Apple IPod Touch IOS8 User Guide

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Speak Screen
iPod touch can read the contents of the screen to you, even if you don’t use VoiceOver.
Turn on Speak Screen. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Speech.
Have iPod touch speak the screen. Swipe down from the top of the screen with two fingers. Use 
the controls that appear to pause speaking or adjust the rate.
Highlight what’s being spoken. Turn on Highlight Content, below the Speak Screen switch when 
it’s turned on.
Use Siri. Say “speak  screen.”
You can also have iPod touch read just text you select—see Speak Selection, above.
Speak Auto-text
Speak Auto-text speaks the text corrections and suggestions iPod touch makes when you type.
Turn Speak Auto-text on or off. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Speech.
Speak Auto-text also works with VoiceOver and Zoom.
Large, bold, and high-contrast text
Display larger text in apps such as Settings, Calendar, Contacts, Mail, Messages, and Notes. 
Go to Settings > General > Text Size, then adjust the slider. For even larger text, go to Settings > 
General > Accessibility > Larger Text, then turn on Larger Accessibility Sizes.
Display bolder text on iPod touch. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility, then turn on 
Bold Text.
Increase text contrast where possible. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility, then turn on 
Increase Contrast.
Button Shapes
iPod touch can add a colored background shape or an underline to buttons so they’re easier 
to see.
Emphasize buttons. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility, then turn on Button Shapes.
Reduce screen motion
You can stop the movement of some screen elements, for example, the parallax effect of icons 
and alerts against the wallpaper, or motion transitions.
Reduce motion. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility, then turn on Reduce Motion.
On/off switch labels
To make it easier to see whether a setting is on or off, you can have iPod touch show an 
additional label on on/off switches.
Add switch-setting labels. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility, then turn on On/Off Labels. 
						

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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 31. 
You can purchase ringtones from the iTunes Store on iPod touch. See Chapter 22, iTunes Store, on 
page 10 3 .
Video Descriptions
Video descriptions provide an audible description of video scenes. If you have a video that 
includes video descriptions, iPod touch can play them for you.
Turn on Video Descriptions. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Video Descriptions.
Hearing aids
If you have Made for iPhone hearing aids, you can use iPod touch to adjust their settings, stream 
audio, or use iPod touch as a remote mic.
Pair with iPod touch. If your hearing aids aren’t listed in Settings > General > Accessibility > 
Hearing Aids, you need to pair them with iPod touch. To start, open the battery door on each 
hearing aid. Next, on iPod touch, go to Settings > Bluetooth, then make sure Bluetooth is turned 
on. Then go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Hearing Aids. Close the battery doors on your 
hearing aids and wait until their name appears in the list of devices (this could take a minute). 
When the name appears, tap it and respond to the pairing request.
When pairing is finished, you hear a series of beeps and a tone, and a checkmark appears next to 
the hearing aids in the Devices list. Pairing can take as long as 60 seconds—don’t try to stream 
audio or otherwise use the hearing aids until pairing is finished.
You should only need to pair once (and your audiologist might do it for you). After that, each 
time you turn your hearing aids back on, they reconnect to iPod touch.
Adjust hearing aid settings and view status. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Hearing 
Aids, or choose Hearing Aids from the Accessibility Shortcut. See Accessibility Shortcut on 
page 12 8. Hearing aid settings appear only after you pair your hearing aids with iPod touch.
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. 
						

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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 off. 
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 offered 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, 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.
Siri
With Siri, you can do things like opening apps just by asking, and VoiceOver can read Siri 
responses to you. See Chapter 4, Siri, on page 41 .
Widescreen keyboards
Many apps, including Mail, Safari, Messages, Notes, and Contacts, let you rotate iPod touch when 
you’re typing, so you can use a larger keyboard. 
						

