Bluetooth Keyboard Commands with VoiceOver on the iPad · keyboard may have the same keys in a different order or your keyboard may have different keys. For additional information

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BluetoothKeyboardCommandswithVoiceOverontheiPad

iOS9.2

Chapter3:GeneralNavigationusingBluetoothKeyboardCommands(QuickNavisON)

ModuleObjectives

• 3.1MainstreamBluetoothKeyboardShortcutKeys• 3.2ReviewBasicBluetoothKeyboardNavigationCommands• 3.3Jiggle&InteractingwithAppFoldersusingBluetoothKeyboarding

Commands• JiggleModeandCreatinganAppFolder• RemoveAppfromFolder• RenameExistingAppFolder

• 3.4DisplaytheSearchScreen,NotificationCenterandControlCenter usingBluetoothKeyboardCommands

• SearchScreen• NotificationCenter• ControlCenter

• 3.5NavigatingbetweenOpenAppswithBluetoothKeyboardCommands• 3.6SpeechOn/Off• 3.7ScreenCurtainOn/Off• 3.8Siri• 3.9KeyboardHints–AdditionalBluetoothKeyboardCommands

TheBluetoothKeyboardCommandswithVoiceOverontheiPadmanualisbeingsharedonthePathstoTechnologywebsitewithpermissionfromSASInstituteInc.


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BluetoothKeyboardOverviewThissectionreviewsandexpandsgeneralnavigation–movingaroundtheiPad’sHomescreens–usingaBluetoothkeyboard.Forgeneralnavigation,QuickNavisOn.ParticipantsshouldalreadybefamiliarwithnavigatingtheiPad’sHomescreenswithVoiceOvergestures.ItismoreefficienttouseaBluetoothkeyboardratherthantheon-screenkeyboard.TheBluetoothkeyboardcandrivetheiPad,especiallywhenusingtheshortcutkeyboardcommands.AdditionalBluetoothkeyboardcommands,suchasmovingbetweenopenappsandcreatingfolderswillalsobediscussed.AllactivitiesinChapter3willhaveQuickNavOn.

BluetoothKeyboardRecommendationWhenpurchasingaBluetoothkeyboardforyouriPadorotheriOSdevices,makesurethatthekeyboardhasarrowkeyssoyoucanusethe“QuickNav”featurewithVO.Youwillalsowantthe“hidekeyboard”key,whichtypicallyhasakeyboardsymbolwiththreerowsofdots.(Intheimagebelow,thehidekeyboardkeyisthe6thkeyfromtheleft.)ApplekeyboardsaredifferentthanWindowskeyboards.ApplekeyboardscontainanOptionkeyandaCommandkey(cmd).WindowkeyboardscontaintheAltkeyandtheWindowskey.IfyouareusingaWindowskeyboard,youcansubstitutetheAltkeyfortheOptionkeyandtheWindowskeyforthecmdkey.YouwillalsowanttheControl,OptionandCommandkeystogethertotheleftofthespacebar.WhenVoiceOverison,thesekeysorcombinationsofthesekeysareused.(Example:Control+Option+Awill“readall”fromthecurrentposition.)SomebrandsofBluetoothkeyboardssplittheControlandOptionkeys(oneoneithersideofthespacebar),whichmakesitphysicallychallengingtopressthesekeysplusanotherkeysimultaneously.

BoneConductingEarphonesRecommendationAfterShokzareanopeneardesignearphonesthatallowstheusertolistentotheaudiowithoutblockingsoundsintheenvironment.AfterShokz,whichareearphonesconnectedbyabandthatgoesbehindtheuser’shead,restontheboneinfrontoftheearcanal.AfterShokzrequirecharging.AfterShokzarenowavailablewithaBluetoothconnection,eliminatingthewires.AirDrivesareanotherbrandofboneconductingearphones.


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QuickNavOn“QuickNavOn”isusedtoeasilynavigatearoundtheiPadandwithinanapp.Turn“QuickNavOff”toeditormanipulatetext.“Nav”standsfor“navigation”–tomovearoundtheiPadHomescreensortomovearoundanopenedapp.Chapter3coversnavigatingaroundtheHomescreenandChapter4coversnavigatingaroundappswithQuickNavOn.Chapter5coverseditingwithQuickNavOff.PresstherightandleftarrowssimultaneouslytotogglebetweenQuickNavOnandQuickNavOff.TEACHERHINT:IFTHEBLUETOOTHKEYBOARDCOMMANDDOESNOTREACTASEXPECTED,CONFIRMTHATQUICKNAVISON.

