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SETTINGSFORIPAD

ACCESSIBILITYFEATURES

IOS9.3

DianeBrauner

EducationalAssistiveTechnologyConsultantTeacheroftheVisuallyImpaired

CertifiedOrientationandMobilitySpecialist

EdSummersSeniorManager,AccessibilityandAppliedAssistiveTechnology

SAS

TheIntroductiontoiPadAccessibilityFeaturesforBlindandLowVisionStudentsmanualisbeingsharedonthePathstoTechnologywebsitewithpermissionfromSASInstituteInc.


IntroductiontoiPadAccessibilityFeaturesforBlindandLowVisionStudents

Chapter1:SettingsforiOS9.3

Thesesettingsspecificallyaddresstheneedsofstudentswhoarevisuallyimpairedorblindinmainstreamclassrooms.

ModuleObjectives

• 1.1ConnectWi-Fi• 1.2UpdateiOSsoftware• 1.3Siri

o “HeySiri”• 1.4SpotlightSearch/SiriSuggestions• 1.5MultitaskingGestures• 1.6SideSwitch:LockRotation/Mute• 1.7Storage&iCloudUsage• 1.8Auto-Lock• 1.9EnableRestrictions• 1.10Keyboard

o On-ScreenKeyboardso Shortcutso KeyboardOptions:SplitKeyboard,“.”Shortcut,EnableDictation,Auto-

Capitalization,Auto-Correction,CheckSpelling,EnableCapsLock,Predictive• 1.11LanguageandRegion

o iPadLanguageo Calendar

• 1.12InvertColors• 1.13Grayscale• 1.14Speech

o SpeakSelectiono SpeakScreeno Voices


o SpeakingRateo HighlightContento SpeakAuto-Text

• 1.15LargerText• 1.16BoldText• 1.17ButtonShapes• 1.18IncreaseContrast

o ReduceTransparencyo DarkenColorso ReduceWhitePoint

• 1.19ReduceMotion• 1.20On/OffLabels• 1.21SwitchControl• 1.22AssistiveTouch• 1.23TouchAccommodations

o HoldDurationo IgnoreRepeato TapAssistance

• 1.24Keyboard(underAccessibility)o KeyRepeato StickyKeyso SlowKeys

• 1.25ShaketoUndo• 1.26CallAudioRouting• 1.27HomeButton• 1.28VideoDescriptions• 1.29GuidedAccess• 1.30AccessibilityShortcut(Triple-ClickHome)• 1.31SpeakingRate• 1.32SpeakHints• 1.33UsePitchChanges• 1.34UseSoundEffects• 1.35Speech

o EnhancedVoiceso RotorLanguages

• 1.36Brailleo BrailleDisplayOutputo BrailleDisplayInput


o AutomaticBrailleTranslationo BrailleScreenInputo StatusCello EquationsuseNemethCodeo ShowOnscreenKeyboardo TurnPageswhenPanningo BrailleTranslationo AlertDisplayDuration

• 1.37RotorSettings• 1.38TypingStyle• 1.39PhoneticFeedback• 1.40TypingFeedback• 1.41AlwaysSpeakNotifications• 1.42NavigateImages• 1.43LargeCursor• 1.44Double-TapTimeout• 1.45Zoom/ZoomWindow

o FollowFocuso SmartTypingo ZoomWindowo ShowControllero IdleVisibilityo ZoomRegiono MaximumZoomLevel

• 1.46SoundsandAlertso ChangewithButtons

• 1.47PasscodeLock• 1.48DoNotDisturb• 1.49Display&Brightness• 1.50Wallpaper• 1.51HomeScreenAppPlacement• 1.52CameraandPhotos

TheIntroductiontoiPadAccessibilityFeaturesforBlindandLowVisionStudentsmanualisbeingsharedonthePathstoTechnologywebsitewithpermissionfromSASInstituteInc.


OverviewTheiPadisintendedtobeapersonaldevice–usedbyoneperson.TheiPadhasavarietyofsettingstomaximizetheindividualuser’ssuccess.Eachpersoncancustomizehis/heriPadbychoosingauniquecombinationofsettingsthatbestsuitshis/herindividualneeds.

ThischapterSettingsforiPadAccessibilityFeatureshasbeencreatedspecificallytobeusedinconjunctionwiththeiPadAccessibilitytrainingsforTeachersoftheVisuallyImpairedprovidedthroughSAS;however,thisguideisbeneficialforanyoneinterestediniPadaccessibilitysettings.Formoreinformationaboutthesetrainingsandforadditionalresources,[email protected]

TheseSASiPadAccessibilitymanuals–boththefullmanualsandportionsofthemanuals-arebeingsharedwithpermissiononthePathstoTechnologywebsite.

TherearealsoYouTubevideoclipsthataccompanytheseiPadaccessibilitytrainingsandcorrespondingmanuals:“iPadAccessibilityforBlindandLowVisionStudents”,“BluetoothKeyboardCommandswithVoiceOverontheiPad”and“UsingaRefreshableBrailleDisplaywiththeiPad”.TheYoutubechannelisorganizedbytheseplaylists:iPadAccessibilityforTeachersoftheVisuallyImpaired,HighTechO&M,BluetoothKeyboardingwithVoiceOverontheiPadandUsingaRefreshableBrailleDevicewithaniPad.ThesevideoscanbefoundonDianeBrauner’sYouTubechannel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSsHoghKRJ8VEm7U1s7KKjg

Selectplaylistandthenchoosethedesiredplaylisttoviewallthevideosrelatedtothedesiredplaylisttopic.

WerecommendforeachtrainingparticipanttoinitiallyestablishthesameiPadsettingssothatalltheiPadsusedinthetrainingwillreactinsamefashionandsothatanyoneusingthemanualscanfollowtheactivitiessuccessfully.Thesesettingsarethemostcommonsettingsusedbystudentswithvisualimpairmentsandblindness.Afterthetraining,youmaychoosetochangethesettingsasneededtomaximizeaspecificstudent’ssuccess.ThereareafewdifferencesbetweenvariousiPadgenerations.Thesedifferenceswillbediscussedinthismanual.


TrainingHints

WheninitiallyteachingastudentwithvisualimpairmentstousetheiPad,itiscrucialtoteachthestudenttolearnthespatiallayoutoftheiPad.Onemajoradvantageofthetouchscreentabletisthespatiallayout.Thestudentwilllearnthebasiclayoutbydragginghis/herfingeraroundthescreen.Thereareshortcutcommandstojumpquicklytothefirstorlastitemonthescreen,tojumpbycontainers,etc.Ifastudentrandomlytapsaroundthescreenorifthestudentconsistentlyflicksthroughthescreen,hewillnotbeabletotakeadvantageofthespatiallayout.

Manyeducationalappshaveeitherafullscreenlayout(suchasPages)oraone-third,two-thirdslayout(suchasMail).Besuretospecificallyteachthestudenttoidentifythegenerallayoutofeveryapp.

TheToolbar(s)alsoprovidecriticalinformationabouttheapp.MostappshaveaToolbaratthetopofthescreen(directlyundertheStatusbarand/oraToolbaratthebottomofthescreen.InappssuchasSettings,theToolbarprovidesinformationaboutwhereyouareintheappandwhatscreentheBackbuttonwilltakeyoubackto.TheToolbarmayprovideyoursettingoptions,helpbutton,and/oractionsyoucandowiththeapp.Example:IntheMailapp,theleftone-thirdisthelistofreceivedemails.TheToolbarabovethislistincludesthebackbutton“mailbox”,tellsyouwhereyoucurrentlyare“allinboxes”andtheEditbutton.TheToolbarontherighttwo-thirds-abovetheopenedemail–containsPreviousMessagebutton,NextMessagebutton,MarkMessagebutton,Movebutton,Deletebutton,Replybutton,Composebutton.

Understandthespatiallayout,theToolsbars,andthegestures/commandssignificantlyimpactsthestudent’sabilitytoefficientlyandsuccessfullyusetheiPad.

TheinformationbelowgoesthroughtheiPadaccessibilityfeatures,whichprovideoptionsforstudentswithvisualimpairmentsandblindness.TheseaccessibilityfeaturescanbeselectedintheSettingsAppavailableontheiPad,iPhoneandiPodTouch.

Formoretraininghints,gotothePathstoTechnologypost,GettingStartedwithVoiceOverontheiPad.


ThissectionislocatedinSettings>Wi-Fi.

1.1ConnectWi-Fi

ManyschoolsandbusinesseshaveguestWi-FiaccessallowingyoutoaccessfreeInternet.Onceyouhavejoinedanopennetwork,youriPadwillautomaticallyjointhatnetworkeachtimeyouarewithinrange.Ifnonetworksautomaticallyappear,manuallyselectanetwork.SomeWi-Finetworkswillbelocked;theselockednetworksareindicatedbythelocksymbol.Youwillneedapasswordtojoinalockednetwork.

Tochooseanetwork,gotoSettings>Wi-Fi>ChooseaNetworkandcheckthedesirednetwork.Ifnecessary,typethepasswordtojoinalockednetwork.

Note:theWi-Fislidermustbe“on”;iftheWi-Fislideris“off”,availablenetworkswillbehidden.

WewillneedWi-Fiforthistraining.


ThissectionislocatedunderSettings>General.

1.2UpdateiOSSoftware

AppleiPads,iPadMinis,iPhones,andiPodTouchesusethesameoperatingsystemsoftwarecalled“iOS”.Asaconsequence,mostaspectsoftheuserinterfaceforallofthosedevicesareidentical.

PleasemakesurethatyouriPadisupdatedtothelatestiOSversion.ThismanualiscurrentlyusingiOS9.IfyouriPadneedstobeupdated,therewillbeasmallred“1”displayedontheSettingsicon.DoNOTupdateyoursoftwareorappsduringthistraining!Priortoupdating,besuretobackupyourdevice.

Tobackupyourdevice,gotoSettings>iCloud>Storage&Backup.

Note:TheiPad1canonlybeupdatedtoiOS5.

Tovieworupdateyoursoftware,gotoSettings>General>SoftwareUpdate.

Duringthistraining,wewillusethelatestversionofiOS9.

