iPad User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in iOS 12
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- Wake and unlock
- Learn basic gestures
- Learn gestures for models with Face ID
- 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 iPad
- Set screen time, allowances, and limits
- Sync iPad using iTunes
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
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- Accessories included with iPad
- Connect Bluetooth devices
- Stream audio and video to other devices
- Connect to a TV, projector, or monitor
- Control audio on multiple devices
- Apple Pencil
- Use Smart Keyboard and Smart Keyboard Folio
- Use Magic Keyboard
- AirPrint
- Handoff
- Use Universal Clipboard
- Make and receive Wi-Fi calls
- Instant Hotspot
- Personal Hotspot
- Transfer files with iTunes
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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 iPad 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
- Magnifier
- Display settings
- Face ID and attention
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- Guided Access
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Zoom an app to fill the screen
- Get information about your iPad
- View or change cellular settings
- Learn more about iPad software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- ENERGY STAR compliance statement
- Copyright
Use accessibility shortcuts on iPad
After you set up accessibility features, you can quickly turn them on or off with any of the methods below.
Ask Siri to turn on an accessibility feature
Say something like: “Turn on VoiceOver.” Learn how to ask Siri.
Triple-click the top button
On iPad Pro (11-inch) and iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (3rd generation), you can turn accessibility features on or off by triple-clicking the top button.
Set up Accessibility Shortcut: Go to Settings
> General > Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut, then select the features you use the most.Slow down the double-click or triple-click speed for the top button: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Top Button.
Use Accessibility Shortcut: Triple-click the top button.
Triple-click the Home button
On models with the Home button, you can turn accessibility features on or off by triple-clicking the Home button.
Set up Accessibility Shortcut: Go to Settings
> General > Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut, then select the features you use the most.Slow down the double-click or triple-click speed for the Home button: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Home Button.
Use Accessibility Shortcut: Triple-click the Home button.
Use Control Center
You can also add accessibility features to Control Center and then activate them from there.
Go to Settings
> Control Center > Customize Controls, then tap 
next to accessibility features you use the most.To activate an accessibility feature from Control Center, open Control Center, then tap the accessibility feature.