How To Setup An iPhone Or iPad For Low Vision Or Blindness
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- Here ate some quick tips on setting up an iPhone or iPad for low vision or blindness.
How to set up an Android phone or tablet for low vision :
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I'm working on helping my MIL who went very low vision recently and i can't wait to try these tomorrow :) I'll need to check out your voiceover 101 series ❤ thank you for doing these!!
Thank you so much for making this video. I am in the process of setting up my dad's Apple devices as his macular degeneration is progressing. This is a terrific video!
So glad it’s helpful
Thank you Sam. Just changed some of the settings on my iPad Pro. One really nice side effect of using smart color inversion and increased contrast is it makes my digital sheet music easier to see without blurring staff lines.and notes without having to use a special program to increase the size of the music. I'll have to check out your android video to see if there is anything more I can do to help with my phone and Fire tablet.
That’s great!
These were some great tips. Really helped me set up my father's iPad more optimally for him. Takes a while for him getting used to the triple-tap zoom functionality, but it's really helpful for apps that has no or restricted zoom features.
Glad to hear it
Thank you so much. My brother just sent your video to me. I’m partially sighted, registered blind. I’m so happy right now. Thank you for the really useful hacks. 🙌🏽
You’re very welcome, glad you like the videos!
Thank you I have been waiting for something for me I legally blind for over 10 years and this is wonderful thank you.
Sam, I have to say, you've done it yet again. Thanks man for doing this. I've been considering getting an I device and now that I've seen the features it has i am for sure going to get one. Please keep doing this.
I am a voiceover user I am writing this comment right now with voiceover there’s also where you can disable the sound when you touch the screen just giving a little bit of advice if you want to are use the setting constantly all my sounds are currently disabled on this iPad I do you use accessibility shortcuts my most to preferred a voice control and voiceover they are excellent accessibility shortcuts use them every day hopefully people can see this comment
Thanks the info is great. I am legally blind and learn something new all the time.
COOL BEANS!!! I am low vision from keratoconus and I own a iPad mini…I love it…^___^ I am unsure how low my vision but it has affected me at my job and am now in my room in the dark due to super sensitivity to lights…
Thank you.This video helped me so much I rarely comment to acknowledge how helpful your info is because voice over is a challenge and Apple are very helpful with remote help but thanks for being able to simplify it. I feel more confident using voice over now and not frustrated so cheers.
That’s great, glad it was helpful!
I just came across your channel. I love it. Very helpful and informative. Thank you
Welcome to the channel! I have over 560 videos on my channel so you’re bound to find a video on any topic you can think of!
@@theblindlife I have already found quite a few. I am looking to help my mother get some stuff. And prepare myself as well as my daughter for the future. We are all diagnosed with kjers. Eyesights range from 2040 to 2300 after correction
Thanks for your videos. I use them with my braille student whose vision is decreasing. Since I use Androids, I needed Apple products info since it's what most of my adult former students use. I usually recommend iPads and iPhones for my students.
Newly semi-blind and this is helpful Muchos gracias
Thank you, this is very helpful. A lot of great hints. Thanks Sam!
Thanks for the video. Greatly appreciated.
Great video. Thanks, it;'s very helpful. I have a couple of questions on the iPad. 1. How do you prevent unwanted purchases? (i.e from the Apple App Store). 2. How do you deal with passwords to access sites or apps? Can these be voice-activated?
Great tutorial! A lot of great ideas for me to help out my dad.
So nice of you to take your time to help others Sam!! I was looking to see if I could find something for my blind grandmother in Germany - she used to love doing crossword puzzles but now is 90 years old, blind and just sits at home all day - I would love to find something for her but I keep in mind that she's 90 and not a whiz with computers like most seniors (or myself) - I just hate hearing about her this way - any suggestions at all? iPad that could be easily taught, something something...this is my grams :-(
You could look at skills on the Amazon echo. There are crossword skills on the Amazon echo that you play using your voice. That could be an option. I am totally blind myself and use my Amazon echo to play games including crosswords as well as carryout other tasks.