“VO”ManyVoiceOverkeyboardcommandsrequirethattheControlkeyandtheOptionkeyarepressedatthesametime.Thisdocumentusesthecommonshorthand“VO”todenotethattheControlandOptionkeysshouldbepressedatthesametime.Forexample,“VO+A”indicatesthattheControl,Option,andAkeysshouldbepressedatthesametime.

“Activate”Inthismanual,weusetheterm“activate”.TherearefiveswaystoactivateanitemwhenusingVoiceOver,including:

• Onefingerdoubletap• Dragandsplittap• Pressingtheup+downarrowsontheBluetoothkeyboardsimultaneously• Pressingthejoystickin(refreshablebrailledisplay)• Pressing3+6+space(refreshablebrailledisplay)

ForacompletelistofVoiceOvergestures,Bluetoothkeyboardcommandsandrefreshablebrailledisplaycommands,seetheQuickReferenceGuideforVoiceOveroniOSdevices:http://support.sas.com/misc/accessibility/education/TheBluetoothkeyboardisoftenthemostefficientwaytodrivetheiPad;however,therearetimesthataquicktaponthescreen(tomovetheVoiceOverfocus)ordraggingyourfingerismoreefficient.Therearealsoafewthingsthatcannotbe


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donefromakeyboard,suchasexitingapopup.Theseoptionswillbediscussedinthemanual.


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3.1MainstreamBluetoothKeyboardShortcutKeysManyBluetoothkeyboardsthataredesignedforiPadswillhaveadditionalshortcutkeys,whichmayvarydependingonthespecificBluetoothkeyboard.Yourkeyboardmayhavethesamekeysinadifferentorderoryourkeyboardmayhavedifferentkeys.ForadditionalinformationonyourBluetoothkeyboard,doanInternetsearchforyourspecifickeyboard.Thetoprowshortcutkeysonthiskeyboard,startingonthetopleft:

Home,Lock,Dictation,Undo,Redo,Hide/Showon-screenkeyboard,Copy,Paste,PreviousTrack,Play/Pause,NextTrack,Mute,DecreaseVolume,IncreaseVolume

Figure1ToprowkeysononeBluetoothkeyboard

• Totakeascreenpicture:Home+Lockkeyssimultaneously.• ToactivateSiri:HoldHomekey• Show/Hideon-screenkeyboard:Keyboardkey

Currently,thereisnotatrueBluetoothkeyboardcommandforDictation.Wheninatextfieldandonlywhentheon-screenkeyboardisdisplayedthereareseveralwaystostartdictation.Totoggletheon-screenkeyboard,presstheBluetoothkeyhide/showon-screenkeyboard,then:

• StudentscanusetheBluetoothKeyboardkeytodisplaytheon-screenkeyboardandthenpresstheDictationkeylocatedtotheleftofthespacebarontheon-screenkeyboard.

• Twofingersdoubletapwillstartandstopdictation.• VO+-(whenQuickNavison)orVO++(whenQuickNavisoff)

Remember,youmustbeinatextfieldtousedictationandtheon-screenkeyboardmustbedisplayedontheiPadscreen.TEACHERHINT:THEREAREMANYSTUDENTSWITHBVIWHOHAVEADDITIONALPHYSICALDISABILITIESANDWHOSTRUGGLEWITHTYPINGONTHEBLUETOOTHKEYBOARDAND/ORRBD.FORTHESESTUDENTS,DICTATIONMIGHTBEAGOODMODIFICATION.THISTYPEOFSTUDENTMAYBEABLETOUSETHEARROWKEYS/KEYBOARDCOMMANDSFORSIMPLENAVIGATIONWHILEUSINGDICTATIONFORINPUTINGLARGERAMOUNTSOFTEXT.UNLESSTHEREISAREALDETERMININGFACTOR,SUCHASAPHYSICALLIMITATION,DICTATIONSHOULDNOTREPLACEGOODTYPINGSKILLS!