ItiscriticalthatiPadsareup-to-datewiththelatestiOSsoftwareandthatallappsusedinthetrainingareup-to-date.WerecommendthatschoolownediPadsusedbystudentshaveanestablishedsystemforupdatingstudentiPadsonamonthlybasiswiththeoptiontoupdateasoftenasneeded.Ifappsareoutofdate,glitcheswillappear,especiallywhenusingVoiceOver.Oftenthesmallerupdates,suchs9.1to9.2willfixissues,includingVoiceOverissues.


1.3Siri

SiriisavoiceactivatedpersonalassistantwithintheiOSdevices.Siricananswerverbalquestions,makerecommendationsandperformtasks.WithSiri,studentscanverballysendmessages,schedulemeetings,placecalls,reademails,andsearchtheInternetforanswers.SirimusthaveanInternetconnectioninordertowork.SiriisavailableontheiPad3andnewgenerations;SiriisnotavailableontheiPad1oriPad2.SiriisavailablestartingwiththeiPhone4Sandthe5thgenerationiPodTouch.

TEACHERHINT:SIRICANHELPSTUDENTSWITHVIBTOQUICKLYPERFORMAVARIETYOFTASKS;HOWEVER,PLEASEBEAWARETHATSIRICANALSOBEUSEDTOANSWERHOMEWORKQUESTIONS!

ToturnSirion/off,gotoSettings>General>Siri.

StudentscanopttospeaktoSiribysaying,“HeySiri”,withoutpressingtheHomebutton.

TEACHERHINT:SIRIISOFTENBENEFICIALFORSTUDENTSWITHVIBANDWHOALSOHAVEPHYSICALISSUES.

“HeySiri”

“HeySiri”onlyworkswhentheiPadoriOSdeviceispluggedintoelectricity.YoucannowchooseyourSirilanguage,theSiriVoice,whentohaveVoiceFeedbackandaddyourinformation.

Toturn“HeySiri”on/off,gotoSettings>General>Siri>Allow“HeySiri”.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnAllow“HeySiri”ON.


1.4SpotlightSearch/SiriSuggestions

TheSpotlightSearchbecamemorerobustandintuitiveiniOS9.DragdownfromthemiddleoftheHomescreentoSearch(typewhatyouarelookingfor)ortoviewSiri’sappsuggestions.DragrightfromtheHomeScreentoshowSearchortoviewSiri’ssuggestions,whichincludecontacts,apps,nearbylocationsandnews.InSettings,youcanchoosewhichappstoincludeinSiri’sSuggestions.

YoucanviewSiriSuggestionswithiPhone5andlater,iPadPro,iPad(4thgeneration)andlater,iPadmini(secondgeneration)andlater,andiPodTouch(6thgeneration).

ToturnSiriSuggestionson/offortochoose/limitsuggestedapps,gotoSettings>General>SpotlightSearch.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnSiriSuggestionsON.


1.5MultitaskingGestures

“MultitaskingGestures”arefourorfive-fingergesturesthateasilyallowyouto:

• PinchtoHomescreen• SwipeuptorevealtheTaskbar(VoiceOvercallsitthe“AppSwitcher”)• Swipeleftorrightbetweenopenapps

ToturnonMultitaskinggestures,gotoSettings>General>MultitaskingGesturesandmovetheslidertoON.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnMultitaskingGesturesON.

TEACHERHINT:IFYOUAREUSINGTHEIPADWITHSTUDENTSWHOHAVEMULTIPLEDISABILITIES,TURNMULTITASKING

GESTURESOFF.FREQUENTLYTHESESTUDENTSWILLACCIDENTLYBRINGUPTHETASKBARINTHEMIDDLEOFAN

IPADACTIVITY(FOURFINGERSWIPEUP)ORTHEYWILLACCIDENTLYSWITCHTOANOTHEROPENAPP(FOURFINGERSSWIPELEFTORRIGHT).

Note:TheiPhonedoesnotsupportmultitaskinggestures.However,youcanopentheTaskBarbydouble-clickingtheHomebutton.


1.6SideSwitch:LockRotation/Mute

ThereisasliderbuttonontheouteredgeoftheiPad.WhentheHomebuttonisontheright,thesliderbuttonisonthetopedge(offthescreen)ontheleftsideoftheiPad.Youcanchoosethefunctionofthisbutton:mute/unmuteallsoundsorlock/unlocktheiPad’srotation.

Ifthe“LockRotation”settingisselected,theiPaddoes/doesnotallowtheiPadtorotatebetweenportraitandlandscapemodes.StudentswithVIBmaynotholdtheiriPadflat,causingtheiPadtotilt.WhentheiPadistilted,thescreenimagemayflipupsidedown,changingthelocationofbuttonsandthespatiallayout.Moststudentswhoareblindpreferthatthescreenrotationtobelocked.WhenLockRotationisselectedandthebuttononthetopleftedgeoftheiPadismovedleftorright,theLockorUnlocksymbolappearsbrieflyonthescreenandVoiceOverwillsay,“OrientationLock/OrientationUnlock”.

Note:Someappsautomaticallylockthescreenorientation.

Ifthe“Mute”settingisselected,theiPadis/isnotmuted.Whenmuted,onlycertainsounds(alerts,notifications,typingclicks,soundeffects,gameaudio)aremuted;mediaplayback(music,podcasts,movies,videos)arenotmuted.ItiscriticalthatMuteisleftintheONposition,asthisallowsstudentswithvisualimpairmentstohearadditionalsoundsandalertswhenVoiceOverisOn.VoiceOverusesmanylittle“clicks”-suchaswhentypinglettersorwhendraggingyourfingeracrossemptyspaceonthescreen.WhentheiPadisMuted,thentheseimportantsoundcluesdisappear.WhenMuteisselectedandthebuttononthetopleftedgeoftheiPadismovedleftorright,thebellsymbol(Muteon/off)appearsbrieflyonthescreenandVoiceOversays,“Mute/Unmuted”.

ToselectyourSideSwitchpreference,gotoSettings>General>UseSideSwitchto:(checkLockRotationorMute).

Duringthistraining,wewillsettheSideSwitchtoLockRotation.

TEACHERHINT:TEACHERS,WHOPERSONALLYUSEANIPADINSCHOOLS,MAYWANTTOSETTHESIDESWITCHTO

MUTESOTHATTHEYCANQUICKLYTURNOFFSOUNDSWHENTHEYAREINCLASSROOMS,TOKEEPSTUDENTSFROM

BEINGDISTRACTEDBYTHETYPINGCLICKS,EMAILPINGS,ETC.


1.7Storage&iCloudUsage

Thissectioninformsyouoftheamountofstorage-ontheiPadandtheamountofstorageinthecorrespondingiCloud-youhaveused,howmuchstorageisavailableandprovidesaccesstomanageyourstorage.SelectingManageStoragewillshoweachappandhowmuchstoragehasbeenusedineachapp.

Note:Eachdevice(iPad,Mac,iPhone,iPod)thatsharesanAppleIDwillsharethesameiCloudaccount.

ToviewyourstorageandiCloudusage,gotoSettings>General>StorageandiCloudUsange.

Duringthistraining,wewillnotmakechangestothestorage.


1.8Auto-Lock

TheiPaddefaultsettingistoAutoLockafter2minutesofinactivity.TheiPadwillautomaticallyturnoffthedisplayandlockthetouchscreen.OntheiPad,theAuto-Lockoptionsare2minutes,5minutes,10minutes,15minutesornever.OntheiPhone,theAuto-Lockoptionsare1minute,2minutes,3minutes,4minutes,5minutes,ornever.Ifyouselect“never”youareatriskofdrainingyourbattery.

TochangeyourAuto-Lock,gotoSettings>General>Auto-Lockandcheckyourdesiredtimepreference.

Duringthistraining,wewillsetAuto-Lockto15minutes.


1.9EnableRestrictions

Parents(onpersonaliPads)orteachers(onschooliPads)canrestrictaccesstospecificfeaturesandapplications.WhenEnableRestrictionsisactivated,apasscodepopupappearsandthereareavarietyofrestrictionoptionsthatcanbechosen.

NOTE:Whensettingupthefour-digitpasscode,besuretouseadifferentpasscodethantheoneusedtounlocktheiPad!

Thefollowingitemscanberestricted:

• Youcanrestrictspecificappsandalongwithspecificfeatureswithinsomeapps(i.e.FaceTime,iTunesStore,installing/deletingapps).

• Youcanrestrictspecificcontenttypes(i.e.music,TVIshows,Websites).• Youcanpreventchangestoprivacysettings(i.e.locationservices,photos,Facebook).• Youcanpreventchangestospecificsettingsandaccounts(i.e.FindMyFriends,Cellular

DataUse).• YoucanrestrictfeatureswithinGameCenter(i.e.addingfriends,Multiplayergames).

Youhaveoptionswhenselectingitems(i.e.restrictingmovieratingsbyUniversal,PG,age12,15,18orallowallfilms).ThesesamerestrictionswillapplytoiTunesmovies,music,podcastsandTVshows.AppswithintheAppstoreareallgivenanageratingbasedoncontent(i.e.appscanberestrictedbyDon’tAllowApps,4+,9+,12+,17+,AllowAllApps).RestrictionsorParentalControlisanewfeatureiniOS8.

Thereareoptionstoalloworblockawebsite.YoucanalsoselectSpecificWebsitesOnly.

Torestrictoraddwebsites,gotoSettings>Restrictions>EnableRestrictions(turnON)>Websitestoseeallthewebsiteoptions.

Ifawebsiteisblocked,apopupwillappear.YoucantapAllowWebsiteandthentypeintheRestrictionpasscodeandaddthatcurrentwebsitetotheapprovedwebsitelist.

Schoolshavetheoptionofinstallingaprofiletouniversallyrestrictschool-owneddevices.

NOTE:Iftherestrictionpasswordisforgotten,afactoryrestoreisrequiredinordertoremovethepasscoderestriction.

ToaccessRestrictions,gotoSettings>Restrictions>EnableRestrictions.

Duringthistraining,wewillnotenablerestrictions.


