Apple iPod touch iOS 7.1 - Manual (Page 128)

Appendix A Accessibility 128
Point scanning
Point scanning lets you select an item on the screen by pinpointing it with scanning crosshairs.
Turn on point scanning. Use item scanning to select Settings from the menu, then select Item
Mode to toggle it to Point Mode. The vertical crosshair appears when you close the menu.
Return to item scanning. Select Settings from the control menu, then select Point Mode to
toggle it to Item Mode.
Settings and adjustments
Adjust basic settings. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control, where you can:
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Add switches
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Turn off auto scanning (if you’ve added a “Move to Next Item” switch)
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Adjust the scanning interval
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Set scanning to pause on the first item in a group
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Choose how many times to cycle through the screen before hiding Switch Control
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Turn Auto Tap on or off and set the interval for performing a second switch action to show the
control menu
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Set whether a movement action is repeated when you hold down a switch, and how long to
wait before repeating
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Set whether and how long you need to hold a switch down before it is accepted as a switch
action
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Have Switch Control ignore accidental repeated switch triggers
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Adjust point scanning speed
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Turn on sound effects or speech
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Select the items you want to see in the menu
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Make the selection cursor larger or a different color
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Set whether items should be grouped while item scanning
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Save custom gestures that you can choose from the Action portion of the control menu.
Fine-tune Switch Control. Choose Settings from the control menu to:
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Adjust scanning speed
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Change the location of the control menu
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Switch between item scan mode and point scan mode
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Choose whether point scan mode displays crosshairs or a grid
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Reverse the scanning direction
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Turn on or off sound or speech accompaniment
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Turn off groups to scan items one at a time