iPod touch User Guide
- Welcome
- Your iPod touch
- What’s new in iOS 14
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- Wake and unlock
- Learn basic gestures
- Adjust the volume
- Change or turn off the sounds
- Access features from the Lock Screen
- Open apps
- Take a screenshot or screen recording
- Change or lock the screen orientation
- Change the wallpaper
- Search with iPod touch
- Use AirDrop to send items
- Perform quick actions
- Use and customize Control Center
- Add widgets
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
- Travel with iPod touch
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- Calculator
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- View maps
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- Use Siri, Maps, and widgets to get directions
- Choose your preferred type of travel
- Get driving directions
- Report traffic incidents
- Get cycling directions
- Get walking directions
- Get transit directions
- Change audio settings for turn-by-turn directions
- Select other route options
- Get directions between places other than your current location
- Delete recently viewed directions
- Use Maps on your Mac to get directions
- Help correct and improve Maps
- Get rides
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- View photos and videos
- Delete and hide photos and videos
- Edit photos and videos
- Edit Live Photos
- Organize photos in albums
- Search in Photos
- Share photos and videos
- View Memories
- Find people in Photos
- Browse photos by location
- Use iCloud Photos
- Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
- Use My Photo Stream
- Import photos and videos
- Print photos
- Shortcuts
- Stocks
- Tips
- Weather
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- Accessories for charging iPod touch
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- Set up AirPods
- Charge AirPods
- Start and stop audio playback
- Change the AirPods volume
- Make and answer calls with AirPods
- Switch AirPods between devices
- Use Siri with AirPods
- Listen and respond to messages
- Share audio with AirPods and Beats headphones
- Change noise control modes
- Restart AirPods
- Change the name of your AirPods and other settings
- Use other Bluetooth headphones
- Use EarPods
- Check headphone sound levels
- HomePod and other wireless speakers
- External storage devices
- Magic Keyboard
- Printers
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- Get started with accessibility features
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Learn VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPod touch using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
- Use a braille display
- Type onscreen braille
- Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
- Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Zoom
- Magnifier
- Display & Text Size
- Motion
- Spoken Content
- Audio Descriptions
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- Copyright
Adjust the onscreen and external keyboard settings on iPod touch
You can adjust the onscreen (software) keyboard on iPod touch. If you use an external (hardware) keyboard with iPod touch, you can customize keyboard shortcuts and change settings such as the key repeat rate.
Set the onscreen keyboard to display only uppercase letters
If you have difficulty seeing the onscreen keyboard, you can set it to display only uppercase letters.
Go to Settings 
> Accessibility > Keyboards, then turn off Show Lowercase Keys.
Type on a larger onscreen keyboard
Rotate iPod touch to landscape orientation to use a larger keyboard for typing in many apps, including Mail, Safari, Messages, Notes, and Contacts.
For information about other ways to adjust the onscreen keyboard, see Set typing options.
Control iPod touch with an external keyboard
If you have difficulty using the touchscreen, you can control your iPod touch using shortcuts on Magic Keyboard (sold separately).
Go to Settings
> Accessibility > Keyboards, tap Full Keyboard Access, then turn on Full Keyboard Access.Control your iPod touch using keyboard shortcuts.
Action
Shortcut
Go to the next item
Tab
Go to the previous item
Shift-Tab
Activate the selected item
Space bar
Go to the Home Screen
Command-H
Open the App Switcher
Tab-A
Open Control Center
Tab-C
Open Notification Center
Tab-N
Show Help
Tab-H
To customize the keyboard shortcuts, tap Commands.
To customize the appearance of the focus, tap any of the following:
Auto-Hide
Increase Size
High Contrast
Color
Change how the keys respond on an external keyboard
If you have difficulty using an external keyboard, you can adjust the settings.
Go to Settings > Accessibility > Keyboards, then tap any of the following:
Key Repeat: You can adjust the repeat interval and delay.
Sticky Keys: Use Sticky Keys to press and hold modifier keys, such as Command and Option, as you press another key.
Slow Keys: Use Slow Keys to adjust the time between when a key is pressed and when it’s activated.