1.10Keyboard

On-ScreenKeyboardsiOS8introducesanumberofnewoptionsfortheon-screenkeyboard.IntheUS,wetypicallyusetheQWERTYkeyboard.OtheroptionsincludeAZERTYandQWERTZkeyboardlayouts.YoucanalsogotoAddNewKeyboardandselectfromavarietyofiPadkeyboards.ThestandardkeyboardusedinUSschoolsistheEnglishQWERTYkeyboard.

Toselectthedesiredkeyboardstyle,gotoGeneral>Keyboards>Keyboards>English>QWERTY.

Duringthistraining,wewillusetheQWERTYkeyboard.

Youhavetheoptionofaddingadditionalkeyboardlanguages.Whenyouaddakeyboardlanguage,youcanquicklyswitchbetweenyournormallanguagetoyoursecondchosenlanguagebyholdingtheNextKeyboard(pictureoftheworldglobewhichislocatedtotheleftofthedictationkeyontheon-screenkeyboardandlocatedonthetoprowofmostBluetoothkeyboard).Apopupwillappearwiththeoptionstoturnon/offPredictive(wordprediction),English(US)andyoursecondchosenlanguage.ThiswillenableyoutotypeinanotherlanguageandtheiPadwillnotsaythewordsaremisspelled.Thepredictionwordswillincludewordsinyourchosenlanguage.Forexample,ifyouchooseChineseandthentype,yourwordswillappearasamixtureofEnglishandChinese;somewordsthattranslatedirectlywillbetranslatedintoChinesesymbolsandVoiceOverwillsaythosewordsinChinese.OtherwordswillstayinEnglish.Ifyouchangethelanguageagain,theprintedwords/charactersdoNOTchange–theywillstaythesameaswhenyoutypedthewords.

IfyourBluetoothkeyboarddoesnothavetheLanguagekey,youcanusecmd+space(holdcommandkeythenpressthespacebar)tochangethelanguageoptions.

TEACHERHINT:UNLESSASTUDENTNEEDSASECONDLANGUAGE,ONLYSELECTONELANGUAGE.MANYSTUDENTS

BECOMEFRUSTRATEDIFTHEYACCIDENTLYSWITCHTOANOTHERLANGUAGE.

PROBLEMSOLVING:IFYOURTEXTHASNUMEROUSREDLINESUNDERWORDSTHATARESPELLEDCORRECTLY,CHECKTOMAKESURETHATYOUYOUR“NEXTKEYBOARD”BUTTONISSETTOENGLISHUS.THENEXTKEYBOARDBUTTONHASTHEPICTUREOFTHEWORLDGLOVEWHICHISTHESECONDBUTTONTOTHELEFTOFTHESPACEBARONTHEON-SCREENKEYBOARD.MOSTBLUETOOTHKEYBOARDSALSOHAVETHENEXTKEYBOARDKEYWITHTHEWORLDGLOBE

SYMBOLLOCATEDINTHETOPROWOFKEYS.


ShortcutsYoucancreateshortcutsforcommonlyusedphrases.WhenontheShortcutscreen,taptheAddButtoninthetoprightcorner.TypeinthedesiredphraseandthedesiredShortcut.Whenyoutypetheshortcut,itwillautomaticallyexpandintothewordorphraseasyoutype.(Example:“omw”willexpandto“onmyway”.)

TEACHERHINT:SHORTCUTSMIGHTBEHELPFULFORSTUDENTSWHOHAVEPHYSICALDISABILITIESORARESLOW

TYPERS.

Toselectthedesiredshortcuts,gotoGeneral>Keyboards>Shortcuts

Duringthistraining,wewillnotsetanyshortcuts.

SplitKeyboardSplitKeyboard:youcan“split”thekeyboardmakingiteasiertotypewithyourthumbswhentheiPadisinportraitmode.Tosplitthekeyboard,placetwofingersandpullthemapart.Togatherthekeyboardusetwofingersonthescreenandpullthemtogether.

TEACHERHINT:STUDENTSWITHVISUALIMPAIRMENTSAREOFTENCONFUSEDWHENTHEKEYBOARDACCIDENTLY

SPLITS.UNLESSTHESTUDENTISANADVIDTHUMBTEXTER,ITISRECOMMENDEDTOTURNSPLITKEYBOARDOFF.

Toturnon/offtheSplitKeyboard,gotoGeneral>Keyboards>SplitKeyboard.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnSplitKeyboardOFF.

“.”ShortcutDoubletappingthespacebarwillautomaticallyinsertaperiodfollowedbyaspace.

Toselect“.”Shortcut,gotoGeneral>Keyboards>“.”Shortcut.

Duringthistraining,wewillturn“.”ShortcutON.


EnableDictationDictationisapowerfultoolforstudentswithvisualimpairments,especiallyifthestudentalsohasmotorissues.

TEACHERHINT:WHENVOICEOVERISONANDTHEVOICEOVERCURSORISACTIVATEDINATEXTFIELD,USEATWO

FINGERDOUBLETAPTOSTART/STOPDICTATION.IOS9ADDEDTHEEQUIVELENTRBDCOMMAND(1+5+6+SPACE).

ToselectDictation,gotoGeneral>Keyboards>EnableDictation.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnEnableDictationON.

Auto-CapitalizationAuto-Capitalizationmeansthatthebeginningofthesentence,propernames,etc.willautomaticallybecapitalized.

Auto-Correctionmeansthatwhenpossible,amisspelledwordwillautomaticallybecorrected.

TEACHERHINT:AUTO-CORRECTIONMUSTBETURNEDONINORDERFORTHESPELLINGREPLACEMENTPOPUPBOXTO

APPEAR.

Auto-CorrectionThissettingallowsyoutostopwordsfrombeingauto-corrected.Forsomestudentwithvisualimpairmentsauto-correctioncanbefrustrating.

TEACHERHINT:AUTO-CORRECTIONMUSTBETURNEDOFFDURINGSPELLINGTESTS!

CheckSpellingCheckSpellingisanautomaticspellchecker.

TEACHERHINT:AUTO-CORRECTIONMUSTBETURNEDOFFDURINGSPELLINGTESTS!

EnableCapsLockTogglesCapslockonoroff.

PredictiveAsyoutype,youwillseechoicesofwordsorphrases,basedonwhatyouhavepreviouslytyped.Whenyoutypetexts,thephraseswillbebriefandtothepoint.Predictivetypinglearnsyourstyle.

TEACHERHINT:VOICEOVERUSERSOFTENPREFERTOTURNPREDICTIVEOFF.


Tosetthekeyboardoptions,gotoSettings>General>Keyboards

Inthistraining,turnONAuto-Capitalization,Auto-correction,CheckSpelling,EnableCapsLock,Predictive,“.”ShortcutandEnableDictation.TurnSplitKeyboardOFF.


1.11Language&Region

iPadLanguageUsershavetheoptionofchangingtheiPad’slanguage(includingtextandVoiceOver’sspokenlanguage)toanumberofdifferentlanguages.AppsmustsupportthedesiredlanguageorthatspecificappwillstayinEnglish–notallappssupportdifferentlanguages!

Whenyouchangethelanguage,EVERYTHINGontheiPadchanges,includingALLthetext–eventheprintedtextlocatedbelowtheappsymbols.VoiceOverwillspeakinwhateverlanguagehasbeenselected.TheiPadwilltakeashorttimetoconverteverythingtothenewlyselectedlanguage.

Toseethelonglistoflanguageoptions,gotoSettings>General>Language&Region

Warning:DonotchangethelanguageunlessyouunderstandenoughofthenewlanguageinordertochangethesettingsbacktoEnglish!

Youhavetheoptionofaddingasecondlanguageandyoucanselectyourpreferredlanguageorder.

TheiPadcomeswithaVarityoflanguageoptionsandregionallanguageoptions.

Tosetthelanguageoptions,gotoSettings>General>Language&Region

Inthistraining,wewilluseEnglishandUnitedStatesastheLanguageandRegionoptions.

CalendarTheiPadhasthreecalendaroptions:Gregorian,JapaneseandBuddhist.

TosettheCalendaroptions,gotoSettings>General>Language&Region>Calendar.

Inthistraining,wewilluseGregoriancalendaroption.


ThissectionislocatedunderSettings>General>Accessibility.

1.12InvertColors

Invertcolorsisanaccessibilityfeature,whichisespeciallybeneficialforstudentswhoexperiencelightsensitivity,glareissuesand/orforsomestudentswithcolorblindness.Invertcolorschangesthenormalwhitebackgroundtoablackbackground,whichhelpstoreducetheglare.InvertcolorscanbeaddedtotheTripleClickHomesothatuserscaneasilyturninvertcolorsonoroff.

ToturnInvertColorsonoroffinSettings,gotoGeneral>Accessibility>InvertColors.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnInvertColorsOffinsettings;however,insection1.30wewilladdInvertColorsasanAccessibilityShortcut(TripleClickHome).

TEACHERHINT:MANYSTUDENTSWITHRPPREFERINVERTCOLORS.

TEACHERHINT:DONOTADDINVERTCOLORSTOTRIPLECLICKHOMEIFTHESTUDENTISTOTALLYBLIND.

1.13Grayscale

Somestudentswithvisualimpairments–oftenstudentswithcolorblindness–prefertodisablecolorsthatmakethedisplayhardtosee.Grayscaleconvertsthescreentoshadesofgrey,blackandwhiteonly.

ToturnGrayscaleonoroffinSettings,gotoGeneralAccessibility>Grayscale.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnGrayscaleoffinsettings;however,wewilladdGrayscaleasanAccessibilityShortcut(TripleClickHome).Seesection1.30AccessibilityShortcut.

TEACHERHINT:DONOTADDGRAYSCALETOTRIPLECLICKHOMEIFTHESTUDENTISTOTALLYBLINDORIFTHE

STUDENTDOESNOTBENEFITFROMGRAYSCALE.


ThissectionislocatedunderSettings>General>Accessibility>Speech

1.14Speech

SpeakSelectionWhenyouselecttext,theSpeakoptionwillappearinthepopup;theselectedtextwillthenbespokenaloudinEnglishwithanaccentofyourchosenlanguage.NOTE:Thetextisnottranslatedintoanotherlanguage.