Thanks. Unfortunately, I have a newer device at iOS 15 or so most of the menus and stuff have changed since you posted this video. Could you redo the thing with the newer version. Thanks.
Thanks Sam
Great video Sam!
Just one thing, be careful showing your lock screen notifications because it is showing your Chase account summary!!
lol oops!
Why doesn't Kindle (I have scribe) have more accessibility options? They have"standard" and large', which only applies to the interface. The text looks about size 9pts in large mode! What? You can make the fonts bigger for reading, but not in the interface. I'm having these issues with my laptop as well when using office products. I can get the working windows bigger, but not any of the menus or actual interface of the sifferent software. Also, Inverting helps me, but then web pages don't display properly and it's making me crazy. Thanks for this video! I will use it to set up my mom's iPad to see if that helps her (93 yo, macular degeneration with very low vision) . I'll come back to your channel to see if there's anything that will help me (diabetic retinopathy that popped up very recently, after 30 years since diagnosis - ugh!) Glad I found your channel!
Zoom has a problem on some iPads. I thought my screen was defective; it was quite dark. After spending time with an Apple technician, we discovered that Zoom was darkening the screen. I have an iPad Pro 12.9 inch, fourth generation, running OS 15.3. Apple is supposed to be working on the problem, but it still darkens my iPad screen. I use zoom on my iPhone 12, and it works beautifully.
Thank you so much! I didn’t know my iPhone could do so much to help me. I told my friend who has hearing problems. My son’s going to annoy me playing with it now lol
Thank you for your time!! 😎
Thank you
Thanks for this, I've just bought an iPad
I am photosensitive so I keep my screen low. My wife’s phone hurts and washes out. I do change that brightness manually whenever the situation dictates.
Full screen zoom is great.
I don’t voiceover often but it do invert colors often.
Android still seems to handle smart inversion better.
I just learned about button shapes. Thanks.
Triple click gives me a menu of the accessibility options I use.
night shift can help with the light sensitivity
Im late to the gane here. But dark mode has changed everything
This is a great share, thank you!!!
Sam, I am working with a blind friend and she is frustrated by some things with her iPhone. For instance, when she calls her automated banking number and it asks her to press 1 to choose something, we cannot figure out if there is a way to add the speech button to the standard number pad that comes up. We live far from support services so I am trying to help her. Specific settings for the totally blind person would be helpful.
No, unfortunately you cannot use speech when putting in a number. It’s very frustrating!
@@theblindlife Thanks for the response, that was what I was finding but wanted to confirm. Guess I will just teach her how to find the number pad using voiceover and we will go from there - but I think someone should complain to Apple!
This is an old comment but do you know if this is still a problem for Apple? My dad is totally blind and has an old Android but we were planning on getting him an iPhone; this would be a frustrating change for him. If you remember some of the other things that bothered your friend, I'd really appreciate hearing those, too! I want to make sure we're making the right decision to switch.
Could you do a video on keyboard shortcuts for apple devices? I’ve noticed that there seems to be a good handful of them and some of the articles that I have come across aren’t entirely accurate or give enough information to go off of. In example, command and option keys were listed for a lot of them but does not specify what key works as those on a standard keyboard.
Thank you! Hoping this will help my father who has severe macular degeneration.
Thx I learnt a lot. This is going to save a lot of frustration! 🤣
Thanks for your help a (never) new about voice over before to day
Hi
I have some questions about mac and iphone.
Iphone
How do I change pages in smileys?
How do I notice buttons with vo?
Can you use maps along with voiceover?
Mac
How do I know that the mac has started if I do not see the screen?
How do I find the login box if I do not see the screen?
Can you right click the keyboard on mac?
