July 2009
Beginner
416 pages
12h 12m
English
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Talking Buttons—and Accessibility
If you were told the iPhone 3GS was one of the easiest phones in the world for a blind person to use, you might spew your coffee. The thing has no physical keys at all! How would a blind person use it?
The answer, of course, lies in the Accessibility features that debuted on the iPhone 3GS. If you're blind or nearly so, you won't believe the lengths to which Apple has gone to make the iPhone usable; you can literally turn the screen off and operate everything—do your email, surf the Web, adjust settings, run apps—by tapping and letting the phone speak what you're touching, in whatever language your iPhone uses. It's actually pretty amazing.
You can also magnify the screen, reverse black for white (for better-contrast reading), or convert stereo music to mono (great if you're deaf in one ear).
Here's a rundown. To turn on any of the features described here, go to the Home screen and tap Settings→General→Accessibility.
VoiceOver
VoiceOver is really the centerpiece of the iPhone's accessibility features. It's the option that makes the iPhone speak everything you touch—even the little status gauges at the top of the screen.
On the VoiceOver settings pane, tap the On/Off switch to turn VoiceOver on. You can also adjust the Speaking Rate of the synthesized voice.
Now you're ready to start using the iPhone in VoiceOver mode. There's a lot to learn, and practice makes perfect, but here's the overview:
Tap something to hear it. Tap icons, words, even status icons ...
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