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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 which app features are available. Use Guided 
Access to:
 •Temporarily restrict iPod touch to a particular app
 •Disable areas of the screen that aren’t relevant to a task, or areas where an accidental gesture 
might cause a distraction
 •Limit how long someone can use an app
 •Disable the iPod touch hardware buttons
Use Guided Access. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Guided Access, where you can:
 •Turn Guided Access on or off
 •Set a passcode that controls the use of Guided Access and prevents someone from leaving a 
session
 •Tap Time Limits to set a sound or have the remaining Guided Access time spoken before time 
ends
 •Set whether other accessibility shortcuts are available during a session
Start a Guided Access session. After turning on Guided Access, open the app, then triple-click 
the Home button. Adjust settings for the session, then tap Start.
 •Disable app controls and areas of the app screen: Draw a circle or rectangle around any part 
of the screen you want to disable. Drag the mask into position or use the handles to adjust 
its size.
 •Enable the Sleep/Wake or volume buttons: Tap Options below Hardware Buttons.
 •Keep iPod touch from switching from portrait to landscape or from responding to other 
motions: Tap Options, then turn off Motion.
 •Prevent typing: Tap Options, then turn off Keyboards.
 •Ignore all screen touches: Turn off Touch at the bottom of the screen.
 •Set a session time limit: Tap Time Limit Options at the bottom of the screen.
End the session. Triple-click the Home button, then enter the Guided Access passcode.
Switch Control
Switch Control lets you control iPod touch using a single switch or multiple switches. Use any 
of several methods to perform actions such as selecting, tapping, dragging, typing, and even 
free-hand drawing. The basic technique is to use a switch to select an item or location on the 
screen, and then use the same (or different) switch to choose an action to perform on that item 
or location. Three basic methods are:
 •Item scanning (default), which highlights different items on the screen until you select one.
 •Point scanning, which lets you use scanning crosshairs to pick a screen location.
 •Manual selection, which lets you move from item to item on demand (requires multiple 
switches).
Whichever method you use, when you select an individual item (rather than a group), a menu 
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If you use multiple switches, you can set up each switch to perform a specific action and 
customize your item selection method. For example, instead of automatically scanning screen 
items, you can set up switches to move to the next or previous item on demand.
You can adjust the behavior of Switch Control in a variety of ways, to suit your specific needs 
and style.
Add a switch and turn on Switch Control
You can use any of these as a switch:
 •An external adaptive switch: Choose from a variety of popular USB or Bluetooth switches.
 •The iPod touch screen: Tap the screen to trigger the switch.
 •The iPod touch FaceTime camera: Move your head to trigger the switch. You can use the camera 
as two switches: one when you move your head to the left, and the other when you move 
your head to the right.
Add a switch and choose its action. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control > 
Switches. If you use only one switch, it is your Select Item switch by default.
If you’re adding an external switch, you need to connect it to iPod touch before it will appear 
in the list of available switches. Follow the instructions that came with the switch. If it connects 
using Bluetooth, you need to pair it with iPod touch—turn on the switch, go to Settings > 
Bluetooth, tap the switch, then follow the onscreen instructions. For more information, see 
Bluetooth devices
 on page 36.
Turn on Switch Control. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control, or use the 
Accessibility Shortcut. See Accessibility Shortcut on page 12 8 .
Turn off Switch Control. 
Use any scanning method to select, then tap Settings > General > 
Accessibility > Switch Control. Or triple-click the Home button.
Basic techniques
Whether you use item scanning or point scanning, the Switch Control basics are the same.
Select an item. While the item is highlighted, trigger the switch you’ve set up as your Select Item 
switch. If you are using a single switch, it is your Select Item switch by default.
Perform an action on the selected item. Choose a command from the control menu that appears 
when you select the item. The layout of the menu depends on whether you use Auto Tap.
 •With Auto Tap off: The control menu includes only the Tap button and the More button (two 
dots at the bottom). If you’re in a scrollable area of the screen, a Scroll button also appears. 
To tap the highlighted item, trigger your Select Item button when Tap is highlighted. To see 
additional action buttons, choose More at the bottom of the menu. If you have multiple 
switches, you can set one up specifically for tapping.
 •With Auto Tap on: To tap the item, do nothing—the item is automatically tapped when the 
Auto Tap interval expires (0.75 seconds if you haven’t changed it). To see the control menu, 
trigger your Select Item button before the Auto Tap interval expires. The control menu skips 
the Tap button and goes right to the full set of action buttons.
Turn on Auto Tap. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control > Auto Tap. To tap an 
item with Auto Tap on, just wait for the Auto Tap interval to expire.
Dismiss the control menu without choosing an action. Tap while the original item is 
highlighted and all the icons in the control menu are dimmed. Or choose Escape from the 
control menu. The menu goes away after cycling the number of times you specify at Settings > 
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Perform screen gestures. Choose Gestures from the control menu.
Scroll the screen. Select an item in a scrollable part of the screen, then:
 •With Auto Tap off: Choose the Scroll Down button (next to the Tap button) in the control menu. 
Or, for more scrolling options, choose More, then choose Scroll.
 •With Auto Tap on: Choose Scroll from the control menu. If many actions are available, you 
might have to choose More first.
Tap the Home button. Choose Home from the control menu.
Perform other hardware actions. Select any item, then choose Device from the menu that 
appears. Use the menu to mimic these actions:
 •Double-click the Home button for multitasking
 •Open Notification Center or Control Center
 •Press the Sleep/Wake button to lock iPod touch
 •Rotate iPod touch
 •Press the volume buttons
 •Hold down the Home button to open Siri
 •Triple-click the Home button
 •Shake iPod touch
 •Press the Home and Sleep/Wake buttons simultaneously to take a screenshot
 •Swipe down from the top with two fingers to speak the screen (if you have Speak Screen 
turned on)
These techniques work whether you’re scanning by item or by point.
Item scanning
Item scanning alternately highlights each item or group of items on the entire screen until 
you trigger your Select Item switch. If there are many items, Switch Control highlights them in 
groups. When you select a group, highlighting continues with the items in the group. When you 
select a unique item, scanning stops and the control menu appears. Item scanning is the default 
when you first turn on Switch Control.
Select an item or enter a group. Watch (or listen) as items are highlighted. When the item you 
want to control (or the group containing the item) is highlighted, trigger your Select Item switch. 
Work your way down in the hierarchy of items until you select the individual item you want 
to control.
Back out of a group. Trigger your Select Item switch when the dashed highlight around the 
group or item appears.
Dismiss the control menu without performing an action. Trigger your Select Item switch when 
the item itself is highlighted. Or choose Escape from the control menu.
Hear the names of items as they are highlighted. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > 
Switch Control, then turn on Speech. Or choose Settings from the control menu, then choose 
Speech On.
Slow down the scanning. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control > Auto 
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Point scanning
Point scanning lets you select an item on the screen by pinpointing it with scanning crosshairs.
Switch to point scanning. Use item scanning to choose Point Mode from the control menu. The 
vertical crosshair appears when you close the menu.
Select an item. Trigger your Select Item switch when the item you want is within the broad, 
horizontal scanning band, then trigger again when the fine scanning line is on the item. Repeat 
for vertical scanning.
Refine your selection point. Choose Refine Selection from the control menu.
Return to item scanning. Choose Item Mode from the control menu.
Manual selection
You can select a screen item directly using dedicated switches instead of having iPod touch 
alternately highlight every item.
Stop scanning and highlight items yourself. Add switches in addition to your Select Item switch to 
perform the Move To Next Item and Move To Previous Item actions. (You can use the iPod touch 
FaceTime camera with head-left and head-right movements for these switches.) When you’ve 
added the switches, turn off Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control > Auto Scanning.
Important:  Don’t turn off Auto Scanning if you use only one switch. You need at least two: one to 
move to an item and a second to select the item.
Settings and adjustments
Adjust basic settings. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control, where you can:
 •Add switches and specify their function
 •Turn off auto scanning (only if you’ve added a Move to Next Item switch)
 •Adjust how rapidly items are scanned
 •Set scanning to pause on the first item in a group
 •Choose how many times to cycle through the screen before hiding Switch Control
 •Turn Auto Tap on or off and set the interval for performing a second switch action to show   
the control menu
 •Set whether a movement action is repeated when you hold down a switch, and how long   
to wait before repeating
 •Set whether and how long you need to hold a switch down before it’s accepted as a  
switch action
 •Have Switch Control ignore accidental repeated switch triggers
 •Adjust the point scanning speed
 •Turn on sound effects or have items read aloud as they are scanned
 •Choose what to include in the Switch Control menu
 •Set whether items should be grouped while item scanning
 •Make the selection cursor larger or a different color
 •Save custom gestures to the control menu (in Gestures > Saved) 
						