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ThebottomrowkeysonmostBluetoothkeyboardoftenincludethefollowingkeys:

Function,Battery,Control,Option,Command,SpaceBar,Brightness,World,left/up/down/rightarrows

Note:ThekeysmaybeinadifferentormayappearinadifferentorderdependingontheBluetoothkeyboard.SomekeysmayappearinthetoprowononetypeoftheBluetoothkeyboardandinthebottomrowofanotherkeyboard.

BatterykeyTheBatterykeywillindicatetheamountofbatteryleft.WiththeZaggBluetoothkeyboards,presstheBatterykeyandalightonthekeywillflash.

• Greenflashinglight:50%ormorecharged• Yellowflashinglight:25%-50%charged• Redflashinglight:lessthan25%andbacklights(ifavailable)willnot

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3.2Review:BasicBluetoothKeyboardNavigationCommandsInthissectionwewillreviewthebasicBluetoothkeyboardcommands.TheiPadhasaVoiceOverKeyboardHelpmodethatallowsyoutopracticevariousVoiceOverkeyboardcommands.Whileonthisscreen,VoiceOverwillverballystatewhatkeyboardcommandyoupressedandwhatthatcommanddoes.Example:“VO+B,readpagestartingatthetop.”VoiceOvermustbeOninordertousetheVoiceOverkeyboardhelp.Chapter3focusesonhowtonavigateusingBluetoothkeyboardcommands.ForalltheactivitiesinChapter3,QuickNavisOn.

Activity3.2aKeyboard“SynchronizedSwimming”WithVoiceOverOn,thetraininginstructorwillleadthegrouptoVoiceOverKeyboardingPracticescreen.Thetraininginstructorwillcalloutvariouskeyboardingcommandsandparticipantswilltrytoperformthesecommandsinsyncwiththegroup.“QuickNavOn”isusedtoeasilynavigatearoundtheiPad.Turn“QuickNavOff”toeditmaterials.TotogglebetweenQuickNavOn/Off,presstherightarrowandleftarrowsatthesametime.TEACHERHINT:IOS8ADDEDTHEBLUETOOTHKEYBOARDCOMMANDVO+QTOTOGGLEQUICKNAVON/OFF.The“VO”symbolindicatesthattheControlandOptionkeysarepressedatthesametime.Example:VO+AmeansthatControl,OptionandAkeysarepressedsimultaneously.ThisactivityassumesVoiceOverisOnandtheQuickNavfeatureisOn.(Presstherightarrowandleftarrowsatthesametimeuntilyouhear“QuickNavisOn”.)

1. TurnQuickNavOn:(right+leftarrowssimultaneouslyuntilyouhear“QuickNavOn”).

2. TurnonVoiceOverKeyboardHelp:(VO+KusingtheBluetoothkeyboard).

3. Practicekeyboardcommands:(ifyouareparticipatinginthetraining,theinstructorwillcalloutvariouskeyboardcommandsforthegrouptoperforminsync).Seethenextpageforalistofcommands.

4. ExitVoiceOverKeyboardHelp:(Homebutton).


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TEACHERHINT:MOSTKEYBOARDSWORKBESTWHENYOUHOLDTHEVOKEYSDOWNFIRST(ANDKEEPHOLDING)THENPRESSTHEADDITIONALKEY.

CommonlyusedBluetoothKeyboardNavigationCommands(assumesQuickNavisOn)VOmeansControl+Optionkeysarepressedsimultaneously.Action CommandGotoHomescreen VO+HMoveVoiceOvercursortonextitem RightarrowMoveVoiceOvercursortopreviousitem LeftarrowMoveVoiceOvercursortofirstitemonthepage Control+uparrowMoveVoiceOvercursortolastitemonthepage Control+downarrowMoveVoiceOvercursortonextcontainer Control+rightarrowMoveVoiceOvercursortopreviouscontainer Control+leftarrowActivateSelecteditem Up+downarrowsReadtheentirepagestartingatthetop VO+BPause/Resumereading ControlStartreadingatselecteditem VO+AScrollpageup,down,leftorright Option+up,down,left

orrightarrowMoveforwardbetweenopenapps Command+Shift+TabMovebackwardbetweenopenapps Command+TabJiggle VO+Shift+MOpenAppSwitcher VO+Htwotimesor

