Speak Screen Accessibility

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Speak Screen Accessibility

I love the speak screen option and share it with students that have reading disabilities. My problem is that students have problems turning it on with the 2 finger swipe. It will often return the page to the top, pull up the safari web address input or even pull down the Notification Center. Is there any other way of turning it on that requires less precision? The best scenario would be the triple clik but can't seem to find a way to make that happen. TIA

iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 9

Posted on Jan 11, 2016 8:36 PM

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Answer 1

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jason269

Community Specialist

Jan 13, 2016 7:28 AM in response to Tdcraw

Hi, Tdcraw.

Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.

I see that you are looking to an alternate solution to the Speak Screen option as there has been some difficulty using the two finger swipe. While there currently isn't an option to adjust the precision of the swipe, another option may be to ask Siri to speak the screen back to the students. You can access Siri by pressing and holding the Home Button down until message asks, "What can I help you with?" Then say "speak the screen."

Use Siri on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Speak Screen

If you have a hard time reading the text on your iOS device, use Speak Screen to read your email, iMessages, web pages, and books to you. Turn on Speak Screen and swipe down from the top with two fingers, or just tell Siri to Speak Screen and have all the content of the page read back to you. You can adjust the voice’s dialect and speaking rate, and have words highlighted as they’re being read.

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Tdcraw Author

Level 1

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Jan 15, 2016 12:16 PM in response to jason269

Thank you, that may very well help some students. It there a possibility to have it turn on with triple click or in assistive touch in the future. It is so finicky to turn on and off I imagine it is hard for many that would benefit from it.

thank you

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bobseufert

Level 6

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Jan 16, 2016 12:48 AM in response to Tdcraw

I'm surprised speakscreen isn't already on Assustive Touch. I'll give you the feedback link to syggest Apple add. it. First are you starting the two finger swipe about 1/4 inch above the screen ? If that doesn't work you can use Siri to speak screen. Simply say "speak screen."

Now about that link.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/

Rereading the thread I see Jason already told you about Siri. Sorry.

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