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Fine-tune Switch Control. Choose Settings from the control menu to:
 •Adjust scanning speed
 •Change the location of the control menu
 •Switch between item scan mode and point scan mode
 •Choose whether point scan mode displays crosshairs or a grid
 •Reverse the scanning direction
 •Turn sound or speech accompaniment on or off
 •Turn off groups to scan items one at a time
AssistiveTouch
AssistiveTouch helps you use iPod touch if you have difficulty touching the screen or pressing the 
buttons. You can use AssistiveTouch without an accessory to perform gestures that are difficult 
for you. You can also use a compatible adaptive accessory (such as a joystick) together with 
AssistiveTouch to control iPod touch.
The AssistiveTouch menu lets you perform actions such as these by just tapping (or the 
equivalent on your accessory):
 •Press the Home button
 •Summon Siri
 •Perform multi-finger gestures
 •Access Control Center or Notification Center
 •Adjust iPod touch volume
 •Shake iPod touch
 •Capture a screenshot
Turn on AssistiveTouch. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > AssistiveTouch, or use the 
Accessibility Shortcut. See Accessibility Shortcut on page 12 8 . When AssistiveTouch is on, the 
floating menu button appears on the screen.
Show or hide the menu. Tap the floating menu button, or click the secondary button on 
your accessory.
Simulate pressing the Home button. Tap the menu button, then tap Home.
Lock or rotate the screen, adjust iPod touch volume, or simulate shaking iPod touch. Tap the 
menu button, then tap Device.
Perform a swipe or drag that uses 2, 3, 4, or 5 fingers. 
Tap the menu button, tap Device > 
More > Gestures, then tap the number of digits needed for the gesture. When the corresponding 
circles appear on the screen, swipe or drag in the direction required by the gesture. When you 
finish, tap the menu button.
Perform a pinch gesture. Tap the menu button, tap Favorites, then tap Pinch. When the pinch 
circles appear, touch anywhere on the screen to move the pinch circles, then drag the pinch 
circles in or out to perform a pinch gesture. When you finish, tap the menu button. 
						