HomekeytwiceRotor Uparrow+rightarrow

oruparrow+leftarrowPerformactiondefinedbycurrentRotorsetting Uparrowordown

arrowMovetoStatusBar VO+MNotificationCenter VO+M(statusbar)

thenOption+uparrowControlCenter VO+M(statusbar)

thenOption+downarrow

SearchScreen(fromHomescreenonly) Option+uparrowMuteVoiceOver VO+STurnScreenCurtainOn/Off VO+Shift+SAnswer/endphonecall,pause/resumemultimediaplayback

VO+-


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Activity3.2bPracticeNavigatingtheHomeScreenUsingKeyboardCommandsIfpossible,participantsareencouragedtopracticethesefamiliarkeyboardingskillswiththeScreenCurtainOn(iPadscreenisdark).TurnthescreencurtainOn/OffusingthekeyboardcommandVO+shift+S.

1. Turnscreencurtainon:(VO+shift+S).2. GototheHomescreen:(VO+Honetime).3. Navigateitem-by-item:(rightarroworleftarrowtomoveforwardor

backwardsacrossthescreen).4. Readtheentirepagestartingatthetop:(VO+B).5. PauseVoiceOver:(Controlkey).6. Resumeall:(Controlkey).7. MovecursordirectlytoCalendar(topleft):(control+uparrow).8. MovecursordirectlytoSafari(bottomright):(control+downarrow).9. MovecursordirectlytoCalendar(topleft):(control+uparrow).10. MovecursordirectlytoPages(bottomleft):(control+leftarrow).11. MovetosecondHomescreen:(option+rightarrow).12. MovebacktofirstHomescreen:(option+leftarrow).13. FindandOpenDropbox:

• MovetoSafari:(control+downarrow)• MovetoDropbox:(leftarrow)• ActivateDropboxdownarrows)

14. CloseGoogleDrive:(VO+H).15. TurnScreenCurtainOff:(VO+Shift+S).

TEACHERHINT:CONTROL+ARROWKEYMOVESVOICEOVERCURSORAROUNDHOMESCREENTHATYOUARECURRENTLYON.OPTION+RIGHTORLEFTARROWMOVESTOTHENEXTORPREVIOUSHOMESCREEN.


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3.3JiggleandinteractingwithAppFoldersusingBluetoothKeyboardCommandsThissectiondescribeshowtomakeappsJiggle,howtocreateappfolders,renameappfoldersandremoveappsfromfolders.Similartechniqueswillworkinotherapps,suchasmakingaPagesdocumentJiggleandcreatingPagesfolders.Ifpossible,dotheseactivitieswiththeScreenCurtainOn(darkscreen).

JiggleModeandCreatinganAppFolderTocreateafolder,movethecursoruntilitisonthedesiredapp(firstapptobeplacedintothefolder).PressVO+Shift+M;youwillhearatripletoneandVOwillsay,“Moving____”thenVoiceoverwillsaythenameofthefirstapponthescreen.(*IniOS8.3,VoiceOverfocusjumpstotheStatusbarinsteadofmovingtothefirstapponthepage.)AlltheappsonthescreenwillnowbeinJigglemode.Usetherightarroworleftarrowuntilyouareonthedesiredapp(secondapptobeplacedintothefolder).Onceonthedesiredapp,pressup+downarrowstoselect.Thefolderwillautomaticallybenamed;however,youcanchoosetochangethefolder’sname.Torenamethefolder,moveto“cleartext”(xsymbol)usingtherightarrow.SelectClearText(up+downarrows),whichwillalsoopenthetextfield.TypethedesiredfoldernamethenpressEnter.AlltheappswillJiggleuntilyouexittheJigglemodebypressingtheHomebutton.TEACHERHINT:QUICKNAVMUSTBEON(LEFT+RIGHTARROWS)TOUSETHEARROWKEYSTONAVIGATETHEHOMESCREEN.TEACHERHINT:PRESSANDHOLDVO,THENQUICKLYPRESSANDRELEASESHIFT+M.(ALLFOURKEYSAREBRIEFLYHELDDOWNTOGETHER.)THERESHOULDBEASLIGHTDELAYBETWEENPRESSINGVOANDPRESSINGSHIFT+M.


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Activity3.3aJiggleCommandandCreateAppFolderontheHomeScreenConfirmQuickNavisOninordertousethearrowkeystonavigatetheHomescreen.ThefollowingactivityusestheCameraandPhotoapps;however,anytwoappscanbeusedforthisactivity.