Unfortunately I am not an expert on iOS products so I’m not much help with this. I would recommend posting these questions to Derek Daniel. He uses an iPhone and a Mac and would be better to answer them
Thank you very helpful
Hi Sam, I wonder how many way we can turn on voiceover on the iPhone?? would you please show me? thank you
I have trouble doing school work because we have a collection of writing and videos. Voice over doesn’t read the italics or highlighted information nor does it recognize when there is a graph for an assignment. It’s hard for me to scroll also because I was completely sighted when I started using Apple products but after an accident, my vision is doubled and very blurry. It is hard for me to read any text and zoom is just lost on me. So far I prefer voice over except for the bugs. Can I turn it on without Siri, because don’t you have to be able to turn Siri on? I don’t have a sited person to help
Actually Siri is always turned on and is activated either by long pressing the home button or long pressing the power button on the side of newer devices. You can definitely turn on voiceover without Siri but unless you use zoom, it’s very difficult to find the accessibility settings.
The Blind Life I practiced what you taught and I learned to use zoom correctly. I can’t really see the little tab thing at the bottom of the window, but I found out I can drag it around quite easily as long as I hold it in the bottom center of the box. I will try the whole page zoom again when I’m feeling adventurous. Thank You
Hello and thanks for the videos for low vision. I have looked at the MS phone link app because I am looking for a way to manage my settings and contacts for my iPhone. The phone link app on my Windows PC is limited and restricted in what it will allow you to do. Is there an app that will allow me to manage my contacts and settings in one place? (I am familiar with icloud)
Thank you.
Best cell for low vision and hearing impaired
Request, how do you set up and use Apple Pay. With voiceover.
how about a video on setting up the new M2 Air laptop? Apple has totally changed the display options - I can't find the display menu so their website instruction no longer work. :-(
I would like your advice on best tablet and phone to use given I am blind in art eye since birth, serious eye conditions, cataracts and dry macular degeneration in left eye
I am leaning towards Apple products because of accessible features. What should I be getting. Need advice please!
If you think you're going to be using a lot of screen reading, then apple is probably the better option, especially if you're already a Mac user.
you are amazing.
Hey Sam I'm a 21 year's old student with Sturgardts. Can u suggest to my how I can optimize my phone to read both hard and soft copy books? I find it really hard to study. I'm in my junior year studying psychology in Namibia Africa
If you have an iPhone you can install the seeing AI app. For iPhone and android, I recommend cayenneFB reader.
thanks
Update for iOS/iPadOS 13 would be nice
Thanks so much for sharing this info! I’ve been struggling to find the best solution to help my mom who has macular degeneration. She also has Alzheimer’s. We were wondering if connecting her iPad to an external monitor could help. Is that something you’d recommend? Thanks so much!
It’s very possible. At the very least, it will make things larger and potentially easier to see. Check out the video linked in the description where I show how to connect your iPhone or iPad to the Apple TV. You can also purchase an adapter that will let you plug an iPhone or iPad into any regular television.
@@theblindlife thanks so much! I’ll definitely look into that! 🙏🏼
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Which is best for low vision 12 Prp or we pro max? Functional they are equal but the Max is heavy. I’m just wondering if the larger screen is really an advantage? I do use a special magnifying glass but have to use it with either screen size. Would like help to decide. Thank you.
I want to set my EMR software so that visually challenged person should be able to digitally sign the consent form on an iPad. Any suggestion for this?
Unfortunately I’m not a software developer, or anything like that, so I’m definitely not the right person to ask about this.
I love your shirt😍 also I started a new job where I need to use a cash register. It has a screen is there any way to make the print larger? I don't have any stated help from the BOVI can I do this on my own? please email me ASAPI'm very nervouse
The register may have accessibility options, but I really doubt it. You should definitely check with your employer.
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The boxes around icons and the red boxes when you move around the screen?
I think maybe you’re referring to the indicator box that shows up when voiceover is turned on. If that is what you’re talking about, it’s just part of voiceover.
Does anyone know a service in Pittsburgh that will help with this by coming to the visually impaired person’s home?
Is there a way to increase the size of the icons on my particular iPad I have standard or bigger I need bigger than bigger
You can go to the font size just scroll down until you see the display and brightness and scroll down to text size and there you can change the font.
I started wondering if Ipad could be usead as a digital magnifier/video magnifier.
