User Guide

Appendix A Accessibility 115
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 o, 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:
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Choose a language, dialect, and voice quality
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Adjust the speaking rate
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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 o. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Speak Auto-text.
Speak Auto-text also works with VoiceOver and Zoom.
Large and bold text
Display larger text in alerts, and in apps such as Calendar, Contacts, Mail, Messages, and Notes.
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Larger Type, where you can turn on Larger Dynamic
Type and adjust the font size.
Display bolder text for all items on iPod touch. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility and turn
on Bold Text.
Increase text contrast on dicult backgrounds when possible. Go to Settings > General >
Accessibility and turn on Increase Contrast.
Reduce screen motion
You can stop the movement of some screen elements, such as the parallax of the wallpaper
behind home screen icons.
Reduce interface motion. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility and turn on Reduce Motion.
Display on/o switch labels
To make it easier to see whether a setting is on or o, you can have iPod touch show an
additional label on on/o switches.
Add switch setting labels. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility and turn on On/O Labels.