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Appendix A Accessibility 142
Show the zoom controller. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Zoom, then turn on Show
Controller, or triple-tap with three ngers, then choose Show Controller. Then you can double-
tap the oating Zoom Controls button to zoom in or out, single-tap the button to display the
zoom controls, or drag it to pan. To move the Zoom Controls button, tap and hold the button,
then drag it to a new location. To adjust the transparency of the zoom controller, go to Settings >
General > Accessibility > Zoom > Idle Visibility.
Have Zoom track your selections or the text insertion point. Go to Settings > General >
Accessibility > Zoom > Follow Focus. Then, for example, if you use VoiceOver, turning on this
option causes the zoom window to magnify each element on the screen as you select it using a
swipe in VoiceOver.
Zoom in on your typing without magnifying the keyboard. Go to Settings > General >
Accessibility > Zoom, then turn on Follow Focus and turn o Zoom Keyboard. Now when you
zoom in while typing (in Messages or Notes, for example), the text you type is magnied but all
of the keyboard remains visible.
Display the magnied part of the screen in grayscale or inverted color. Triple-tap with three
ngers, then tap the Filters button in the controls that appear.
While using Zoom with an Apple Wireless Keyboard, the screen image follows the insertion point,
keeping it in the center of the display. See Use an Apple Wireless Keyboard on page 30.
Invert Colors and Grayscale
Sometimes, inverting the colors or changing to grayscale on the iPad screen makes it easier
to read.
Invert the screen colors. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Invert Colors.
See the screen in grayscale. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Grayscale.
Turn on both eects to see inverted grayscale. You can also apply these eects to just the
contents of the zoom window—see Zoom on page 141.
Speak Selection
Even with VoiceOver turned o, you can have iPad read aloud any text you select.
Turn on Speak Selection. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Speech. There you can also:
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Adjust the speaking rate
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Choose to have individual words highlighted as they’re read
Have text read to you. Select the text, then tap Speak.
You can also have iPad read the entire screen to you. See Speak Screen, next.
Speak Screen
iPad 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 iPad speak the screen. Swipe down from the top of the screen with two ngers. 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.