1. GototheHomescreen:(VO+H).2. MovetoCameraapp:(RightarrowstoppingonCamera).3. MakeappsJiggle:(VO+Shift+M).4. SelectthePhotoapp:(Rightarrow,stoppingonPhotoappthenup+

downarrowtoselect).Thefolderwillautomaticallybenamed“photography”.

5. Renamefolder“Pictures”:• MovetoClearText:(RightarrowstoppingonClearText)• SelectClearText:(Up+downarrows)• Type“Pictures”andpressEnter

6. ExitJigglemode:(VO+H).7. Exitpopup:(VO+H).

TEACHERHINT:IFTHEAPPSAREINJIGGLEMODEANDTHEWRONGAPPHASBEENSELECTED,EXITJIGGLEMODE(HOMEBUTTONORVO+H),MOVETHEFOCUSTOTHEDESIREDAPPTHENREPEATTHESTEPSFORJIGGLEMODE.IFTHEAPPSAREINJIGGLEMODEANDANAPPHASNOTBEENSELECTED,USEARROWKEYSTOMOVETOTHEDESIREDAPPANDTHENPRESSVO+SHIFT+M.

RemoveAppfromFolderCurrently,itisnotpossibletoonlyuseBluetoothkeyboardcommandstomoveanappoutofafolder.However,youcanuseacombinationofkeyboardcommandsandgesturestoaccomplishthetask.Youcanmovetothedesiredfolderandselectthefolder(up+downarrows).MovetheVoiceOverfocustothefirstapp(rightarrow).MakeappsJiggle(VO+shift+M).Selecttheappyouwanttomoveoutsideofthefolder–usinggestures–onefinger,doubletapandhold.DragtheappoutsidethefolderandcontinuetoholduntilVoiceOversays“outsideof___folder,holdfingerfor5secondstoclose”.


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Activity3.3bRemoveAppfromFolderCurrently,itisnotpossibletoonlyuseBluetoothkeyboardcommandstomoveanappoutofafolder.However,youcanusekeyboardcommandsandgesturestoaccomplishthetask.

1. GototheHomescreen:(VO+H).2. Movetothedesiredfolder:(ArrowkeysstoppingonthePicturesfolder).3. Selectthedesiredfolder:(Up+downarrowstoselect).4. Movetodesiredapp:(RightarrowstoppingontheCameraappwithinthe

openfolder).5. Selectapptobemoved:(DoubletapandholdthendragCameraapp

outsideofthefolder,holdingfor5secondsbeforereleasing).6. ExitJigglemode:(VO+H).


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RenameanExistingAppFolderIfcreatinganewfolder,repeatthestepsaboveinActivity3.3a.Whenanewfolderiscreated,theVoiceOverfocuswillautomaticallygotothetextfieldtorenamethefolder.VoiceOverwillautomaticallynamethefolderdependingontheitemsplacedinthefolder.Torenameanexistingfolder,openthedesiredfolder(up+downarrows)andmaketheappsJiggle(VO+shift+M).ThiswillshowtheClearTextbutton.MovetoClearTextbuttonusingtherightarrow.SelectClearTextbutton(up+downarrows);VoiceOverwillsay,“Folderisediting,doubletaptoedittextfield.”TypeinthedesiredfoldernameandpressEnter.

Activity3.3cRenameanAppFolderCurrently,ifVoiceOveristalkingwhenyougivethekeyboardcommandtojiggleapps,theappswillnotjiggle.Ifthathappens,usethearrowkeystomovetheVoiceOverfocusoffofthedesiredappandbackonthedesiredappbeforetryingthecommandagain.

1. Chooseanotherfolderorrepeatsteps1-4inActivity3.3atorecreatePicturefolder.

2. OpenFolder:(RightarrowstoppingonPicturefolderthenup+downarrowstoselect).

3. Maketheappsjiggle:(VO+shift+M).4. MovetoClearTextbutton:(RightarrowstoppingonClearText).5. SelectClearTextbutton:(ActivateClearTextbutton).6. Typeindesiredfoldername:(Typeindesiredfoldername;pressEnter

keytohearthenewfoldername).7. Exitjigglemode:(VO+H).8. Exitfolder:(VO+H).

