iPad supports vision, hearing, motor skills, learning, and literacy needs for everyone. Built-in features help learners stay on task, hear descriptions of what’s on the screen, amplify what others are saying, and much more.
Open accessibility settings. Tap Settings button and tap Accessibility.
Turn on some speech settings. Tap Spoken Content, then turn on Speak Selection and Speak Screen, tap Highlight Content, then turn on Highlight Content.
Hear the entire screen. Swipe down with two fingers from the top of a webpage to have the page read to you. Use the onscreen controls to adjust the speaking rate.
Hear selected text. Open a webpage in Safari or a document in Pages, select some text, then tap Speak.
Return to Settings, adjust the speaking rate, and choose a different voice.
Support emerging literacy skills. Use Speak Screen and Highlight Content to have iPad highlight words as they’re being read aloud.
Use Siri to quickly turn a variety of accessibility features on or off. Say something like “Hey Siri, turn VoiceOver on.”
In addition to Siri and Control Center, the Accessibility Shortcuts feature can help you quickly enable select accessibility settings whenever you need them.
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