WHAT ARE ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES?

Accessibility features allow people with disabilities to use technology more easily.
This presentation will be focusing on accessibility features for the iPad.
HEAD GESTURES
Head gestures allow you to control the iPad screen using head gestures. The camera
picks up head motions to control the cursor. This is great for people that have
physical disabilities when using fine motor skills. More information about head
gestures is provided in the video liked below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3k7fUncEWk#action=share
GUIDED ACCESS
Guided access allows you to only allow certain parts of the iPad screen to be touched.
It works well in instances when free apps have pop-up adds. To prevent a child or
someone with disabilities to click on the adds, you can draw a square around the
ads and they are no longer clickable.

In the picture to the left,

you can see the ads are
blocked out. They are not
unable to be accessed by
touch.
SPEAK SELECTION
Speak selection allows you to hear highlighted text on the iPad spoken. This is great
for people that struggle with vision and reading. The iPad will read any selected
text out lout if one is unable to read or see the text.
HEARING IMPAIRMENTS
There are settings in iOS9 that allow you to set how audio is played through the
speakers on the iPad. You can have the left and right ear jacks play the same
sounds, or have the right and left jacks play separately or have one louder than
the other. People with hearing impairments can greatly benefit from this. They
sometimes hear differently than others and would more easily be able to hear the
sounds coming through the iPad.
BRAILLE DISPLAYS
Bluetooth wireless braille displays work with all Apple devices that have the iOS9
software. It allows people with vision impairments to read what is on the screen
in braille. Everything that appears on the screen of the device appears on the
braille display. More information on the braille displays are provided in the video
linked below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVuLGrab9JA#action=share
REFERENCES
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&
uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjBme2i__vXAhWrYt8KHZb0CfEQjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2
F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Fproducts%2Fapple-ipad-2017-9-7-
inch%2Freview%2F&psig=AOvVaw05W9LKcTlwm0Q5mD4uwTQn&ust=1512876
759162399
http://www.wonderbaby.org/articles/ipad-accessibility#headgestures