ToturnSpeakSelectionon/off,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>Speech>SpeakSelection.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnSpeakSelectionon.

TEACHERHINT:IFASTUDENTALWAYSUSESVOICEOVER,YOUCANTURNSPEAKSELECTIONOFF.

SpeakScreenIfyouhaveahardtimereadingthetextonyouriOSdevice,useSpeakScreentoreadyouemail,iMessages,webpages,andbookstoyou.ThisisasimplewaytohavethescreenreadoutloudwithoutusingVoiceOver.Fromthetopofthescreen,useatwo-fingerswipedownortellSiri,“Speakscreen”andallthecontentonthescreenisreadaloud.Apopupwillappearwiththeseoptions:

Movepopuptotheside(arrowsymbol),slowspeakingspeed(turtlesymbol),rewind,pause/play,fastforward,speedup(rabbitsymbol),dismisspopup(xsymbol).

Thepopupwillautomaticallycondensetobecomeagreyedoutarrowbuttonattheleftsideofthescreen.

TEACHERHINT:SPEAKSCREENISASIMPLETOOLFORLOWVISIONSTUDENTSWHOARELEARNINGTOUSE

VOICEOVERANDVOICEOVERGESTURESORWHONEEDAQUICKSELECTIONREADOUTLOUD;HOWEVER,MOSTLOW

VISIONSTUDENTSWHONEEDMAGNIFICATIONORWHOCANNOTSUSTAINREADING,WILLBENEFITFROMUSING

VOICEOVER.SPEAKSCREENISNOTINTENEDEDTOREPLACEVOICEOVER.

SpeakScreenonlyworksinspecificapps.SpeakScreendoesnotworkontheHomeScreen.

ToturnSpeakScreenonoroff,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>Speech>SpeakScreen

Duringthistraining,wewillturnSpeakScreenon.


TEACHERHINT:IFASTUDENTALWAYSUSESVOICEOVER,YOUCANTURNSPEAKSCREENOFF.

VoicesTheVoiceoption(underAccessibility>Speech>Voices)isanoptiontieddirectlytoSpeakSelectionand/orSpeakScreen.Youhaveoptionstoselectvariousvoices(suchasChinese).

Note:ThesevoicesdoNOTautomaticallytranslatetheselectedtexttoadifferentlanguage;thesevoiceswillspeaktheEnglishwordswithanaccent.(Example:IfChineseischosen,thentheselectedtextwillbereadusingEnglishwordswithaChineseaccent.)

TochooseaVoice,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>Speech>Voices

Duringthistraining,wewillnotselectaVoice.

SpeakingRateAdjustthespeakingrate.Theleftsideisslow(turtlesymbol)andtherightsideisfast(rabbitsymbol).

Toadjustthespeakingrate,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>Speech>SpeakingRateandadjusttheslider.

Duringthistraining,wewillsetthespeakingrateinthemiddleofthesliderapproximately50%.

HighlightContentAnothernewoptioniniOS8istheabilitytohighlightthecontentasitisspoken.HighlightcontentonlyworkswhenVoiceOverisoff.Someapps,suchasRead2Go,dohavethebuilt-inoptionofhighlightingwordswhileVoiceOverison.

ToturnHighlightContentonoroff,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>Speech>HighlightContent.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnHighlightContenton.


SpeakAuto-TextAuto-textoptionalertsyouwhenyouhavemadeatyping/spellingerrorand/orcapitalizationerrorandthenpredictswhatyouaretryingtotype.Whenyoumisspellawordthenhitthespacebar,thecorrectspellingwillreplacewhatyouhaveentered.SpeakAuto-Textwillverballystatewhenthereisanerror.

TEACHERHINT:THEREARETIMESTHATYOUWILLWANTTOTURNTHISFEATUREOFF(SUCHASWHENASTUDENTIS

TAKINGASPELLINGTEST!)IFATEACHERISUSINGANIPAD(WITHOUTVOICEOVER)INACLASSROOM,SPEAKAUTO-TEXTMAYBEDISTRACTINGASITWILLVERBALIZEMISSPELLEDWORDASTHETEACHERTYPES.

ToturnSpeakAuto-textonoroff,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>Speech>SpeakAuto-text.

Duringthistraining,turnSpeakAuto-Texton.


ThissectionislocatedunderSettings>General>Accessibility

1.15LargerText

IniOS8,theiPadallowsyoutoincreasethetextsizefromapproximately8-pointfontto28-pointfont.ThetickmarkjusttotheleftofthemiddleA(ontheslider)isapproximately12-pointfont.

Thelargetextworkswithalerts,Calendar,Contacts,Mail,MessagesandNotes.SomeappssuchasPagesandiBookshavesettingswithintheappthatenableuserstoincreasethefontsize.

Readingsmallprintinemailandtextmessageisfrequentlyanissueforlowvisionstudentsaswellasforolderadults.ChangingtheiPhonesettingstoalargerprintsizeallowspeople–includingseniors-toeasilyreadtheiremail/textmessageswithoutmagnifyingtheentireapporrequirelearninganothersetofgestures.

Tochangetheprintsize,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>LargeText,turnDynamicTypeOnthenselectyourpreferredtextsize.

Duringthistraining,select12-pointfontorselectyourpreferredtextsize.


1.16BoldText

BoldTextadaptsaccordingtothebackgroundcolor.Ifthebackgroundcolorislight,theboldtextwillbecomedarker.Ifthebackgroundisdark,thetextwillbecomelighter.Ifthebackgroundisinbetweenlightanddark,thetextwilldefaulttowhite.

ActivatingBoldTextwillrequirerebootingtheiPad.

ToturnBoldTestonoroff,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>BoldText.ThischangerequiresrebootyouriPadtoapplytheboldtext.Apopupappearsaskingifyouwanttocancelorrestart.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnBoldTexton.

1.17ButtonShapes

Thisoptionisdesignedtomakebuttonseasiertodistinguishfromtext.

TurnButtonShapesonoroff,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>ButtonShapes.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnButtonShapeson.


ThissectionislocatedunderSettings>General>Accessibility>IncreaseContrast

1.18IncreaseContrast

IncreaseContrastisanoptiontoimprovevisualcontrastwithsomebackgrounds.Oftenstudentswithvisualimpairmentsarenotabletoverbalizewhethertheseaccessibilityfeaturesarebeneficial.Forthemajorityofstudentswhohavesomefunctionalvision,thesefeaturesshouldbeturnedon.

ReduceTransparencyReduceTransparencywillimprovecontrastonsomebackgroundstoincreaselegibility.

ToturnReduceTransparencyonoroff,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>IncreaseContrast>ReduceTransparency

Duringthistraining,wewillturnReduceTransparencyon.

DarkenColorsToturnDarkenColorsonoroff,gotoSettings>GeneralAccessibility>IncreaseContrast>DarkenColors

Duringthistraining,wewillturnDarkenColorson.

ReduceWhitePointReducingthewhitepointwillreducetheintensityofbrightcolors.Formanystudentswithlowvision,brightwhitescreensorpopups“whiteout”thetextorimages.

ToturnReduceWhitePointonoroff,gotoSettings>GeneralAccessibility>IncreaseContrast>ReduceWhitePoint

Duringthistraining,wewillturnReduceWhitePointon.


ThissectionislocatedunderSettings>General>Accessibility

1.19ReduceMotion

iOS7addedparallaxandzoomingeffects-animationandmovementfeatures.Forsomepeople,thismovementiscausingmotionsickness.TheReducedMotionoptionminimizestheanimationandmovementfeatures.

TEACHERHINT:MANYSTUDENTSWITHVISUALIMPAIRMENTS–ESPECIALLYSTUDENTSWITHNYSTAGMUS–AREIMPACTEDBYTHEMOTION;OFTENTHESESTUDENTSDONOTVERBALIZETHATTHISMOTIONISANISSUE.ITISRECOMMENDEDTOTURNREDUCEMOTIONONFORALLYOURSTUDENTS.

ToturnReduceMotiononoroff,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>ReduceMotion.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnReduceMotionON.

1.20On/OffLabels

On/offlabelsaddsthemorevisible“1”and“0”tothestandardwhiteorgreenlabels.Addingthistexttothebuttonsgivelowvisionorcolorblindstudentsmoreinformationtodetermineifthebuttonisonoroff.

ToturnOn/OffLabelsonoroff,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>On/OffLabels

Duringthistraining,wewillturnOn/OffLabelsOn.


1.21SwitchControl

Therearethreemainaccessibilityfeaturesspecificallyforstudentswithphysicalissues:SwitchControl,AssistiveTouchandTouchAccommodationsarethreephysicaloptions.Therearenumerousoptionsinsettingsforswitches;SwitchControlsrequireappsthathavebeencreatedtobecompatiblewithBluetoothSwitches.

ToselectthedesiredSwitchControloptions,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>SwitchControl.

Duringthistraining,wewillleaveSwitchControlOff.

1.22AssistiveTouch

AssistiveTouchenablesastudenttousehis/heriPadevenwhentherearephysicalchallenges.AssistiveTouchallowsthestudenttocreatecustomgesturestocontroltheiOSdevice,includingtheabilitytoperformmanyactionswithonlyonefinger.AssistiveTouchnowallowsasequenceofcombinedgestures(suchasdrawingacircle)tobeusedtoperformanaction.Youcancustomizethetoplevelmenuandcustomizeandrecordyourowngestures.

ToselectthedesiredAssistiveTouchoptions,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>AssistiveTouch.

Duringthistraining,wewillleaveAssistiveTouchOff.


1.23TouchAccommodations

iOS9hasexpandedtheTouchAccommodationsforstudentswhohavetroubleusingthetouchscreen.Studentscannowchangehowthescreenwillrespondtotouches.

HoldDurationTurningonHoldDurationenablesyoutoselectthenumberofsecondsyoumusttouchthescreenbeforeatouchisrecognized.Therangeis.10seconds–4.0secondswiththedefaultdurationof.10seconds.

IgnoreRepeatThedurationinwhichmultipletouchesaretreatedasasingletouch.Thisisforstudentswhotouchthescreenseveraltimesquicklyandhavetroubletouchingthescreenjustonce.WhenIgnoreRepeatisturnedon,youcanselectthenumberofsecondsinwhichmultipletouchesaretreatedasasingletouch.Therangeis.10secondsto4.0secondswiththedefaultdurationof.10seconds.