Whats your opinion? I do have a genuine digital magnifier (Ibis HD is the brand of the device) but Im looking something more robust on hursh enviroment such as garage. I would use this on working with electronic parts and clocks and what not, soldering etc.
Is the camera good enough for multiple zooming/macro and does the lens have enough lens speed (so it can catch enough light to work)?
Other thing im worried is the mounting. I would need somekind of mount to "hang" the ipad/tablet right above the object im working on and it should be movable in vertical direction since the objects vary in size.
This to work in different ways and work applications, I would have to be able to stream/connect the ipad to a separate tv or monitor since I could not always work above the ipad screen. I was thinking of wall mounting a larger tv. Is that possible with a cable or chromecast or with some other way?
Other thing is the camera app itself. Are there apps that are more usable on magnifying use? Camera apps are usally packed with info and picture mode selections that would not be needed and would just be hazzle on the display.
When I start to re-think this, maybe a phone would work better at least on the "shoot with phone camera and look from seperate tv" -method? Its smaller but uses pretty much the same camera.
Would like to hear your opinion.
Yes, this is all possible. I’ve actually made several videos about this very topic, how to turn a smart phone or tablet into a digital magnifier/CCTV. I’ve even made videos about using an adapter to connect the smart phone to a television to display the image larger. There’s even videos about special adjustable tablet and phone holders that you can use for this. There’s about four or five videos that you should watch. I would recommend using the search function on my TH-cam channel to look for DIY CCTV videos.
I have no idea ho voice over works. I’m checking on things to help my friend that just lost his vision. Could you do a video for first time users of these aids.
I actually have a whole series called voice over 101 wear myself and another VIP TH-cam or go over the basics of voiceover. You can find it in my playlists or simply search voice over 101
Which platform do you suggest? I'm in the market for a new tablet. I've always had an iPad (mine is obsolete now) but I have an android phone (Samsung Note 8). So, which has the best adaptability/customization for us?
There are several factors that go into that decision. Number one is your level of vision. If you are going to be using magnification and need to enlarge text and icons, android is the way to go since it has more customizable options and a better screen magnifier. However, if you’re going to be using a screen reader then iOS is probably a better option. Voiceover is still slightly better than talkback. Usually I tell people to go with what you are familiar with but in your case that doesn’t apply since you already have both android and Apple products. The final deciding factor would be budget. You can definitely get more for your money if you go the android route.
@@theblindlife thank you SO much! I do use the screen mag a lot & it has been VERY glitchy on ios for years. I'll be going samsung. Hope ou know how much I/we all appreciate you.
Thank you for that and I’m glad that I can help!
I have my iPhone text set to extra large but this doesn't enlarge the font on Facebook and other third party apps. Is my only option to zoom or use voiceover?
Unfortunately, yes. Enlarging the font only works in certain areas of the phone and doesn’t affect others. There isn’t any other way to enlarge the font in those other areas. It’s one of the things that drives me crazy about iOS!
Hi Sam. My friend is partially sighted and needs the type yellow on a black background. I’m also trying to find a suitable projector so he can view his vinyl record covers. Any thoughts?
Cheers!
I don’t believe you can change the color scheme to yellow on black.
How did you turn on siri?
There is a Siri section in the settings, however, Siri should already be turned on. If you have an iPhone or iPad that still has the home button, long press the home button to trigger Siri. If your phone or iPad doesn’t have a home button, long press the power button on the right.
Sir please help me,
My screen time goes off so quick that I am unable to put my login password. What can I do ? Please help me
When I had files over on my school iPad it just went black
How do you reverse this, there’s no possible way my dad n use this phone it’s virtually impossible
I wanted to share my experience with biotic eye glasses
that is a very big ipad how big is it
It’s the 12.9 iPad Pro
I don’t like the death simple that is displayed at the beginning of the video. It sends a negative message that blindness is some related to death. Sorry but this is how I interpret it and some other people may as well.🙁
I am blind thanks for the video but I still cannot use my iphone
Fuck this. My ipad goes into this fucking mode all the time. Fucking pisses me off.
Then you’re doing something wrong. It’s not the arrow, it’s the Indian
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