Accessibility features in the iPhone 3GS

Pt. 5 of 5 | 6:28 |

Up Close and Personal with the iPhone 3GS

Friday August 7, 2009

The

iPhone 3GS

is ideal for

people with vision problems

or other physical disabilities. Within the

iPhone 3GS accessibility options

you can elect to enable

text to speech

, screen zooming and high-contrast color schemes. These new accessibility modes make the

iPhone 3GS

the

first mass market cell phone to offer accessibility features

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Show Notes

- To turn on accessibility features, tap on Settings, scroll down to General, scroll down to Accessibility and tap.

Accessibility options in the iPhone 3GS

VoiceOver
Enables text to speech. Tap any item on screen and the text on the screen will be read aloud.

Zoom
Magnifies the entire screen. Allows for different levels of zoom for different needs.

White on Black
Makes it easier to read the screen by activating a higher contrast white on black color scheme. This makes it easier for people with certain visual disabilities to read on-screen text.

Mono Audio
Forces all stereo sound to play through both left and right earbuds equally. Helpful for people with certain hearing disabilities.

Speak Auto-text
The phone will read out any auto corrections the phone does when typing.

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