TapAssistanceIfyoutouchthescreenattheplaceyouwantbutyourfingerdragstoadifferentlocationbeforeyoucanmakeaselection,turnonTapAssistanceandUseInitialTouchLocation.

Ifyouhavetroubletouchingthescreenatthedesiredplace,butyoucandragtothatdesiredplacefromanotherlocation,turnonTapassistancewiththeUseFinalTouchLocation.

WithaniPhone6sor6sPlus,TapAssistanceworkswith3DTouch.Yourdevicewillrespondtoyourfirstorfinaltouch,lightorfirm.

ToselectthedesiredTouchAccommodationsoptions,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>TouchAccommodations.

Duringthistraining,wewillleaveTouchAccommodationsOff.


1.24Keyboard(underAccessibility)

iOS9hasaddedadditionalkeyboardoptions.TheseoptionsareavailablewhenusingaBluetoothkeyboard.

KeyRepeatThisoptionenablesyoutopreventcharactersbeingenteredmultipletimeswithasinglekeypress.YoucanselecttheKeyRepeatinterval(defaultis.10seconds)anddelayuntilrepeat(defaultis.40seconds).

StickyKeysTurnonStickyKeysenablesyoutopressonekeyatatimeinsteadofpressingthesekeyssimultaneously,allowingyoutousemodifierkeyswithouthavingtoholdthekeydown.Whenactivated,youcanselecttopresstheShiftkeyfivetimestotoggleStickyKeyson/off.Youcanalsochoosetoplayasoundwhenamodifierkeyisset.

SlowKeysTurnonSlowKeystoadjusttheamountoftimebetweenwhenakeyispressedandwhenitisactivated.Thishelpstoeliminateexcesskeystrokes.

Toselectthedesiredkeyboardoptions,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>Keyboard

Duringthistraining,wewillleaveShowLowercaseKeysOn,KeyRepeatOff,StickyKeysOffandSlowKeysOff.


1.25ShaketoUndo

ShaketoUndoisaniceoptionforaniPhoneoriPodTouch.However,manyuserswhoplacetheirsmallerdevicesinapocketmayprefertoturnShaketoUndooffsothatifthedevicejigglesinthepocket,thiscommandisnotactivated.

TEACHERHINT:DISABLESHAKETOUNDOIFANO&MSTUDENTISUSINGANIPHONERUNNINGAGPSAPPWITH

THEIPHONEINHIS/HERPOCKET!

TEACHERHINT:ITISSUGGESTEDTOTURNSHAKETOUNDOOFF,ASSTUDENTSSHOULDNOTBEENCOURAGEDTOHOLDANDSHAKEANIPAD.

TotoggleShaketoUndoon/off,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>ShaketoUndo.

Duringthistraining,wewillleaveShaketoUndoOff.

1.26CallAudioRouting

CallAudioRoutingdetermineswheretheaudiowillbeheardduringaphonecallorFaceTimeconversation.ChoicesareAutomatic,BluetoothHeadsetorSpeaker.

TotheselectCallAudioRouting,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>CallAudioRouting.

Duringthistraining,wewillselectAutomatic.


1.27HomeButton

ThisfeatureenablestheusertoselectthespeedrequiredtodoubleortripletaptheHomebutton.ThechoicesareDefault,Slow,Slowest.

TEACHERHINT:MANYSTUDENTS,ESPECIALLYTHOSEWITHSLOWERPROCESSINGSKILLSORWITHPHYSICALISSUES,OFTENSTRUGGLEWITHDOUBLECLICKINGTHEHOMEBUTTONQUICKLY.WHENUSINGABLUETOOTHKEYBOARD,THESTUDENTMAYBENEFITFROMUSINGTHE“HOME”KEY(OFTENTOPLEFTCORNERKEY)ORIFTHESTUDENTUSESVOICEOVER,USINGVO+HTWICEQUICKLY.

TotheselecttheHomeButtonspeed,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>HomeButton.

Duringthistraining,wewillselecttheHomeButtonDefaultspeed.

1.28AudioDescriptions

Whenaudiodescriptionsareavailable,thesedescriptionswillbeplayedautomatically.

ToturnVideoDescriptionsonoroff,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>AudioDescriptions.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnAudioDescriptionsOn.


1.29GuidedAccess

GuidedAccessisoftenusedwithstudentswithmultipledisabilities;however,manyschoolsareusingGuidedAccesswhenstudentsaretakingtests.Guidedaccesstemporarilylimitsthestudenttooneappandtheteachercancontrolwhichfeaturesareavailablewithinthatapp.

iOS8hasaddedtwonewfeaturestoGuidedAccess,includingdisablingGuidedAccesswithTouchIDwithnewergenerationiPads.Teachersorparentscansetatimelimit.Oncethattimelimithasexpired,theappwillnotresponduntilhecorrectpasswordorfingerprintisentered.Periodicallyamessagewillappeardisplayingtheremainingtime.Thetimelimitcouldbeanicefeatureonatimedtestoreventosetatimelimitforpracticingskillssuchashowmanymathadditionfactsarecompletedinaspecifictimeframe.

ToinitiallyturnGuidedAccessonandoff,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>scrolldowntoGuidedAccess.TurnonGuidedAccess.UnderPasscodeSettings,setyourdesiredGuidedAccessPasscode.(Donotgivethispasscodetothestudent;useauniquepassword!)ThensettheTimeLimitsandwhethertoplayasoundorhavetheremainingamountoftimespoken.SelectwhetheryouwantGuidedAccesssettingstobedisplayedwhenusingTriple-ClickHome.

ToinitiateGuidedAccess,opentheappthatyouwantthestudenttostayin.Triple-ClickHome(presstheHomebuttonthreetimesfast);then,selectGuidedAccess.Alongthebottomofthescreentherearenowthreebuttons:HardwareButtons,Touchbutton,andTimeLimitbutton.TheHardwarebuttonpopupyoucanturnon/offSleep/Wakebutton,Volumebutton,Motion,andaccesstotheKeyboard.TheTouchbuttonenablesyoutocircleareasonthescreenthatyouwanttodisable.

WARNING!!!DONOTCIRCLETHEMIDDLEOFTHESCREENWHERETHETRIPLECLICKHOMEPOPUPAPPEARS.CURRENTLY,IFTHATAREAISSELECTED,YOUCANNOTTYPEINTHEPASSCODETOTURNOFFGUIDEDACCESS!

TheTimeLimitbuttonenablesyoutosettheamountoftimethatGuidedAccessallowsthestudenttousethisapp.Whenthetimeexpires,theappshutsdownuntilGuidedAccessisturnedoff.Oncethetimerisactivated,presstheHomebuttontoseehowmuchtimeisleftonthetimercountdown.

Whenallthesettingsareestablished,activateStartintheupperrightcorner.Or,activateCancelintheupperleftcorner.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnGuidedAccessOffandwewillnotaddGuidedAccesstotheAccessibilityShortcut.


1.30AccessibilityShortcut(Triple-ClickHome)

AccessibilityShortcutusedtobecalled“Triple-ClickHome”;itisamethodofclickingtheHomebuttonthreetimesinordertoeasilyturnOn/Offvariousaccessibilityfeatures.YoucanchoosetosetTriple-ClickHometocontrolVoiceOver,InvertColors,Grayscale,Zoom,SwitchControl,AssistiveTouchandGuidedAccessoranycombinationsofthesefeatures.GuidedAccessisaddedtoTriple-ClickHomeundertheGuidedAccesssetting.

TosetTriple-ClickHome,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility(scrolldown)>Triple-ClickHome,andselectyourdesiredoptions.

Onceset,youcanpressandholdtheHomebuttonandtellSiritoenableaccessibilityoptionssuchasVoiceOver,InvertColors,Greyscale,AssistiveTouch,andGuidedAccess.Say,“TurnonVoiceOver”andSiriwilldoso.ThisoptiondoesnotworkwithZoomandsomeoftheotheraccessibilityfeatures.YoumusthaveinternetconnectionforSiritowork.

Duringthistraining,wewillinitiallysetTriple-ClickHometoZoom,Grayscale,InvertColorsandVoiceOver.

TEACHERHINT:IFTHESTUDENTISTOTALLYBLINDANDDOESNOTNEEDTHEOTHERACCESSIBILITYFEATURES,ONLYENABLEVOICEOVERASATRIPLE-CLICKHOMEOPTION.THISWILLTURNVOICEOVERONOROFFWHENTHEHOME

BUTTONISPRESSEDTHREETIMES.


ThissectionislocatedunderSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver

1.31SpeakingRate

Thespeechratecanbeadjustedtoyourpreferredrateofspeed.

TosettheSpeechRate,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>SpeakingRate.Movethesliderbuttontotheleftforslowerspeechandtotherightforfasterspeech.

Duringthistraining,wewillsetthespeechrateto50%.

TEACHERHINT:USETHEROTORTOADJUSTTHESPEECHRATEONTHEFLY.

1.32SpeakHints

SpeakHintsprovidesimportantVoiceOverinformation,especiallywhenusingunfamiliarappsorappsthathavenewinteractions.Example:WhenyoutouchtheStatusbarVoiceOverwillsay,“Statusbaritem.SwipedownwiththreefingerstorevealtheNotificationCenter,swipeupwiththreefingerstorevealtheControlCenter,doubletaptoscrolltotop.”

ToturnSpeakHintsonoroff,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>SpeakHints.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnSpeakHintson.

1.33UsePitchChanges

VoiceOverusespitchchangestoprovideadditionalinformation;VoiceOverspeaksinahigherpitchwhenenteringaletter,andalowerpitchwhendeletingaletter.VoiceOveralsousesahigherpitchwhenspeakingthefirstitemofagroup(suchasalistortable)andalowerpitchwhenspeakingthelastitemofagroup.

ToturnPitchHintsonoroff,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>PitchHints.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnPitchHintson.


