Invert colors, Speak selection, Speak auto-text – Apple iPad iOS 6.1 User Manual

Page 107: Mono audio, Assignable tones, Guided access, Guided, Access

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Chapter 26

Accessibility

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Invert Colors

Sometimes, inverting the colors on the iPad screen may make it easier to read. When Invert
Colors is turned on, the screen looks like a photographic negative.
Invert the screen’s colors: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Invert Colors.

Speak Selection

Even with VoiceOver turned off, you can have iPad read aloud any text you select.
Turn on Speak Selection: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Speak Selection. There you
can also:

Adjust the speaking rate

Choose to have individual words highlighted as they’re read

Have text read to you: Select the text, then tap Speak.

Speak Auto-Text

Speak Auto-text speaks the text corrections and suggestions iPad makes when you type.
Turn Speak Auto-text on or off: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Speak Auto-text.

Speak Auto-text also works with VoiceOver and Zoom.

Mono Audio

Mono Audio combines the sound of the left and right channels into a mono signal played on
both sides. This lets users with hearing impairment in one ear hear the entire sound signal with
the other ear.
Turn Mono Audio on or off and adjust the balance: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility >
Mono Audio.

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

on page 118.

You can purchase ringtones from the iTunes Store on iPad. See Chapter 20,

iTunes Store

, on

page 83.

Guided Access

Guided Access helps someone using iPad to stay focused on a particular task. Guided Access
limits iPad to a single app, and lets you control which app features are available. Use Guided
Access to:

Temporarily restrict iPad to a particular app

Disable areas of the screen that aren’t relevant to a task, or areas where an accidental gesture
might cause a distraction

Disable the iPad hardware buttons

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