TEACHERHINT:WAITUNTILVOICEOVERSTOPSTALKINGBEFOREPRESSINGTHEVO+SHIFT+MTOMAKETHEAPPSJIGGLE.


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3.4DisplaytheSearchScreen,NotificationCenterandControlCenterusingBluetoothKeyboardCommands

SearchScreenFromtheHomeScreenonly,youcanfindeverythingthatisonyouriPad:anapp,song,event,book,emailbyaspecificpersonortopicthread,titleofaspecificPagesdocument,orspecificperson’scontactinformation.WhenintheSearchtextfield,simplybegintypingthedesiredwordandeverythingassociatedwiththatwordwillbedisplayed.ToaccessSearch,gototheHomescreen(VO+H).ConfirmthatQuickNavisOn(left+rightarrows)thenuseoption+uparrow.TodismisstheSearchscreen,presstheHomekeyorVO+H.

NotificationCenterTheNotificationCenterautomaticallyshowstheTodayview,whichgivesasummaryoftheday(date,weather,yourcalendarappointments)andapeakattomorrow’sevents.TheAllviewliststhealertsandbanners.TheMissedviewshowsthealerts(suchasmissedcalls)thatyouhavenotaddressedinthelast24hours.Youcantapthebuttonsorswiperight/lefttochangebetweentheToday,AllandMissedviews.TheNotificationCentercanbeviewedfromanyscreen,includingtheLockedscreen.ToaccesstheNotificationCenter,confirmthatQuickNavisOn(left+rightarrows)movetheVoiceOvercursortotheStatusbarattheverytopofthescreen(VO+M)andthenuseoption+uparrow.TodismisstheNotificationCenterpresstheHomebuttonorVO+H.


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ControlCenterTheControlCenterprovidesinstantaccesstofrequentlyuseditemsontheLockedScreen,theHomeScreenorontopofanyopenapp.ThefollowingitemsareavailableintheControlCenter:

• PreviousTrack/Play/NextTrack• AirplaneModeOn/Off• Wi-FiOn/Off• BluetoothOn/Off• DoNotDisturbOn/Off• MuteorLockRotationOn/Off• BrightnessSlider• VolumeSlider• AirDrop• ClockApp• CameraApp

TheiPhonehasthesameitemsplustheseadditionalitems:

• FlashlightApp• CalculatorApp

ToaccesstheControlCenter,confirmthatQuickNavisOn(right+leftarrows)movetheVoiceOverfocustotheStatusbar(VO+M)andthenoption+downarrow.TodismisstheControlCenter,presstheHomekeyorVO+H.

TEACHERHINT:LOWVISIONSTUDENTSORSTUDENTSWHOHAVETROUBLEWITHGLARECANQUICKLYADJUSTTHEIPAD’SBRIGHTNESSINTHECONTROLCENTER.BESURETOTEACHSTUDENTSHOWTOADJUSTTHEBRIGHTNESSACCORDINGFORBESTVISUALEFFICIENCYINVARIOUSENVIRONMENTS.

TEACHERHINT:WHENUSINGTHEIPADINDIMORDARKENVIRONMENTS,YOUWILLWANTTOTURNTHESCREENBRIGHTNESSDOWN.

TEACHERHINT:ABRIGHTSCREENUSESMOREBATTERYPOWER;TOTALLYBLINDSTUDENTSSHOULDTURNTHEIRBRIGHTNESSDOWNTOCONSERVEBATTERYPOWER.


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Activity3.4UseSearch,NotificationCenterandControlCenter

1. GototheHomescreen:(Homebutton).2. ExposetheSearchScreen:(Option+uparrow).3. Findandopencameraapp:(typein“camera”thenrightarrowstopping

onthecameraapp,thenactivate).4. GotoHomescreen:(HomekeyorVO+H).5. OpentheNotificationCenter:

• MovetheVoiceOverfocustotheStatusbar;(VO+M)• Option+uparrow

6. Checktheweatherandyourcalendar:• Checkthedateandreadthecurrentweatherreport

7. GotoHomescreen:(HomekeyorVO+H).8. ChangethebrightnessofyouriPad:

• OpenControlCenter:(VO+M,thenoption+downarrow)• DecreaseBrightness:(rightarrowstoppingonBrightnessor1

finger,dragtobottomrightcorner)• IncreasetheBrightness:(uparrow)• DecreasetheBrightness:(downarrow)• ClosetheControlCenter:(HomekeyorVO+H)• GotoHomescreen:(HomekeyorVO+H).


