Invert colors, Speak selection, Speak auto-text – Apple iPod touch iOS 7.1 User Manual

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Appendix A

Accessibility

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Zoom in or out. Double-tap the screen with three fingers.
Vary the magnification. With three fingers, tap and drag up or down. The tap-and-drag gesture is
similar to a double-tap, except you don’t lift your fingers on the second tap—instead, drag your
fingers on the screen. Once you start dragging, you can drag with a single finger. iPod touch returns
to the adjusted magnification when you zoom out and in again using the three-finger double-tap.
Pan around the screen. While zoomed in, drag the screen with three fingers. Once you start
dragging, you can continue with just one finger. Or hold a single finger near the edge of the
screen to pan to that side. Move your finger closer to the edge to pan more quickly. When you
open a new screen, Zoom goes to the upper-middle of the screen.

While using Zoom with an Apple Wireless Keyboard (see

Use an Apple Wireless Keyboard

on

page 24), the screen image follows the insertion point, keeping it in the center of the display.

Invert Colors

Sometimes, inverting the colors on the iPod touch 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 your iPod touch read aloud any text you can select.
Turn on Speak Selection. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Speak Selection. There you
can also:

Choose a language, dialect, and voice quality

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 iPod touch 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.

Large, bold, and high-contrast text

Display larger text in apps such as Calendar, Contacts, Mail, Messages, and Notes. Go to
Settings > General > Accessibility > Larger Text, where you can turn on Larger Dynamic Type and
adjust the font size.
Display bolder text on iPod touch. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility and turn on Bold Text.
Increase text contrast where possible. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility and turn on
Increase Contrast.

Reduce onscreen motion

You can stop the movement of some screen elements, such as the parallax of the wallpaper
behind home screen icons.
Reduce motion. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility and turn on Reduce Motion.

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