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Smartphones cancome in handyfor

making smalltext in thereal world

easierto read. Use thezoom controls

in thecameratoviewtextort akea

pictureand th en zoom intothe image.

iOSalsohas auseful Magnifier option.

Enableit in Settings,Accessibility,

Magnifier. Toggle Magnifier on^1 and

the optional auto-adjustexposure

setting,^2 if required.

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Openyour device’scameraand point

it at the item thatyou’rehaving

difficulty seeing. Summonthe Magnifier

by pressing the button three times.The

viewswitchesto amuchcloser one.If

thingsstill aren’t clear enough, usethe

slider^1 to zo om in or out asrequired.

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Tapping the flash button^1 puts the

phone light onto makethings

easiertos ee.You canlockthe focus^2

and freeze the display.^3 Tapping the

overlapping circles^4 lets youadjust

the brightnessand contrast,and

quicklyinvert th ecolours.Youcan also

choose fromanumber of vision-

friendly presets, suchaswhite/blue,

yellow/blue andgreys cale.

MINIWORKSHOP|UsetheMagnifierfeature in iOS

Accessibility.The tweaks aresorted into
four categories–Vision,‘Physicaland
Motor’, Hearing and General. Mostof
thesesettingsareset toOff butyoucan
enableanythatarelikely tobehelpful.

•TheVisiontweaks fall broadly intotwo
types: you can makeitems easier tosee
or you can get audiodescriptions. The
Zoom tool magnifies theentirescreen
and you can adjustthe maximum
magnification amount, and enable or
disableothersettings. Display&TextSize
lets you makethingseasier tosee ina
number ofways,from increasingthe size
of texttomakingit bolder,reducing
transparencyand more.You canalso use
your devicetomakeit easiertosee
thingsin the real world byactivating the
Magnifier.This works withyour camera
and lets you zoom inon hard-to-seetext.
Weshowyou howtouse itin our Mini
Workshop,below.

•TheVoiceOversettingprovides a
spoken description ofalmosteverything,
including buttons, menus,notifications
and evendetails such asyourscreen
dimming. Onceenabled, tappinganitem
tells you whatitis, anddouble-tapping
actions itlikeanormal tap.Youcan
adjustthespeaking speed. Ifyou don’t
need thatlevelofdescription, the Spoken
Content featurecanread outselected
text or thescreen’scontent, andprovide
typingfeedback.Enable Audio
Descriptionsandtheseplayautomatically
when available.

•Options in the‘Physical and Motor’

section makeTouch easiertouse and let

youmanage features suchas ‘Tap to

Wake’, ‘ShaketoUndo’and Vibration.

ThereareoptionsforFaceID and

Attention (on devices thatsupport it).

Switch Control lets you setup your

phonetowork withadaptiveaccessories.

•Anyone who hasdifficulty interacting

with thedevicethroughtouch can enable

VoiceControlanduse spoken

commands. For devices with aside

button, suchas the iPhoneXandnewer,

youcanuseit tomanage the click

speed andothersettings, andenable

keyboardfeatures such asStickyKeys

and SlowKeys.

•UnderHearing,you canconnect a

compatiblehearingaid,switch tomono

audio,enablephone noise cancellation

and set LEDflashesforalerts,aswell as

enable closed captionsand subtitles.

•Finally,iOShas options forGuided

Access(which keeps the deviceina

single appandcontrols whatfeatures

areavailable), Siri andAccessibility

Shortcuts.

Apple’smobileoperating

systemhas adedicated

Accessibility section

Voice Over providesan

audiodescription foralmost

everythingon adevice

Motor iOS has settingsto

help users with physicalor

motor problems

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