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3.5NavigatingbetweenOpenAppsusingBluetoothKeyboardCommandsYoucanquicklyswitchbetweenopenapps.Switchingbetweenappsenablesstudentstoefficientlycompletemanytasks,includingtheabilitytocopyatextfromabookorwebsiteandpastethattextintoPageshomeworkdocument.ThedesiredappsmustbeopenintheAppSwitcher.Theappswillappearintheordertheywerelastused.Tomovebackwardthroughtheopenapps,presscmd+shift+tab.Tomoveforwardthroughtheopenapps,presscmd+tab.Whenyouareonthefirst/lastopenappandyoutrytomovebackward/forward,therewillbeauniquesoundthatindicatesthereisnotanotherappinthatdirection.TEACHERHINT:THEKEYBOARDKEYSWORKSBESTIFYOUHOLDCMDTHENPRESSTABORHOLDCMD+SHIFT,THENPRESSTAB.DONOTPRESSANDHOLDTHECOMMANDKEYTOOLONG,ASYOUMAYOPENUPKEYBOARDHINTSBYMISTAKE!

Activity3.5aNavigatingbetweenOpenAppsIfyoudonotalreadyhaveseveralopenappsintheAppSwitcher,openacoupleofapps.

1. OpenSafari.2. Movebackwardtothelastappthatyouhadopen:(cmd+shift+tab).3. Moveforwardtothenextopenapp:(cmd+tab).4. Movebackwardtothepreviousapp:(cmd+shift+tab).

TEACHERHINT:FORMANYVOICEOVERUSERS,USINGCMD+TABANDCMD+SHIFT+TABISMUCHEASIERTHANTHEFOURFINGERSWIPELEFTORRIGHTGESTURE!


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3.6SpeechOn/OffVoiceOvercanstillberunningwiththeVoiceOverSpeechoff.TurningSpeechoffisagoodoptionforstudentswhoarepracticingtheirbrailleskillsusingarefreshableBrailleDisplay(RBD).VO+SwilltogglebetweenSpeechOn/SpeechOff.TROUBLESHOOTING:WHENVOICEOVERISACTIVATEDANDYOUDONOTHEARVOICEOVERTALKING,CHECKTOMAKESURETHATTHEVOLUMEISTURNEDUPANDTHATTHESPEECHISON.TOCHECKIFVOICEOVERISTRULYON,DRAGYOURFINGERAROUNDTHESCREEN.THEVOICEOVERCURSORBOXSHOULDAPPEARANDSHOULDFOLLOWYOURFINGERAROUNDTHESCREENWITHCLICKINGSOUNDSINTHEOPENAREAS.IFTHEVOICEOVERCURSORBOXDOESNOTAPPEAR,TURNVOICEOVERONUSINGTRIPLE-CLICKHOME.TEACHERHINT:WHENDOINGSPELLINGASSIGNMENTSORTESTSUSINGTHEREFRESHABLEBRAILLEDISPLAY,TURNSPEECHOFFSOTHESTUDENTHASTORELYONREADINGTHEBRAILLE.

Activity3.6SpeechOn/Off

1. GototheHomeScreen:(VO+H).2. TurnSpeechoff:(VO+S).3. Movethroughappicons:(rightarrowmultipletimes).Noticethatthe

visualVoiceOvercursorboxmovesfromapptoapp.4. TurnSpeechon:(VO+S).


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3.7ScreenCurtainOn/OffWhenVoiceOverisactivatedandtheScreenCurtainison,theiPad’sscreenwillbedark.Thisisagreatoptionforstudentswithresidualvision(andteacherswithvision)topracticetheirVoiceOverskillsand/ortheirlisteningskills.TheScreenCurtainisonlyavailablewhenVoiceOverison.VO+shift+SwilltogglebetweenScreenCurtainon/ScreenCurtainoff.TROUBLESHOOTING:WHENVOICEOVERISONANDTHESCREENISDARK,CHECKTOMAKESURETHATYOURBRIGHTNESSLEVELONTHEIPADISHIGHENOUGH(BRIGHTNESSCANBEADJUSTEDINTHECONTROLCENTER)ANDTHATTHESCREENCURTAINISOFF.DRAGGINGYOURFINGERAROUNDTHESCREENWILLCONFIRMTHATVOICEOVERISTRULYONASVOICEOVERWILLTALK.TROUBLESHOOTING:WHENUSINGVOICEOVERANDYOURIPADSUDDENLYAPPEARSTOBE“DEAD”–THESCREENISDARKANDVOICEOVERISNOTTALKINGWHENYOUDRAGYOURFINGERAROUNDTHESCREEN-MAKESURETHATYOUHAVENOTACCIDENTLYTURNEDSPEECHOFFANDTHESCREENCURTAINON.

