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5.1: Prelude

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    Released in the fall of 2014, iOS 8 is the latest version of Apple’s operating system for mobile devices such as the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. This update was not as significant as iOS 7, with its completely overhauled user interface, but in terms of accessibility it continues to refine the user experience so that it works even better and for more people.

    To locate the iOS accessibility features on your device, go to Settings > General > Accessibility. The features are arranged into five categories. Three focus on the needs of specific groups: vision, hearing, and learning. In iOS 8, there is a new category called Media for enabling captions and audio descriptions during video playback, and the category previously named Physical and Motor (which includes a number of features for those with motor challenges) has been renamed Interaction.

    A handy option is the Accessibility Shortcut (formerly known as Triple-click Home), which appears at the bottom of the Accessibility pane in Settings. This shortcut allows you to enable and disable accessibility features by triple-clicking the Home button on your device at any time. If you include more than one feature in the Accessibility Shortcut you will see a popover menu when you triple-click the Home button. You can choose which features you wish to enable from this menu while you are reading an e-book, surfing the Web, or checking email, without the need to go back into Settings.

    What follows is an overview of the key accessibility features available on iOS devices, with a special focus on the updates and new features in iOS 8.

    This page titled 5.1: Prelude is shared under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Samuel Sennott, Sheldon Loman, Kristy Lee Park, Luis F. Pérez, Michael J. Kennedy, John Romig, & Wendy J. Rodgers (Portland State University Library) .