settings-General- Accessibility Look at the Zoom Region control If it is set to Windows Zoom, then zooming will produce a movable rectangular magnifying lens If it is set to FULL SCREEN ZOOM, it will magnify the entire screen  Tip: You can move the rectangular lens around the screen by dragging the white oval handle on its lower edge.

Day 2015 Invert Colors and Grayscale  By reversing the screen’s colors from black for white, like a film negative, you create a higher-contrast effect that some people find easier on the eyes.  Settings- General-Accessibility and turn on INVERT COLORS. Grayscale; new on iOS8, removes all color from the screen. Everything looks like a black and white photo. Again, it helps people with poor vision.

Day 2015 Speech Your iPad can read to you aloud: an message, a Web page, a text message.  Speak Selection puts a SPEAK command into the button bar that appears whenever you highlight text in any app. Tap that button to make the iPad read the selected text.  Speak Screen, new in iOS 8, simply reads everything on the screen, top to bottom, when you swipe down from the top of the screen with two fingers.  Speak Auto-text. You know how iPad suggests a word as you type? This option makes the iPad speak each suggestion.

Day 2015 Larger Text  This option is the central control panel for iOS’s Dynamic Type feature. It is a game changer.  Using the slider, you can choose a larger type size for all text the iPad displays in apps like Mail, iBooks, and messages

Day 2015  Hearing Assistance  Go to SETTINGS- GENERAL- ACCESSIBILITY This is dedicated to people with hearing loss. Hearing Aids This settings panel lets you “pair” your iPad with a “Made for iPad” hearing aid. These wireless hearing aids are designed to sound great and not drain the battery. Mono Audio If you are deaf in one ear, then listening to any music that’s a stereo mix can be frustrating: you might be missing half of the orchestra. Mono Audio- Settings- General- Accessibility. Now you can hear the entire mix in one ear.