iPod touch User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in iOS 12
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- Wake and unlock
- Learn basic gestures
- Explore the Home screen and apps
- Change the settings
- Take a screenshot
- Adjust the volume
- Change or turn off the sounds
- Search for content
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Access features from the Lock screen
- Travel with iPod touch
- Set screen time, allowances, and limits
- Sync iPod touch using iTunes
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
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- Get started with accessibility features
- Accessibility shortcuts
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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
- Control VoiceOver with Magic Keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Speak selection, speak screen, typing feedback
- Zoom in on the screen
- Magnifier
- Display settings
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- Guided Access
- Copyright
Change your VoiceOver settings on iPod touch
You can customize the settings for VoiceOver, such as the audio options, language, voice, speaking rate, and verbosity.
Adjust the VoiceOver volume and other audio options
To increase or decrease the volume, press the volume buttons on iPod touch.
To set other audio options, go to Settings
> General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Audio, then do any of the following:Turn on Mute Sound Effects.
Turn on Audio Ducking to temporarily reduce playback volume when VoiceOver speaks.
Adjust audio routing options when you connect additional devices, such as an instrument amplifier or a DJ mixer.
Set the VoiceOver language
VoiceOver uses the same language you choose for your iPod touch. VoiceOver pronunciation of some languages is affected by the Region Format you choose.
Go to Settings
> General > Language & Region.Tap iPod touch Language, then choose a language.
Adjust the speaking voice
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then do any of the following:
Adjust the speaking rate: Drag the Speaking Rate slider.
Choose a voice: Tap Speech, then choose a voice. To download an enhanced voice, tap
.Adjust the pitch: Tap Speech, then drag the slider. You can also turn on Use Pitch Change to have VoiceOver use a higher pitch when speaking the first item of a group (such as a list or table) and a lower pitch when speaking the last item of a group.
Specify the pronunciation of certain words: Tap Speech, tap Pronunciations, tap
, enter a phrase, then dictate or spell out how you want the phrase to be pronounced.Note: You can dictate only if you’ve turned on Enable Dictation in Settings > General > Keyboards.
Set how much VoiceOver tells you
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, then do any of the following:
Adjust the level of detail: Tap Verbosity, then choose options to have VoiceOver speak hints, punctuation, uppercase letters, embedded links, and more. VoiceOver can even confirm rotor actions.
Enable spoken notifications: Turn on Always Speak Notifications to have VoiceOver read notifications, including incoming text messages as they occur, even if iPod touch is locked. Unacknowledged notifications are repeated when you unlock iPod touch.
Display a larger VoiceOver cursor
The VoiceOver cursor is the black outline around the selected item. If you have trouble seeing the cursor, you can enlarge and thicken the outline.
Go to Settings
> General > Accessibility > VoiceOver.Turn on Large Cursor.