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AssistiveTouch
AssistiveTouch helps you use iPhone if you have diculty touching the screen or pressing
the buttons. You can use a compatible adaptive accessory (such as a joystick) together with
AssistiveTouch to control iPhone. You can also use AssistiveTouch without an accessory to
perform gestures that are dicult for you.
Turn on AssistiveTouch: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > AssistiveTouch. To set
Triple-click Home to turn AssistiveTouch on or o, go to Settings > General > Accessibility >
Triple-click Home.
Adjust the tracking speed (with accessory attached): Go to Settings > General > Accessibility >
AssistiveTouch > Touch speed.
Show or hide the AssistiveTouch menu: Click the secondary button on your accessory.
Move the menu button: Drag it to any edge of the screen.
Hide the menu button (with accessory attached): Go to Settings > General > Accessibility >
AssistiveTouch > Always Show Menu.
Perform a swipe or drag that uses 2, 3, 4, or 5 ngers: Tap the menu button, tap Gestures, and
then tap the number of digits needed for the gesture. When the corresponding circles appear
on the screen, swipe or drag in the direction required by the gesture. When you nish, tap the
menu button.
Perform a pinch gesture: Tap the menu button, tap Favorites, and then tap Pinch. When the
pinch circles appear, touch anywhere on the screen to move the pinch circles, then drag the
pinch circles in or out to perform a pinch gesture. When you nish, tap the menu button.
Create your own gesture: Tap the menu button, tap Favorites, and then tap an empty gesture
placeholder. Or, go to Settings > General > Accessibility > AssistiveTouch > Create New Gesture.
Lock or rotate the screen, adjust iPhone volume, or simulate shaking iPhone: Tap the menu
button, then tap Device.
Simulate pressing the Home button: Tap the menu button, then tap Home.
Exit a menu without performing a gesture: Tap anywhere outside the menu.
Accessibility in OS X
Take advantage of the accessibility features in OS X when you use iTunes to sync information and
content from your iTunes library to iPhone. In the Finder, choose Help > Help Center, then search
for “accessibility.”
For more information about iPhone and OS X accessibility features, go to
www.apple.com/accessibility.
