Helpful Tools - Accessibility, Tips & Troubleshooting

Reader View 

Reader View is only available within Safari, your primary web browser, you can modify some pages to make them easier to read.

In the web address bar, if it says "Reader View Available" on a page, you can click on the four lines to the left, which will take out all the non- essential things (like ads) on the page. 

Once in Reader View, if you press the Double A on the right side of the web address bar, you can change the font size with the little and big A, change the colors of the page with the 4 circles to make it easier for you to read, and you can also change the font.

This will not work on all websites, but many that are text heavy should have this option! Once you set your preference, it will go back to it any time you pick Reader View.

Gestures

Control the iPad by using touch, tap, hold and swipe Gestures can be found in Settings, Under General, Find Multitasking

• Use 4 or 5 fingers to pinch to go back to the home screen

• Swipe up to see the app switcher, which is the screen that shows you all your open apps

• Swipe from app to app by going left or right

Learn more about Gestures here.

Speak Selection

This is an option to speak any word on the screen. 

In Settings, If you go into General, Accessibility, then select Speech. If you turn on Speak Selection, any time you highlight text it will give you the option for SPEAK.

Learn more about Speak Selection here.

Assistive Touch

Assistive Touch allows you to adjust volume, lock your screen and more with a tap of the button. 

Assistive Touch is found  in General, Accessibility, Assistive Touch is approximately halfway down. 

If you turn this on, a button will appear on your screen that can have multiple functions that you are able to set. Below, where you see custom top level menu is where you can set this button to do different things with just a single tap rather than using multiple fingers, like take a screen shot, open notifications, use Siri, lock screen and more.

Learn more about Assistive Touch here.

Dictation

Diction allows you to use your voice instead of typing. 

To use dictation, you must have Siri on. Do this in Settings, on the left side-- select Siri and make sure it is on. 

When you open an app like pages or notes, and reveal the keyboard, there will be a microphone by the left side of the space bar. When you click on the microphone, the iPad will use it's mic to pick up your voice and transform it into text on the screen. It many make an occasional mistake, but this can be a  great way to get your words out onto the page rather than taking the time to type. To begin, click on the microphone and speak.

Learn more about Dictation here. 

iPad Won’t Hold A Charge

Open Settings App

Select General from the Left Column

Select Background App Refresh from the Right Column

Disable Background App Refresh for all the apps listed by tapping the switch at the top of this screen.

• Or -

Disable Background App Refresh for apps individually by disabling them.  This won’t affect usage of MOST apps

Select Display and Brightness from the left column

Select Auto-Lock from the right column

Set this to 10 minutes or less

Select General from the Left Column

Select Reset from the right column

Select Reset Network Settings

Select Reset from the dialog that appears (This will clear all saved passwords and restart the iPad)

Connect the iPad to an iPad charger. 

(Chargers compatible with iPads are 12 watt 5.2v @2.4amp)

The iPad should charge normally and keep a working change now.

Keyboard does not work

Carefully remove the iPad from the case and wipe off the connectors.  Here’s a video from Logitech on how to remove the iPad from the case.  https://youtu.be/DavtBnrXsvg?t=55

When you’re done, simply reassemble and test.  

• Place your iPad inside the case

• Ensure the camera and camera opening are lined up 

•Press down on all four corners to secure it

Keyboard settings.  

• Go to "Settings"

• Go to "General"

• Click on "Keyboard"

• Click on "Hardware Keyboard"

• At the very top it should say which keyboard you are using most likely has the word "Automatic" beside it - Click on that

• Change from "Automatic" to the type of keyboard (U.S.)

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