Switch control, 169 switch control, Add a switch and turn on switch control – Apple iPhone iOS 8.4 User Manual

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Appendix A

Accessibility

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Enable the Sleep/Wake or volume buttons: Tap Options below Hardware Buttons.

Keep iPhone from switching from portrait to landscape or from responding to other motions: Tap

Options, then turn off Motion.

Prevent typing: Tap Options, then turn off Keyboards.

Ignore all screen touches: Turn off Touch at the bottom of the screen.

Set a session time limit: Tap Time Limit Options at the bottom of the screen.

End the session. Triple-click the Home button, then enter the Guided Access passcode, or use

Touch ID (if enabled).

Switch Control

Switch Control lets you control iPhone using a single switch or multiple switches. Use any of

several methods to perform actions such as selecting, tapping, dragging, typing, and even free-

hand drawing. The basic technique is to use a switch to select an item or location on the screen,

and then use the same (or different) switch to choose an action to perform on that item or

location. Three basic methods are:

Item scanning (default), which highlights different items on the screen until you select one.

Point scanning, which lets you use scanning crosshairs to pick a screen location.

Manual selection, which lets you move from item to item on demand (requires multiple switches).

Whichever method you use, when you select an individual item (rather than a group), a menu

appears so you can choose how to act on the selected item (tap, drag, or pinch, for example).

If you use multiple switches, you can set up each switch to perform a specific action and

customize your item selection method. For example, instead of automatically scanning screen

items, you can set up switches to move to the next or previous item on demand.

You can adjust the behavior of Switch Control in a variety of ways, to suit your specific needs

and style.

Add a switch and turn on Switch Control

You can use any of these as a switch:

An external adaptive switch: Choose from a variety of popular USB or Bluetooth switches.

The iPhone screen: Tap the screen to trigger the switch.

The iPhone FaceTime camera: Move your head to trigger the switch. You can use the camera as

two switches: one when you move your head to the left, and the other when you move your

head to the right.

Add a switch and choose its action. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control >

Switches. If you use only one switch, it is your Select Item switch by default.
If you’re adding an external switch, you need to connect it to iPhone before it will appear in the

list of available switches. Follow the instructions that came with the switch. If it connects using

Bluetooth, you need to pair it with iPhone—turn on the switch, go to Settings > Bluetooth, tap

the switch, then follow the onscreen instructions. For more information, see

Bluetooth devices

on

page 42.
Turn on Switch Control. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control, or use the

Accessibility Shortcut. See

Accessibility Shortcut

on page 151.

Turn off Switch Control. Use any scanning method to select, then tap Settings > General >

Accessibility > Switch Control. Or triple-click the Home button.

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