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Appendix A Accessibility 144
For shortcut access from the Lock screen, go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Hearing Aids,
then turn on Control on Lock Screen. Use the settings to:
Check hearing aid battery status.
Adjust ambient microphone volume and equalization.
Choose which hearing aids (left, right, or both) receive streaming audio.
Control Live Listen.
Stream audio to your hearing aids. Stream audio from Siri, Music, Videos, and more by choosing
your hearing aids from the AirPlay menu .
Use iPodtouch as a remote microphone. You can use Live Listen to stream sound from the
microphone in iPod touch to your hearing aids. This can help you hear better in some situations
by positioning iPod touch nearer the sound source. Triple-click the Home button, choose Hearing
Aids, then tap Start Live Listen.
Use your hearing aids with more than one iOS device. If you pair your hearing aids with more
than one iOS device (both iPhone and iPod touch, for example), the connection for your hearing
aids automatically switches from one to the other when you do something that generates audio
on the other device, or when you receive a phone call on iPhone. Changes you make to hearing
aid settings on one device are automatically sent to your other iOS devices. To take advantage
of this, all of the devices must be on the same Wi-Fi network and signed in to iCloud using the
same Apple ID.
Mono audio and balance
Mono Audio combines the sound from the left and right channels into a mono signal played on
both channels. This way you can hear everything with either ear, or through both ears with one
channel set louder.
Turn Mono Audio on or o. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Mono Audio.
Adjust the balance. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility, then drag the Left Right Stereo
Balance slider.
Subtitles and closed captions
The Videos app includes an Alternate Track button you can tap to choose subtitles and
captions oered by the video youre 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, if they’re available.
Prefer accessible subtitles and closed captions for the hard of hearing in the list of available
subtitles and captions. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Subtitles & Captioning, then
turn on 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:
Font, size, and color
Background color and opacity
Text opacity, edge style, and highlight
Not all videos include closed captions.