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Create your own gesture. You can add your own favorite gestures to the control menu (for 
example, tap and hold or two-finger rotation). Tap the menu button, tap Favorites, then tap an 
empty gesture placeholder. Or go to Settings > General > Accessibility > AssistiveTouch > Create 
New Gesture.
Example 1:
 To create the rotation gesture, go to Settings > General > Accessibility > 
AssistiveTouch > Create New Gesture. On the gesture recording screen that prompts you to 
touch to create a gesture, rotate two fingers on the iPod touch screen around a point between 
them. (You can do this with a single finger or stylus—just create each arc separately, one after 
the other.) If it doesn’t turn out quite right, tap Cancel, then try again. When it looks right, tap 
Save, then give the gesture a name—maybe “Rotate 90.” Then, to rotate the view in Maps, for 
example, open Maps, tap the AssistiveTouch menu button, and choose Rotate 90 from Favorites. 
When the blue circles representing the starting finger positions appear, drag them to the point 
around which you want to rotate the map, then release. You might want to create several 
gestures with different degrees of rotation.
Example 2:
 Let’s create the touch-and-hold gesture that you use to start rearranging icons on 
your Home screen. This time, on the gesture recording screen, hold down your finger in one spot 
until the recording progress bar reaches halfway, then lift your finger. Be careful not to move 
your finger while recording, or the gesture will be recorded as a drag. Tap Save, then name the 
gesture. To use the gesture, tap the AssistiveTouch menu button, then choose your gesture from 
Favorites. When the blue circle representing your touch appears, drag it over a Home screen icon 
and release.
If you record a sequence of taps or drags, they’re all played back at the same time. For example, 
using one finger or a stylus to record four separate, sequential taps at four locations on the 
screen creates a simultaneous four-finger tap.
Exit a menu without performing a gesture. Tap anywhere outside the menu. To return to the 
previous menu, tap the arrow in the middle of the menu.
Move the menu button. Drag it anywhere along the edge of the screen.
Adjust your accessory tracking speed. 
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > 
AssistiveTouch > Touch speed.
Hide the menu button (with an accessory attached). Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > 
AssistiveTouch > Always Show Menu.
Voice Control
Voice Control lets you control iPod touch music playback using voice commands. See Voice 
Control
 on page 28 .
Accessibility in OS X
Take advantage of the accessibility features in OS X when you use i Tunes to sync with iPod touch. 
In the Finder, choose Help > Help Center (or Help > Mac Help in OS X Yosemite), then search  
for “accessibility.”
For more information about iPod touch and OS X accessibility features, go to 
www.apple.com/accessibility/. 
						

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International keyboards
Use international keyboards
International keyboards let you type text in many different languages, including Asian 
languages and languages written from right to left. For a list of supported keyboards, go to 
www.apple.com/ipod-touch/specs.html
 •Add a keyboard:  Tap Add New Keyboard, then choose a keyboard from the list. Repeat to add 
more keyboards.
 •Remove a keyboard:  Tap Edit, tap  next to the keyboard you want to remove, tap Delete, 
then tap Done.
 •Edit your keyboard list:  Tap Edit, drag  next to a keyboard to a new place in the list, then 
tap Done.
To enter text in a different language, switch keyboards.
Switch keyboards while typing. Touch and hold the Globe key 
 to show all your enabled 
keyboards. To choose a keyboard, slide your finger to the name of the keyboard, then release. The 
Globe key 
 appears only if you enable more than one keyboard.
You can also just tap . When you tap , the name of the newly activated keyboard appears 
briefly. Continue tapping to access other enabled keyboards.
Many keyboards provide letters, numbers, and symbols that aren’t visible on the keyboard.
Enter accented letters or other characters. Touch and hold the related letter, number, or symbol, 
then slide to choose a variant. For example:
 •On a Thai keyboard:  Choose native numbers by touching and holding the related 
Arabic number.
 •On a Chinese, Japanese, or Arabic keyboard:  Suggested characters or candidates appear at the 
top of the keyboard. Tap a candidate to enter it, or swipe left to see more candidates.
Use the extended suggested candidate list. Tap the up arrow on the right to view the full 
candidate list.
 •Scroll the list:  Swipe up or down.
 •Return to the short list:  Tap the down arrow.
When using certain Chinese or Japanese keyboards, you can create a shortcut for word and input 
pairs. The shortcut is added to your personal dictionary. When you type a shortcut while using a 
supported keyboard, the paired word or input is substituted for the shortcut. 
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