Master iOS 11’s accessibility tools

Accessibility features are for everyone with an iPad or iPhone

REQUIRES

iOS 11. Some features exist on older versions of iOS, too.

You will learn

How the accessibility features in iOS 11 can improve your iPhone and iPad experience.

IT WILL TAKE

30 minutes Accessibility is something many people consider an add-on for those with specific assistive needs. A well-known example is screen reading software, baked into Macs and iOS devices to help anyone with a visual impairment. But modern accessibility’s aim is to cater for everyone, whatever their specific needs. So iOS 11 includes settings to benefit people who have hearing or motor impairment, too, and issues such as vestibular disorders.

Chances are that if you don’t have any such concerns, you skip past the Accessibility section of Settings entirely. That would be a shame, because ideas and concepts geared towards easing device use for a subset of people can often benefit a much wider audience. And that’s what this tutorial is all about — highlighting accessibility controls that can be a boon for anyone who uses an iPad or an iPhone, whether you have a specific impairment or not. We start with three handy-tohave controls in the Display & Brightness section of Settings, before delving into the Accessibility section proper.

Modern accessibility’s aim is to cater for everyone, whatever their needs