1.34UseSoundEffects

SoundEffectswillturnonorofftheVoiceOversoundeffects.SoundseffectsarecriticalforVoiceOverusersasthesesoundeffectsindicatewhatactionhastakenplaceorwheretheuserisonthescreen!Thesesoundeffectsarethe“click,click,click”whendraggingyourfingeraroundemptyspaceonthescreen,the“thunk”whenyouareattheend/bottomofthepage,etc.

ToturnSoundEffectsonoroff,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>SoundEffects

Duringthistraining,wewillturnSoundEffectson.

TEACHERHINT:SOUNDEFFECTSARECRITICALFORVOICEOVERUSERS!

1.35Speech

VoiceOvercanspeakwithavarietyofaccents/dialects.YoucanchooseyourpreferredEnglishdialect(EnglishUS,EnglishAustralian,etc.).

UndertheSpeechoption,youcanalsoaddaccentsasaRotoroption,meaningyoucanhaveEnglishwithaSpanishorGermanaccent.

ToselectyourpreferredSpeechdialect/accent,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Speech>DefaultDialect(thenchooseyourdesireddialect).

ToselectyourpreferredRotorLanguage,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Speech>AddnewLanguage

Duringthistraining,wewillselectEnglish(U.S)Default.Wewillnotaddarotorlanguage.

EnhancedVoicesYoucanalsochooseEnhancedQualityvoices;however,anEnhancedQualityvoicerequiressignificantmemoryspace–over100MB.AlexisanEnhancedQualityvoicethatrequires869MB.Alexdeliversanaturalsoundingvoiceandhastheabilitytopronouncemorewordscorrectly.AlexisavailableontheiPadAirornewergenerationiPad;Alexisnotavailableonoldergenerations.OnceAlexisdownloaded,Alexcanberemovedbyslidingyourfingerfrom


righttoleftontheAlexoptioninSettings.TheAlexvoicecanspeakfasterthanthenormalVOvoice.

ToselectanEnhancedQualityVoice(includingAlex),gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Speech>

Duringthistraining,wewillselecttheEnglish(U.S.)Defaultvoice.

TEACHERHINT:IFYOUDOWNLOADALEXANDTHENDECIDENOTTOUSETHEALEXVOICE,ITISRECOMMENDEDTHAT

YOUREMOVEALEXDUETOMEMORYSPACETHATALEXREQUIRES.

RotorLanguagesYoucanselectdifferentrotorlanguages.Taponalanguage(English)toadjusttherotorspeechrate.

Toselectatherotor’slanguage(includingAlex),gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Speech>

Duringthistraining,wewillselecttheEnglish(U.S.).


ThissectionislocatedunderSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Braille

1.36Braille

TheiPad(andotheriOSdevices)canbepairedwitharefreshablebrailledisplay(RBD).BraillestudentscanreadandwriteusingtheRBDandtheycannavigateanddrivetheiPadusingavarietyofpowerfulRBDcommands.

ThereareanumberofNEWRBDcommandsintroducediniOS9!

BrailleDisplayOutputThebraille,whichisdisplayedontheRBDoptions,isUncontracted6-dotbraille(whichisuncontractedwith6dotcells),Uncontracted8-dotbrailleorContractedbraille.CurrentlyintheU.S.,wetypicallyuseUncontracted6-dotbrailleorContractedbraille.

6-dotBrailleisusedforLiteraryContracted,LiteraryUncontracted,UEB,NemethandASCIIBraille.

Uncontracted8-dotbrailleisusedforhigherlevelsmathandsciencematerials.

Tochangethebrailleoutputonthefly,typeGChord(dots1+2+4+5+space).

ToselectyourpreferredBrailleDisplayOutput,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Braille>BrailleDisplayOutput.

Duringthistraining,wewillinitiallystartwithContractedBrailleOutput.

TROUBLESHOOTING:WHENTHEBRAILLEOUPUTSHOWSUNUSUALSYMBOLS,CHECKTOSEETHAT8-DOTBRAILLEWASNOTACCIDENTLYTURNEDON.ALSOCHECKTHATUEBBRAILLEHASNOTBEENACCIDENTLYTURNEDON.

BrailleDisplayInputThebrailleinputoptionsareUncontractedSix-dotBraille,UncontractedEight-dotBrailleandContractedBraille.

Tochangethebrailleinputonthefly,typedots2+3+6+space.

ToselectyourpreferredBrailleDisplayInput,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Braille>BrailleDisplayInput.

Duringthistraining,wewillinitiallystartwithContractedBrailleDisplayInput.


AutomaticBrailleTranslationAutomaticBrailleTranslationmeansthatcontractionsarequicklytranslated.Studentsmusttypetheentirewordfollowedbyaspace.Ifastudenttypesabraillewordslowly,theindividualletterswillautomaticallybecomewholewordcontractions.Formanystudents,havingtothinkaboutthewordasawholeword(insteadofindividualletters)andhavingtotypethewordquicklyencouragesthestudenttotypefaster.

WhenAutomaticBrailleTranslationisturnedoff,studentscantaketheirtimetoproduceContractedbraillewithoutindividuallettersautomaticallybecomingwholewordcontractions.

IniOS8,thebrailletranslationisslightlyslowerasthebraillewordappearsontheRBDprecededbythefullbraillecell.Thewordisnotincorporatedintothetextfielduntilthespacebarispressed.Thisallowsthestudenttocheckhisbrailleashewritestheword–andtoimmediatelyeditthewordbydeletingandretypingbeforethewordisplacedintothetextfield.

IniOS7,thespacebarorpunctuationsymbolwouldtranslatetheword;iniOS8,onlythespacebarwilltranslatetheword.

ToturnAutomaticBrailleTranslationonoroff,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Braille>BrailleDisplayInput>AutomaticBrailleTranslation.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnAutomaticBrailleTranslationon.

TEACHERHINT:IFYOUAREWORKINGWITHABEGINNINGBRAILLESTUDENTWHOTRULYHASPROCESSINGISSUESOR

PHYSICALISSUESANDNEEDSTHEEXTRATIMETOPHYSICALLYPRODUCECONTRACTEDBRAILLE,YOUCANCHOOSETOTURNAUTOMATICBRAILLETRANSLATIONOFF.


BrailleScreenInputWhenyouareinatextfield,youcanturntherotoronepositionclockwisetoenabletheBrailleScreenInput.YoucannowtypedirectlyontheiPad’sscreenusingthe6or8keyinput.TheBrailleScreenInputmustbeaddedtotheRotorsettings.

Therearethreeoptions:Uncontracted6-dotBraille,Uncontracted8-dotBrailleandContractedBraille.Uncontracted6-dotBraillewillannounceeachletter/characterasitistyped.ThereisaslightlearningcurvetobecomeproficientwiththeBrailleScreenInput.ItisrecommendedtolaytheiPadflatonatabletopwhilelearning.

BrailleScreenInputisdoneinLandscapemode.WhenusinganiDevice,youhavetheoptionofTableToporScreenAway.TableTopmode–whentheiPadisflat-isthetraditionalPerkinskeyboard.ScreenAwaymode-whentheiPhoneistilted–isdesignedforpeoplewhoprefertoholdtheiPhonerestingagainsttheirstomachwiththescreenawayfromtheirbody.WhenintheScreenAwaymode,theindex,middleandringfingersareplacedevenlyalongtheleftandrightedgesofthescreen.Inthisposition,thelefttopisdot1,leftmiddleisdot2,leftbottomisdot3,therighttopisdot4,therightmiddleisdot5,therightbottomisdot6.ScreenAwaymodeismoreoftenusedwiththeiPhonethanwiththeiPad.

TEACHERHINT:STUDENTSCANTAPDOTSALMOSTANYWHEREONTHESCREEN–THEYDONOTHAVETOTAPDIRECTLYONTHEVISUALCIRCLEFORASPECIFICDOT.SO,STUDENTSCANTAPDOT3ATTHETOPORBOTTOMOFTHE

SCREEN(INTABLETOPMODE)ASLONGASTHEYARETAPPINGINTHEGENERALDOT3POSITIONONTHELEFTSIDEOFTHESCREEN.

Calibrate

EachtimeyouactivatetheBrailleScreenInput,youmustcalibratewhereyourfingersareontheiPad’sscreen.Simultaneously,quicklydoubletapallsixfingersontheiPad’sscreen.VoiceOverwillsay,“Dotpositionscalibrated.”

ExploringMode

IfyouHOLDoneormoredots,youwillheartwotones,thenVoiceOverwillsay,“InExploringMode(thenVOnamesthedotsnumbersbeingheld)”.Youmustcontinuetoholdthedotsinordertohearthedotnumbers.

TEACHERHINTER:FORBESTRESULTS,TURNZOOMOFFWHENUSINGTHEBRAILLESCREENINPUT;ATHREEFINGERDOUBLETAPWILLACTIVATEZOOMORZOOMWINDOW(DEPENDINGONYOURSELECTEDZOOMOPTION).

ToexittheBrailleScreenInput,turntherotortoanothersetting.

TheBrailleScreenInputcommandsare:


1fingerflickright:space1fingerflickleft:delete/backspace1fingerupordown:choosethecorrectwordwhenawordwasmisspelled2fingerflickright:newline

ToselectBrailleScreenInput,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Braille>BrailleScreenInput.

Duringthistraining,wewillinitiallystartwithUncontracted6-dotBrailleScreenInput.

StatusCellVoiceOverprovidestactileinformationaboutwhatisontheiPad’sscreenusingstatuscells,locatedontheleftorrightsideofthebrailledisplay.Youcansetyourpreferencesforstatuscellsontheleft,rightoroff.Typically,studentsprefertoturntheStatusCellOff.

EachindividualdotintheStatusCellhasaunique,designatedmeaning.Statuscelldotsarenotcombinedtohaveadifferentmeaning.Ifthedotisraised,thedotindicates:

Dot1:UnreadAnnouncements–anythingthatVoiceOverannounces.Dot1isalmostalwaysupasVoiceOverconstantlyannouncesinformation.Toview/dismisstheannouncementpressNChord.Dot2:CurrentUnreadAnnouncements–announcementsthatarenewthatyouhavenotyetread.Dot3:MutedSpeechDot4:LowBattery–lowbatteryappearswhentheRBDhas20%batterypowerorless.Dot5:LandscapeMode–theiPadisheldinthelandscapeposition.Dot6:ScreenCurtainOnDot7:LeftPannable–ifyoupanleft,youwillremaininthecurrentitem.Example:wheninanemail,ifyoupanleft,youwillremaininthatemailandwillnotjumptothepreviousemail.Dot8:RightPannable–indicatesthatthereismorecontentofthecurrentitemtotheright;youwillnotmoveoutofthecurrentitem.

