Personal Power: The iOS Edition Getting the Most From iOS as a Blind User by Michael Feir Copyright 2016-2020 By Michael Feir This guide may be distributed freely in unaltered form. It may be altered in order to make the information more accessible to people with disabilities. Table of Contents Table of Contents ..........................................................................................................................................1 Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................................................1 IntroducBon ................................................................................................................................................25 Quick Start ..................................................................................................................................................39 Orientaon .............................................................................................................................................39 Setup ......................................................................................................................................................40 Basic VoiceOver Gestures .......................................................................................................................42 The Rotor ................................................................................................................................................43 Sengs ...................................................................................................................................................44 The App Switcher ....................................................................................................................................45 Obtaining Further InstrucBons ...............................................................................................................46 How to Get and Read Your User Guide ...............................................................................................46 Seng Up Your Device ...........................................................................................................................49 Your iOS Device and Accessories: Choosing and Examining Your Ticket to Ride ........................................55 Processor and Storage ............................................................................................................................58 The Processor .....................................................................................................................................59 Storage Capacity .................................................................................................................................62 Common Aspects of iOS Devices ............................................................................................................64 iPods, iPhones, and iPads: What's the Difference ..................................................................................66 Device Longevity .....................................................................................................................................76 Accessories .............................................................................................................................................79 Accessories Beyond the Basics: Leaving Your Laptop Behind .................................................................80 Why not a Notetaker or Laptop ..........................................................................................................84 Bluetooth Keyboards ..............................................................................................................................87 Beware the Lag .......................................................................................................................................95 Audio Accessories ...................................................................................................................................96 Extra Power ..........................................................................................................................................100 Cases .....................................................................................................................................................108 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................109 The Apple Ecosystem: What You're Geng Into ......................................................................................112 The Larger Picture .................................................................................................................................115 App Store Economics: Money Behind the Magic ..................................................................................143 Taking Stock ..........................................................................................................................................150 1 VoiceOver: Living Blind on a Touchscreen ................................................................................................156 Help, Hints, and Recovering From Unwelcome Silence ........................................................................159 How to Enable VoiceOver Hints ........................................................................................................161 How to Set the Accessibility Shortcut to VoiceOver .........................................................................162 What to do if VoiceOver Stops Talking ..............................................................................................163 The Three Typing Modes and Typing Feedback ....................................................................................168 Standard Typing ................................................................................................................................169 Touch Typing .....................................................................................................................................170 Direct Touch Typing ..........................................................................................................................171 Obtaining Feedback While Typing ....................................................................................................172 The Rotor ..............................................................................................................................................173 NavigaBonal Rotor OpBons ..............................................................................................................177 Sliders and Switches .........................................................................................................................178 Special PosiBons ...............................................................................................................................180 Voices of Choice ...................................................................................................................................182 How to Do It: Adding a New Language to the Language Rotor and Choosing a Voice .....................183 SelecBng Text ....................................................................................................................................184 Changing What's on the Rotor ..........................................................................................................187 How to Do It: SelecBng Braille Screen Input .....................................................................................188 Key Gestures .........................................................................................................................................190 The Touch .........................................................................................................................................190 The Tap .............................................................................................................................................191 The Double Tap .................................................................................................................................191 The Double Tap and Hold .................................................................................................................192 The Two-Finger Double Tap ..............................................................................................................192 The Two-Finger Double Tap and Hold ...............................................................................................193 The Three-Finger Double Tap ...........................................................................................................193 Entering Help Mode ..........................................................................................................................194 The Triple Tap ...................................................................................................................................195 The Item Chooser .............................................................................................................................196 VoiceOver Sengs ................................................................................................................................197 Speaking Rate ...................................................................................................................................198