User Guide

Appendix A Accessibility 125
Subtitles and closed captions
The Videos app includes an Alternate Track button , which you can tap to choose subtitles and
captions oered by the video you’re watching. Standard subtitles and captions are usually listed,
but if you prefer special accessible captions, such as subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
(SDH), you can set iPod touch to list them instead when they’re available.
Prefer accessible subtitles and closed captions for the hard of hearing in the list of available
subtitles and captions. Turn on Settings > General > Accessibility > Subtitles & Captioning >
Closed Captions + SDH. This also turns on subtitles and captions in the Videos app.
Choose from available subtitles and captions. Tap while watching a video in Videos.
Customize your subtitles and captions. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Subtitles &
Captioning > Style, where you can choose an existing caption style or create a new style based
on your choice of:
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Font, size, and color
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Background color and opacity
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Text opacity, edge style, and highlight
Not all videos include closed captions.
Mono audio and balance
Mono Audio combines the left and right stereo channels into a mono signal played on both
channels. You can adjust the balance of the mono signal for greater volume on the right or
left channel.
Turn Mono Audio on or o 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 mail,
sent mail, Tweet, Facebook Post, and reminders. See Sounds and silence on page 28.
You can purchase ringtones from the iTunes Store on iPod touch. See Chapter 22, iTunes
Store, on page 91.
Guided Access
Guided Access helps an iPod touch user stay focused on a task. Guided Access dedicates
iPod touch to a single app, and lets you control app features. Use Guided Access to:
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Temporarily restrict iPod touch to a particular app
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Disable areas of the screen that aren’t relevant to a task, or areas where an accidental gesture
might cause a distraction
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Disable the iPod touch hardware buttons
Turn on Guided Access. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Guided Access, where you can:
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Turn Guided Access on or o
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Set a passcode that controls the use of Guided Access and prevents someone from leaving
a session
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Set whether other accessibility shortcuts are available during a session