ToselectyourStatusCellpreference,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Braille>StatusCell.

Duringthistraining,wewillSelectStatusCelloff.


TEACHERHINT:THESTATUSCELLISATACTILEREMINDEROFWHATVOICEOVERHASALREADYSAID.STATUSCELLISBENEFICIALFORSTUDENTSWHOAREDEAF/BLIND.

EquationsuseNemethCodeiOS7introducedNemethCodesupport.InorderforVoiceOvertoreadNemethCodeproperlyandforthebrailledisplaytoshowNemethCodeproperly,themathmustbecorrectlycreatedusingMathML.WhenNemethiscreatedcorrectly,thestudentcanchoosetohaveVoiceOverreadtheentiremathproblemorsectionsofthemathproblem.

ToturnEquationsuseNemethCodeonoroff,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Braille>EquationsuseNemethCode.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnEquationsuseNemethCodeon.

ShowOnscreenKeyboardWheninatextfield,theiPad’sonscreenkeyboardwilloftenappear,evenifstudentwantstouseaBluetoothkeyboardorRefreshableBrailleDisplay.TurningtheonscreenkeyboardoffallowsthestudenttopresstheBluetoothkeyboardkeyortousetheRBDcommandtomaketheonscreenkeyboarddisappear.

ToturntheOnscreenKeyboardonoroff,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Braille>OnscreenKeyboard

Duringthistraining,wewillturnOnscreenKeyboardoff.

TurnPageswhenPanningTurnPageswhenPanningisanewoptioniniOS8;thisoptionallowsthestudenttoturnpageswhilepanning.ThisisparticularlyimportantwhenreadingbooksontheRefreshableBrailleDisplay.

ToselectTurnPageswhenPanningonoroff,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Braille>TurnPageswhenPanning.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnPageswhenPanningon.


BrailleTranslationBrailletranslationallowsthestudenttochoosehispreferredEnglishbraillecode;theoptionsareEnglish(Unified),English(US),orEnglish(UnitedKingdom).Currently,theU.S.istransitioningfromEnglish(US)toEnglish(Unified).English(Unified)isalsocalledUEBBraille.DigitalbraillecaneasilybeswitchedfromEnglish(US)brailletoUEBBraille!

TochoosethedesiredEnglishBrailleTranslation,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Braille>BrailleTranslation

Duringthistraining,wewilluseEnglish(US)BrailleCode.

AlertDisplayDurationThisisnewiniOS9.AlertDisplayDurationallowsyoutoselecthowlongthealertwillbevisibleonyourBrailledisplay.Thedefaultis3.00seconds.

TotheAlertDisplayDuration,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Braille>AlertDisplayDuration.

Duringthistraining,wewillusethe3seconddefaultsetting.


ThissectionislocatedunderSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver

1.37RotorSettings

Voiceover–theiPad’sbuilt-iniOSscreenreader–featuresaninnovativevirtualcontrolcalledthe“rotor”.TherotorisonlyavailablewhenVoiceoveristurnedon.Toaccesstherotor,rotateyourthumbandfinger(oranytwofingers)onthescreenasifyouwereturninganactualdial.Apopupdialwillappearandyouwillhearauniqueclickingsound.Continuetoturntherotorinordertomovethroughthevariousrotoroptions.Theoptionsdisplayedwithintherotordependontheappyouareusing,thestateoftheappandtheRotoroptionsyouhaveselectedwithinSettings.

Therotorallowsyoutoconfigurethebehavioroftheonefingerswipeupandonefingerswipedowngestures.Forexample,wheneditingadocumentyoucanconfigurethosegesturestomovebackwardsorforwardsbyonecharacter,word,orline.Alternatively,whenusingSafaritosurfthewebyoucanconfigurethosegesturestomovebackwardsorforwardsbylinks,headings,buttons,andothertypesofelementsthatarecommonlyfoundonwebpages.

Toselectyourrotorsettings,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>Voiceover>Rotorthencheckthefollowingrotorsettings:

• Characters• Words• Lines• SpeechRate• Punctuation• Containers• Headings• Links• FormControls• Tables• Landmarks• Buttons• Textfields• TextSelections• TypingMode

Note:Yourrotoroptionsmayappearinadifferentorder.


TextSelectionisagreatnewoptionisiOS9.Thisisasimplewaytoselecttextinordertocopy,cut,highlight,addanote/comment,etc.

Therotorisapowerfulnavigationtool.Wheneditingadocument,useCharacterstolistentothespellingoftheword;usepunctuationtohaveVoiceOverreadthesentencewithpunctuationsymbols;and,useWordsorLinestonavigateefficientlytoadesiredlocation.Onawebsite,useHeadingstoskimthetopics,useButtonstonavigatetothe“x”tocloseawindow,useTextfieldstojumpdirectlytothetextfieldtotypeinyoursearchorfillinasurveyquestion.

TEACHERHINT:THESEROTORSETTINGSCANBECHANGEDTOMEETANINDIVIDUAL’SNEEDS.FORAYOUNGSTUDENTWHOISJUSTLEARNINGTOUSETHEROTOR,REMOVEALLBUTTHEMOSTBASICROTOROPTIONS.ONCEA

STUDENTHASTRIEDTHEVARIOUSTYPINGMODESANDHASCHOSENHIS/HERDESIREDMODE,REMOVETHETYPINGMODEFROMTHEROTOR.

Duringthistraining,wewillselecttherotorsettingsabove.


1.38TypingStyle

TherearenowthreetypingoptionsthatappearautomaticallyintheRotorwhenthestudentisinatextfield:

StandardTyping:Dragyourfingeraroundtheonscreenkeyboarduntilyoufindthedesiredkeyandsplittap(tapwithasecondfinger).TouchTyping:Dragyourfingeraroundthescreenuntilyouhearthedesiredcharacter;thecharacterisenteredwhenyouliftyourfinger.DirectTouchTyping:Isdesignedforthestudentwhoisafast,efficienttouchtypistwhocaninstantlylocatethedesiredkeywithoutdragging.Thisisfortheconfidenttypist!

ToselectyourTypingStyle,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>Voiceover>TypingStyle

DuringthistrainingwewilluseTouchTyping.

1.39PhoneticFeedback

Phoneticfeedbackisusedtoclearlyidentifyatypedorreadcharacter.WhenPhoneticFeedbackison,VoiceOverwillfirstsaythecharacterandthenspeakawordbeginningwiththecharacter.Example:WhenyousettherotortoCharactersandmovecharacterbycharacter,VoiceOverwillsay“E,echo”.

ToturnPhoneticFeedbackonoroff,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>PhoneticFeedback.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnPhoneticFeedbackon.


1.40TypingFeedback

Youcanchoosethetypingfeedbackonboththeonscreenkeyboardandtheexternal(BluetoothorRBD)keyboard.TheoptionsareforVoiceOvertosay:Nothing,Characters,WordsoracombinationofCharactersandWords.

TEACHERHINT:FORTHEVERYBEGINNINGBRAILLEREADER/WRITER,YOUMAYWANTTOTRYCHARACTERSONLY.THISWILLPROVIDETHESTUDENTCONFIRMATIONWITHEACHCHARACTERTHATISTYPED.

ToselectthedesiredTypingFeedback,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>(scrolldown)TypingFeedback.

Duringthistraining,wewilluseCharactersandWords.

1.41AlwaysSpeakNotifications

VoiceOvercanspeakeverynotification,meaningthatVoiceOvercanalertthestudenttoeveryreceivedtext,email,banner,etc.Duringtheschoolday,thiscanbedistractingtothestudentandothernearbypeople.

ToturnAlwaysSpeakNotificationsonoroff,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>(scrolldown)AlwaysSpeakNotifications.

Duringthistraining,wewilluseAlwaysSpeakNotificationsoff.


1.42NavigateImages

OnceimagescanbesetasaRotoroption,studentshavethreeoptionsofwaystonavigateimages:Always,WithDescriptions,orNever.WithDescriptionsareimagesthathavebeenlabeledcorrectly(alttags)inorderforVoiceOvertoprovidemeaningfulinformationabouttheimage.

Remember:Imagesmustbeselectedintherotorsettings!

ToselectyourpreferredNavigateImagesoptions,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>(scrolldown)NavigateImages.

Duringthistraining,wewillselectNavigateImagesAlways.However,notethatinanefforttokeeptheRotoruncluttered,wehavenotselectedImagesasaRotorsetting.Ifdesired,ImagescaneasilybeaddedtotheRotorsetting.

1.43LargeCursor

WhentheLargeCursoristurnedOntheVoiceOvercursorboxbecomesathick,boldbox.Whenthescreenbackgroundisdarker,theVoiceOvercursorboxalsoincludesawhitecontrastlinealongwiththeboldblackcursorbox.

Toturnonthisoption,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>(scrolldown)LargerCursor.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnLargeCursoron.


1.44Double-TapTimeout

ThisisanewfeatureiniOS9.Thisfeatureisforstudentswhohavetroublephysicallycreatingthedoubletapgesture–twofasttaps.Thisfeatureallowsyoutoaddmoretimebetweentapstoallowaslowerdoubletapgesture.Thedefaultsettingis.25secondsbetweentaps.

Tochangethedouble-taptimeout,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>(scrolldown)Double-tapTimeout.

Duringthistraining,wewillusethe.25secondsdefault.


1.45ZoomandZoomWindow

Zoom“Zoom”isthetraditionalwaytomagnifytheentirescreen.TheZoommagnificationrangeis100–1,500%

FollowFocusThissettingdeterminesiftheZoomlens(magnifiedarea)willfollowthetextcursor.

