{"id":4588,"date":"2021-09-30T11:36:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T19:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/?p=4588"},"modified":"2021-09-30T11:36:02","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T19:36:02","slug":"accessibility-already-close-at-hand-top-built-in-accessibility-features-for-apple-smart-phones-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/accessibility-already-close-at-hand-top-built-in-accessibility-features-for-apple-smart-phones-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility Already Close AT Hand: Top Built-in Accessibility Features for Apple Smart Phones – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the latest Ability Tools Video Newsletter, David gives tips on how to utilize the built-in accessibility functions on your Apple smart phone.<\/a> Below is a list of some of the features and paths he shares in the video, but watch the video to get a step-by step walkthrough of setting up the features and demonstrations of how they work once set up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dark Mode (Settings \u2013 Display & Brightness \u2013 Appearance Category \u2013 Dark Mode)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The \u2018Dark Mode\u2019 function allows you to set your phone display mostly  dark surfaces, which can make using your phone far less visually straining. You have the choice to either always have your phone in \u2018Dark Mode\u2019 or you can apply a schedule and it will run passively, based on your setting selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reduce White Point (Settings \u2013 Accessibility \u2013 Vision Category \u2013 Display & Text Size \u2013 Reduce White Point)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The \u2018Reduce White Point\u2019 function automatically dims the bright elements of the screen, based on your pre-set specifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assistive Touch (Settings \u2013 Accessibility \u2013 Physical and Motor Category \u2013 Touch \u2013 Assistive Touch)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Assistive Touch function allows you to assign functions to single tap, double tap, long press and 3D touch to have quick access to heavily used features, like flashlights, screen shots and calculators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back Tap (Settings \u2013 Accessibility \u2013 Physical and Motor Category \u2013 Touch \u2013 Back Tap)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Back Tap function allows you to double, or triple tap the back of the iPhone and perform an action like launching an app or accessibility feature. You can even set the feature to control scrolling, which is pretty great for those looking to operate their phone one-handed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sound Recognition (Settings \u2013 Accessibility \u2013 Hearing Category \u2013 Sound Recognition)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Sound Recognition function sets your phone to listen continuously for sounds you have it set to (alarms, animals, household, and people sounds) and will notify you when it determines that sound has occurred, which makes this function an awesome safety feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VoiceOver (Settings \u2013 Accessibility \u2013 Vision Category \u2013 VoiceOver)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The \u2018VoiceOver\u2019 function is Apple\u2019s default screen reader for the iPhone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please keep in mind that the paths may not be an exact match to your device. The availability and paths may vary based on device, manufacturer, or operating system version, but if they are available, they should be in similar places. Also, once you have determined what features are useful to you and what to look for, the paths should make it easier to find the setting on your phone even if it isn\u2019t exactly the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the latest Ability Tools Video Newsletter, David gives tips on how to utilize the built-in accessibility functions on your Apple smart phone. Below is a list of some of the features and paths he shares in the video, but watch the video to get a step-by step walkthrough of setting up the features and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4585,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4588"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4706,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4588\/revisions\/4706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}