Triple-click home, Closed captioning and other helpful features – Apple iPad iOS 4.2 User Manual

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Triple-Click Home

Triple-click Home is an easy way to turn some Accessibility features on or off by quickly
press the Home button three times. You can set Triple-click Home to turn VoiceOver
on or off, turn White on Black on or off, or ask if you would like to triple-click the
Home button to:

Turn VoiceOver on or off

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Turn Zoom on or off

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Turn White on Black on or off

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Triple-click Home is normally turned off.
Set the Triple-click Home function: In Settings, choose General > Accessibility >
Triple-click Home, then choose the function you want.

Closed Captioning and Other Helpful Features

Many standard features available on iPad also help make it accessible to all users,
including those with disabilities.

Widescreen Keyboards

All the built-in iPad apps show a larger onscreen keyboard when you rotate iPad
to landscape view. You can also type using an Apple Wireless Keyboard or the iPad
Keyboard Dock.

Minimum Font Size for Mail Messages

To increase readability, set the minimum font size for Mail message text to Large,
Extra Large, or Giant. See “Mail” on page 152.

Universal Access in Mac OS X

Take advantage of the Universal Access features in Mac OS X when you use iTunes to
sync information and content from your iTunes library to iPad. In the Finder, choose
Help > Mac Help, then search for “universal access.”

For more information about iPad and Mac OS X accessibility features, go to
www.apple.com/accessibility.

Closed Captioning

You can turn on closed captioning for videos in Video settings. See “Video” on
page 156.

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Accessibility

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