TEACHERHINT:PREVIOUSLY,WHENTYPING,ZOOMDIDNOTFOLLOWASTEXTWASADDED.FOLLOWFOCUSWILL

AUTOMATICALLYDISPLAYTHETEXTHE/SHEWHICHISCURRENTLYBEINGTYPED.

SmartTypingWhenFollowFocusison,theSmartTypingon/offoptionappearsinSettings.Typingonamagnifiedkeyboardrequiresscrollingaroundthescreeninordertolocatethekeys.

TEACHERHINT:FORMANYSTUDENTS–ESPECIALLYSTUDENTSWHOAREUSEDTOTYPINGONTHETRADITIONAL

KEYBOARD-ITISEASIERANDMOREEFFICIENTTOTYPEWHENTHEKEYBOARDREMAINSTHENORMALSIZE.

ZoomWindowZoomWindowenablestheabilitytomagnifyasectionofthescreenwhilemaintainingthenormalsettingsontherestofthescreen

ShowControllerThistogglesettingaddstheZoomController-acircle-tothescreen.TheZoomControllerisusedtomoveZoomfocusaround,tobringupthenewZoomMenuandtoquicklyzoominandoutofanarea.

IdleVisibilityWhenShowControlleristurnedon,IdleVisibilityappears.ThisreducesthevisibilityoftheZoomcontrollerwhenthecontrollerisnotinuse.Theslider’sdefaultis50%.


TEACHERHINT:STUDENTSTHATSTRUGGLEWITHPHYSICALLYSCROLLINGAROUNDTHEPAGEMAYPREFERTOUSETHE

SHOWCONTROLLERFEATURE.

ZoomRegionThissettingenablesthestudenttochooseFullScreenZoomortheWindowZoom(partialscreenzoom).

TEACHERHINT:IFTHESTUDENTDOESNOTLIKETHEZOOMWINDOWORIFTHESTUDENTDOESNOTUSETHEZOOM

WINDOWFEATURE,TURNZOOMREGIONTOFULLSCREENZOOM.

MaximumZoomLevelThisfeatureallowsstudentstolimittheamountofmagnification.Themaximumamountis15x.LimitingtheamountofmagnificationcanbebeneficialwhenusinganiPodoriPhone,duetothesmallscreensizes.

TEACHERHINT:THEGREATERTHEMAGNIFICATION,THESMALLERTHEFIELD–WHICHREQUIRESMORESCROLLING.BIGGERISNOTALWAYSBETTER!

TosettheZoomoptions,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>Zoom

Forthistraining,wewillinitiallyturnonZoom,FollowFocusandShowController.TurnZoomKeyboardoff.IdleVisibilityissetto50%.ZoomRegionissettoWindowZoom.MaximumZoomLevelissetat8x.

TEACHERHINT:IFTHESTUDENTDOESNOTUSEZOOM,TURNZOOMOFF.ADJUSTTHEMAXIMUMZOOMLEVELFOR

YOURSTUDENT’SSPECIFICNEEDS.


ThissectionislocatedunderSettings(ontheleftone-thirdofthescreen)

1.46SoundsandAlerts

TheVoiceOversoundsandalerts(suchasthe“dddd”heardwhendraggingyourfingerthroughemptyspaceonthescreen)canalsobeturnedon/offandthevolumecanbeincreased/decreasedinSoundsettings.TheseVoiceOversoundsarecriticaltouserswhoarevisuallyimpaired.

ToadjustthevolumeoftheVoiceOversoundsandalerts,gotoSettings>Sounds>RingerandAlerts.Adjustthevolumeusingtheslider.Thedefaultsettingisinthemiddle.

TEACHERHINT:IFTHEVOLUMEISSETTOOLOW,YOUMAYNOTHEARTHECRITICALVOICEOVERSOUNDSANDALERTS.MAKESURETHEVOLUMEISSETINTHEMIDDLEOFTHESLIDERORHIGHER.

Duringthistraining,wewillsettheRingerandAlertstoatleastthree-fourthsofthewaytotherightsideoftheslider.

ChangewithButtonsChangewithButtonschangesthevolumecontrolstoadjustthevolumeoftheringersandalerts–suchasthe“whoosh”soundwhenanemailissent.ThevolumecontrolsarethephysicalcontrolslocatedonthetopleftedgeoftheiPadwhentheHomebuttonisontheright.WhenChangewithButtonsisturnedoff,thephysicalvolumecontrolswilladjustthestandardvolumeoftheringerVoiceOverspeechandVoiceOversounds.

TROUBLESHOOTING:IFYOUUSETHEIPAD’SPHYSICALVOLUMECONTROLSANDTHEVISUALPOPUPHASTHETEXT

“RINGER”INSTEADOF“VOLUME”,THENTHECHANGEWITHBUTTONSCONTROLISON.

ToturnSoundEffectsVolumeonoroff,gotoSettings>Sounds>ChangewithButtons.

Duringthistraining,wewillTurnChangewithButtonsoff.


1.47PasscodeLock

YoucanchoosetokeepyouriPadprivatebyaddingapasscode.WhentheiPadisturnedonor“wakesup”,thescreenwillshowanumberpad.YoumustselectthecorrectnumbersinordertounlocktheiPad.Youwillchooseyourownpassword.

TosetyourPasscodeLock,gotoPasscode.Apopupscreenwillappear.Youwillenteryourpersonal4numbercode.

TEACHERHINT:IFYOUAREUSINGANIPADANDYOUHAVECONFIDENTIALSTUDENTINFORMATIONONTHEIPAD,YOUWILLNEEDTOACTIVATETHEPASSCODELOCK.

Forthistraining,youwillNOTneedtosetthePasscodeLock.

1.48DoNotDisturb

Whenenabled,DoNotDisturbsilencescallsandalerts.Thisisagreatfeatureforstudentsandteacherswhenintheclassroom!WhenDoNotDisturbison,amooniconwillappearintheStatusbar;incomingFaceTimecallsandallalertswillbesilenced.WhenusinganiPhone,DoNotDisturbwillalsosilenceincomingcalls.

YoucanmanuallyturnDoNotDisturbOn/OffintheControlCenter.DoNotDisturbhourscanbesettoautomaticallyenableDoNotDisturbbetweenthehoursyouspecify.

InSettings,youcanselecttheseDoNotDisturboptions:

• Manual:Whenenabled,callsandalertsreceivedwhilethedeviceislockedwillbesilenced.

• Scheduled:AutomaticallyenablesDoNotDisturbbetweenthehoursyouspecify.• AllowCallsFrom:Optionsaretoallowcallsfromeveryone,nooneorspecificcontact

groupsstoredonyourdevice.• RepeatedCalls:Ifsomeonecalls/FaceTimestwicewithinthreeminutes,thecallwillnot

besilenced.• Silence:Optiontosilencecallsalwaysoronlywhilethedeviceislocked.


TosetDoNotDisturb,gotoSettings>DoNotDisturb>Manual.

TEACHERHINT:ITISRECOMMENDEDTHATSTUDENTSTURNDONOTDISTURBONDURINGSCHOOLHOURSSOTHAT

THEYANDOTHERARENOTDISTRACTED.ITISALSORECOMMENDEDTOTURNDONOTDISTURBOFFDURINGNORMAL

“SLEEPING”HOURS;IFDESIRED,SELECTTHATCALLSANDTEXTSFROMIMMEDIATEFAMILYMEMBERSAREALLOWED

THROUGH.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnDoNotDisturbon.


1.49Display&Brightness

Thisenablesuserstoeasilychangethebrightness,TextSizeandBoldTextaccessibilityoptions.ThereisalsoanoptionforAuto-Brightnessonoroff.

ToquicklyadjustDisplay&Brightnessoptions,gotoSettings>Display&Brightness(leftone-thirdofthescreen).

Duringthistraining,wewillTurnAuto-Brightnesson.(Wehavepreviouslyadjustedthebrightness,TextSize,turnedBoldTextonintheaccessibilitysectionofSettings.

TEACHERHINT:STUDENTSCANALSOQUICKLYADJUSTTHEBRIGHTNESS,VOLUME,ANDTURNON/OFFDONOT

DISTURBINTHECONTROLCENTER.(EXPOSETHECONTROLCENTERBYONEFINGERSWIPEUPSTARTINGATTHE

BOTTOMEDGEOFTHEIPAD’SSCREEN.)

1.50Wallpaper

The“Wallpaper”isthebackgroundofyourLockScreenandHomeScreen.Youcanchoosefromavailablebackgroundsandpatterns,oryoucanuseapicturethatisinyourPhotoapp.Forsomestudentswithvisualimpairments,changingthebackgroundtoasolidcolor–suchasblack–isbeneficial.

UndertheWallpapersettings,youcanchooseavarietyofdynamicwallpaper(taponDynamictoviewyouroptions),Stills,orPhotosfromyourPhotoapp.

TochangetheWallpaper,gotoSettings>Wallpaper>ChooseaNewWallpaper

Duringthistraining,wewillnotchangetheWallpaper.


1.51HomeScreenAppPlacement

Duringthistraining,wewillbeusingVoiceOvergesturesandBluetoothkeyboardcommandstoquicklynavigatetheHomeScreen.Therearespecialcommandstomovetothetopleft,bottomleft,andbottomright.Forthedurationofthistraining,theseappsneedtobeinkeypositionslistedbelowsothateveryiPadwillreactinthesamemanner.Theseappsshouldnotbeinafolder.Afterthetraining,participantscanarrangetheappsastheydesire.

OnthefirstHomescreenpage,thetoprow(startinginthetopleftcorner)shouldhave:

Calendar,Notes,Reminders,iBooks,Maps

OnthefirstHomescreenpage,intheDock/bottomrow(startinginthebottomleftcorner)shouldhave:

Pages,Mail,Settings,Settings,Dropbox,Safari

1.52CameraandPhotos

Thesearenotsettingsbutaregreataccessibilityfeatures.

WhenusingthecameraappwithVoiceOver,VoiceOverwillstatehowmanypeople(faces)areincludedinthescreenandwherethesefacesarelocated(sothatyoucancenterthefaces).

WhenviewingaphotowithVoiceOver,VoiceOverwillstatephotodescriptions,dateofthephoto,orientation,whetherthephotoiscrisporblurry,andhowwelllitthephotois.

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