How to get to your accessibility settings in iOS 13 and iPadOS

iOS thirteen as well as iPadOS direct maintain changed how y'all become to your accessibility settings.

On iOS 12 as well as earlier, Accessibility used to live a sub-section inside the Settings app.

But given the breadth as well as reach of many, many meaningful improvements to the assistive technologies across iOS 13, iPadOS as well as macOS Catalina 10.15, small-scale wonder that Apple has decided to motion the Accessibility department upwards a score then that it forthwith resides inwards the origin menu.

Getting to accessibility settings inwards iOS 13

Do the next to become to your accessibility settings:

1) Open Settings on your iPhone amongst iOS thirteen or iPad amongst iPadOS.

2) Scroll a fighting downwardly until y'all run across the Accessibility option.

It’s nested right betwixt the General as well as Display & Brightness sections.

As I mentioned, the prominent Accessibility placement reflects the importance of all the changes to Apple’s assistive technologies inwards iOS thirteen , iPadOS as well as macOS Catalina.

Rightfully so, every bit explained farther below.

iOS 13: what’s novel inwards assistive tech?

iOS thirteen packs inwards several novel or improved assistive technologies, including novel voice-based features around an all-new Voice Control as well as dictation improvements.

Now, iPhone has had Voice Control around from its inception. Introduced inwards June 2009 every bit an iPhone 3GS exclusive, the rudimentary vocalisation recognition characteristic predated Siri. Before iOS 13, disabling Siri altogether would prompt the operating arrangement to plough on Voice Control.

The old, rudimentary Voice Control characteristic before iOS 13.

Given how express Voice Control was—it had zero. smarts as well as exclusively supported sure enough commands, making important it was unaware of your context as well as it couldn’t decipher syntax variations—small wonder Apple’s completely rearchitected it.

TUTORIAL: How to role Voice Control instead of Siri

Voice Control inwards iOS thirteen is a completely novel characteristic that lets anyone role their vocalisation to navigate whatever app that supports iOS’s assistive tech, similar Voice Over. Voice Control uses tiny numbers that present upwards every bit labels on UI elements similar buttons, card items etc. Just nation “Show numbers” to run across numbers appear side yesteryear side to all clickable or items onscreen.

Now y'all tin laissez passer on notice rapidly select something only yesteryear proverb a number. Another command – “Show grid” – pulls upwards a grid overlay on top of whatever app y'all spill out to live using, as well as that lets y'all exercise commands that pas an arbitrary share of the app every bit an argument.

It’s actually amazing, depository fiscal establishment tally it out inwards action.

Voice Control is too available on the Mac amongst macOS Catalina 10.15.

Aside from helping y'all navigate the iOS user interface as well as apps efficiently, Voice Control inwards iOS 13, iPadOS as well as macOS Catalina takes sum wages of Siri’s machine learning-powered spoken language recognition engine for accurate dictation, as well as it too supports custom words to ensure the characteristic recognizes whatever particular words y'all unremarkably use.

You tin laissez passer on notice fifty-fifty role Voice Control to right a word, trend text, become emoji as well as give-and-take suggestions, role vocalisation to perform gestures, tape multi-step gestures as well as then forth. And because this bone Apple, non Google or Microsoft, all well processing happens on your device, ensuring personal information stays private.

Another cool accessibility characteristic is mouse support.

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iOS thirteen too takes wages of Attention Awareness, a characteristic for newer devices amongst Face ID that inwards iOS 12 dims the display as well as lowers the warning book when you’re non looking at the front end TrueDepth camera. On iOS 13, if Attention Awareness has been enabled the operating arrangement volition halt interpreting your vocalisation every bit dictation the minute y'all await away to utter to someone.

The novel swipe-based QuickPath keyboard inwards iOS thirteen is awesome.

And lastly, there’s a novel swipe-based QuickPath keyboard option. Although non an accessibility characteristic per se, the QuickPath keyboard does enable quicker text entry yesteryear finally bringing swipe-based typing to iOS. The QuickPath keyboard is available on both iPhone as well as iPad.

iOS thirteen compatibility

iOS thirteen is compatible amongst the next Apple smartphone models:

• iPhone XS


• iPhone XS Max


• iPhone XR


• iPhone X


• iPhone 8


• iPhone 8 Plus


• iPhone 7


• iPhone seven Plus


• iPhone 6s


• iPhone 6s Plus


• iPhone SE


• iPod demeanour upon (7th generation)

For to a greater extent than information, read Apple’s press release or see apple.com/ios/ios-13-preview.

iPadOS compatibility

iPadOS is compatible amongst these iPads:

• 12.9-inch iPad Pro


• 11-inch iPad Pro


• 10.5-inch iPad Pro


• 9.7-inch iPad Pro


• iPad (6th generation)


• iPad (5th generation)


• iPad mini (5th generation)


• iPad mini 4


• iPad Air (3rd generation)


• iPad Air 2

Watch our video overview of the novel iPad-only updates embedded below.

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For more, read Apple’s press release or see apple.com/ipados/ipados-preview.

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