Activity3.7ScreenCurtainOn/Off

1. GototheHomeScreen:(VO+H).2. TurnScreenCurtainon:(VO+shift+S-Screenwillnowbedark).3. Movethroughappicons:(Rightarrowmultipletimes–listenasVO

speakseachapp).4. TurnScreenCurtainoff:(VO+shift+S).

TEACHERHINT:WHENDOINGASSIGNMENTSAND/ORTAKINGTESTS,STUDENTSMAYOPTTOTURNTHESCREENCURTAINONSOTHATOTHERSTUDENTSDONOTCOPYTHEIRWORK.HOWEVER,TEACHERSMAYWANTTOSEETHESCREENSOTHEYCANMONITOREXACTLYWHATTHESTUDENTISDOING!ADULTSMAYOPTTOTURNTHESCREENCURTAINONWHENDOINGPERSONALBUSINESSSUCHASBANKING.


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3.8SiriSiriisavoice-activatedapplicationavailableontheiPad3andabove;SiriisnotavailableontheiPad2.SiriisavailableoniPhone4Sandabove.SirienablesyoutocommandyouriPadbyvoice.Youcansendtexts,readspecificemails,scheduleappointments,setatimer,getdirections,askascientificquestion,andmuchmorebyholdingtheHomebuttonuntilSiriisactivated.IfyouholdtheHomebuttonanddonottalktoSiri,alistofexamplethingstoaskSiriwillappearonthescreen.YoucanalsoactivateSiribyholdingtheHomekeyontheBluetoothkeyboard.

Activity3.8SiriQuestionsInthisactivity,youwillaskSiritoreadaspecificemail.YoucanuseanyemailthatyoucurrentlyhaveonyouriPad.ForthoseparticipatingintheKeyboardtraining,wewillaskSirito“ReademailfromDiane”.

1. GototheHomeScreen:(VO+H).2. AskSirito“Reademailfrom(name)”:

• PresstheHomebutton• Say,“ReademailfromDiane”(orsubstituteanothername)

3. GototheHomescreen:(VO+H).

RepeatthestepsabovewhenaskingSirithefollowingquestions:4. AskSiri,“WhatistheweathertodayinParis?”5. AskSiri,“GoogletheWarof1812.”6. AskSiri,“Define“condensation”.”

TEACHERHINT:HAVEYOURSTUDENTDOANINTERNETSEARCHFOR“SIRICOMMANDS”TOLEARNMOREABOUTALLTHETHINGSTHATSIRICANANSWER.


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3.9KeyboardHints–AdditionalBluetoothKeyboardCommandsiOS9introducedKeyboardHints.KeyboardhintsprovideinformationaboutBluetoothkeyboardcommandsthatworkwithandwithoutVoiceOver.(TheBluetoothkeyboardcommandsdiscussedaboveonlyworkwhenVoiceOverison.)PressandholdtheCommand(cmd)Bluetoothkey,typicallylocatedtotheleftofthespacebar.WhenVoiceOverison,theKeyboardHintspopupwillappearinthemiddleofthescreenandVoiceOverwillannounce,“KeyboardHints”.TheKeyboardHintswillchangeaccordingtowhichappyouarein.Example:TherearethreeKeyboardHintsontheHomescreenand9KeyboardHintsintheSafariApp.SomeoftheseBluetoothkeyboardcommandsdothesameactionasaVOcommand.However,someoftheBluetoothkeyboardCommandsdonothaveequivalentVOcommands.Insafari,cmd+shift+RwillopentheReaderfeature.Cmd+WwillclosethecurrentopenSafariwindow.Note:Currently,KeyboardHintsareavailableforalimitednumberofapps.

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