For visual folks, enable VoiceOver on the iPad by going in to Settings, General, Accessibility, VoiceOver, and select VoiceOver. For folks requiring speech assistance, you will need to use iTunes to enable VoiceOver when either unit is connected.
>How to use the Double Size control to make iPhone or iPod touch apps fill the screen of the iPad to make them easier to use, rather than having to try and find/use the little app screen in the middle of the physical iPad screen.
>Please see the Evaluation page for an evaluation of the iPad by Vision Australia in June 2010.
Below you can access the Apple Accessibility iPad page, download the iPad manual, listen to an excellent pod cast (Does Size Matter: iPad Versus iPod « The Tech Doctor Blog and Podcast), and read the excellent evaluations of the iPad by the Mac-cessibility Network.
Apple accessibility page concerning the iPad.
The device’s accessibility features are covered in chapter sixteen.
In this podcast, the Tech Doctors take their iPad and iPhone in to the Tech Doctor operating room and examine them side by side.
Jenny and Robert approach the two devices from the perspective of VoiceOver users. They demo several apps and speculate about whether or not the larger iPad’s screen offers a significant advantage for people who are blind.
An excellent pod cast exploring the Ipad with VoiceOver (comparing back to the iPhone) covering Safari, Apps Store, iBooks, Settings, and touch typing on the on screen keyboard.
Mac-cessibility Network evaluations of the iPad with VoiceOver. Covering the iPad, and applications>
Vision Australia - blindness and low vision services - 1300 847 466.
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