ipad accessibility features
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Accessibility of mobile Devices
Matt Harrison
Insight10th / 11th June 2014 www.portland.ac.uk 1
Session Aims
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By the end of this session you will...
- have gained an awareness of iPad accessibility features
- have had the opportunity for hands-on exploration-
By the end of this session you may...
- have discovered apps and features you never knew existed.
- already have emailed your budget manager asking for 20 iPads.
- have been disappointed not to find Angry Birds on the devices.
Accessibility Features
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Inbuilt features to make device accessible.
- Screen-reading
- Magnification
- Text-to-speech
- Optical Character Recognition (additional app)
Accessibility Features
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Accessibility Features
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Accessibility Features
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Screen Reading
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Speak Selection:
- Reads out selected text.
- Quick and easy to use
- Only need to go into Settings once
- Doesn’t interfere with general use
Screen Reading
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Accessibility Features
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Screen Reading
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Screen Reading
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VoiceOver:
- Reads out text under finger or whole passages of text.
- Changes navigation gestures- Single-tap to select- Double-tap (anywhere) confirm- 3-fingered drag for horizontal navigation- 1-fingered vertical swipe to scroll
Screen Reading
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Magnification
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Zoom:
- Custom magnification of screen
- Set up once in Settings
- 3-fingered double-tap to turn on and off
- 3-fingered double-tap, hold and slide to set magnification strength.
Zoom
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Zoom
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Useful Apps
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TextGrabber:
- OCR app- Photograph printed text- Edit and export text
ClaroSpeak UK:
- Text-to-speech app- Range of fonts, contrast options and voices- Edit and export text or save as mp3,
VisionAssist:
- urns iPad into a handheld magnifier
Useful Apps
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Contact
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Matt HarrisonE-Learning ManagerPortland College
Tel: 01623 499100 ext. 253
email: [email protected]
Skype: matt.harrison1972