Large, bold, and high-contrast text, Button shapes, Reduce screen motion – Apple iPad iOS 8.1 User Manual

Page 136: On/off switch labels, Assignable tones, Video descriptions

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Appendix A

Accessibility

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Large, bold, and high-contrast text

Display larger text in apps such as Settings, Calendar, Contacts, Mail, Messages, and Notes.
Go to Settings > General > Text Size, then adjust the slider. For even larger text, go to Settings >
General > Accessibility > Larger Text, then turn on Larger Accessibility Sizes.
Display bolder text for items on iPad. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility, then turn on
Bold Text.
Increase the contrast of text where possible. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility, then turn
on Increase Contrast.

Button Shapes

iPad can add a colored background shape or an underline to buttons so they’re easier to see.
Emphasize buttons. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Button Shapes.

Reduce screen motion

You can stop the movement of some screen elements, for example, the parallax effect of icons
and alerts against the wallpaper, or motion transitions.
Reduce motion. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility, then turn on Reduce Motion.

On/off switch labels

To make it easier to see whether a setting is on or off, you can have iPad show an additional label
on on/off switches.
Add switch-setting labels. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility, then turn on On/Off Labels.

Assignable tones

You can assign distinctive ringtones to people in your contacts list for audible FaceTime caller
ID. You can also assign distinct tones to alert you of a variety of other events, including new
voicemail, new mail, sent mail, Tweet, Facebook Post, and reminders. See

Sounds and silence

on

page 34.

You can purchase ringtones from the iTunes Store on iPad. See Chapter 22,

iTunes Store

, on

page 107.

Video Descriptions

Video descriptions provide an audible description of video scenes. If you have a video that
includes video descriptions, iPad can play them for you.
Turn on Video Descriptions. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Video Descriptions.

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