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Appendix A Accessibility 143
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accessibility options in iTunes on your computer. Connect iPhone to your computer, then select
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of the Summary screen.
For more information about iPhone accessibility features, see www.apple.com/accessibility.
Accessibility Shortcut
Use the Accessibility Shortcut. Press the Home button quickly three times to turn any of these
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VoiceOver
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Invert Colors
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Grayscale
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Zoom
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Switch Control
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AssistiveTouch
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Guided Access (The shortcut starts Guided Access if it’s already turned on. See Guided
Access on page 160.)
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Hearing Aid Control (if you have paired Made for iPhone hearing aids)
Choose the features you want to control. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Accessibility
Shortcut, then select the accessibility features you use.
Not so fast. To slow down the triple-click speed, go to Settings > General > Accessibility >
Home-click Speed. (This also slows down double-clicks.)
VoiceOver
VoiceOver describes aloud what appears onscreen, so you can use iPhone without seeing it.
VoiceOver tells you about each item on the screen as you select it. The VoiceOver cursor
(a rectangle) encloses the item and VoiceOver speaks its name or describes it.
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text, VoiceOver reads the text. If you turn on Speak Hints, VoiceOver may tell you the name of the
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buttons and links, use the gestures described in Learn VoiceOver gestures on page 146.
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on the screen (typically in the upper-left corner). VoiceOver also lets you know when the display
changes to landscape or portrait orientation, and when the screen becomes locked or unlocked.
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VoiceOver is available in many languages, but not all.
VoiceOver basics
Important: VoiceOver changes the gestures you use to control iPhone. When VoiceOver is on,
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Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, or use the
Accessibility Shortcut. See Accessibility Shortcut above.