Apple TV: Accessibility Options Switch Control Apple TV’s Accessibility Options for Physical and Motor Skills include Switch Control, which allows users to navigate through onscreen items, using Bluetooth-enabled switch hardware, such as Ablenet’s Blue2 (www.ablenetinc.com). Items are sequen- tially highlighted, and with Switch Control turned on, users can connect their external switch or switches, and choose one of the following scanning options: Auto Scanning (highlighting moves automatically from one item to next after a specified time); Man- ual Scanning (using two switches, Switch #1 moves highlight from one item to next and Switch #2 selects desired option); or Single Switch Step Scanning (one switch moves highlight from one item to next. If no movement is taken to next item in a pre-selected time, the highlighted item is automatically activat- ed.) You can set auto scanning time, pause from first item, and number of loops. Platform Switching: You can also control your Apple TV di- rectly from your iPhone, iPad or Mac, without having to set up your switches on each new device. With the latest version of iOS, the Apple TV Remote is automatically added to Control Center — so you can quickly navigate and control your Apple TV right from the Lock screen on your iOS device. Platform Switching requires all devices to be logged in to the same iCloud account and connected to the same Wi-Fi network. Accessibility Shortcuts : Quickly turn on and off VoiceOver, Zoom, Bold Text, and more using the Accessibility Shortcut. Once the shortcut is enabled in Apple TV, you can simply triple-click the Menu button to access your preferred accessibility features.
Other Options for Accessible Use
Voice Control: You can also use your voice for onscreen nav- igation. With the Siri Remote, you just press the button with the microphone icon and ask Siri to do things for you- such as Find specific movies by name or by actors or genre, ask Siri to rewind exactly 5 minutes, Open Netflix. You can use your voice to spell your user name and password, etc. You can ask Siri to display sports scores, ask for general information, like local weather or current time or stocks, to open apps, turn accessibility features on or off. You can search for movies, TV shows, or music. Siri is context-sensitive so different commands will work depending where you are in Apple TV. While watching media, you can use Siri to repeat dialog you missed. Just say “What did he say?” and Siri rewinds by a few seconds. Tell Siri to pause, play from the be- ginning, skip forward 90 seconds, jump back 10 minutes, turn on closed captioning. In Accessibility setting, you can enable bold, get larger text, zoom or increase contrast. If you are an Apple Music subscriber, you can ask Siri to play songs, etc. To use Voice Control, just press the round button with the Microphone icon on the Siri Remote. Customize the Touch Surface: The top area of the Siri Re- mote is called the Touch Surface. When using the Touch Surface, you can control how far the cursor will move with each move- ment on this area. You can set Tracking to Fast to make your smaller thumb movements go farther on the screen. Or set Tracking to Slow, so your larger movements will move a smaller distance. Open Settings-->Remotes and Devices-->Touch Sur- face Tracking Bluetooth Keyboard: You can also use a Bluetooth keyboard, such as the Logitech 440 Plus Keyboard and Built-in Trackpad (www.logitech.com) to navigate Apple TV with the trackpad and enter text for searching using the letter keys. To connect, set your keyboard to Pairing Mode. Open Settings --> Gener- al --> Bluetooth. The Apple TV will begin searching for nearby
Logitech 440 Plus Bluetooh Keyboard (www.logitech.com)
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