One of the details that Apple has always taken care of in its products is accessibility. Make sure your Macs, iPhones and other devices can be used by those who have problems or disabilities related to vision, motor skills, or hearing. In the case of vision, there are those who must stare at the screen and, even so, you can’t see what it shows very well, despite the fact that each new iPhone improves its quality and its resolution. And this is where iOS accessibility options come in, like for example, make the text bigger either enlarge the screen with the magnifying glass.
Thanks to the options accessibility of your iPhone related to the view, you can personalize your mobile device and make it easier for you if you do not want to miss a detail of a message, a web page or an application that you have open at that moment. Some of them are even activated based on fingers touching the screen. This way you can use or not use an accessibility function without having to constantly go to the iOS settings.
We are going to review the main functions of this type so that when you fix your eyes on the screen of your iPhone, you see everything correctly or, at least, better than before. Small options that will help you in your day to day and that will allow you to manage with your iPhone with more ease despite the difficulties that you have to see well.
Enlarge the screen with the zoom
First, the most practical function for enlarge your iPhone screen. iOS Zoom allows you to magnify what you see on the screen several times. Have various zoom levels (up to 15x), color filters, and blends seamlessly into the screen so you can use it continuously. Also, you can activate it from Settings > Accessibility > Zoom and/or double-tapping the screen with three fingers together.
To configure it, you have two options. Anger Settings > Accessibility > Zoom or by clicking on the button below the zoom itself. From there you can, for example, regulate the maximum zoom level. You can also switch between two types of magnifier. One in window mode, to enlarge the screen in one window and see the rest in the default size, or in full zoom mode. You can toggle between the two from Settings > Accessibility > Zoom > Zoom Region.
If you use the full zoom, you can turn it on or off by double-tapping the screen with three fingers. And to move, drag the screen with three fingers together. By default, the window zoom is activated, more practical to have two viewing angles of your iPhone screen.
Make the text bigger to read better
This option will be very useful for those who have not been spared by the years and, in general, for those who have trouble reading text from the iPhone itself or from a message. With the zoom you can solve this impediment, but if it is only text, the option larger text what you will find in Settings > Accessibility > Display and text size. This option changes both the font size of the iOS menus and options and the compatible applications. In addition, it offers a regulating bar with several letter sizes to choose.
In the section Display and text size you will find more options to help your eyes in front of the screen. For example, put the bold text, reduce transparency, apply color filters, etc. You may try them one by one and combine them until you find the best combination. You will see better without having to enlarge the screen with the zoom.
Read me what it says on the screen
If you prefer iOS to read to you what it puts on the screen instead of you looking at the screen of your iPhone, the classic solution is called voice over. It is available on iOS and also on macOS. Consists in read all the texts of menus and options on the screen. You can activate it by triple tapping the Side button or the Home button, depending on your iPhone model. It is also activated from Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver.
Precisely, from Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver it is possible to regulate the speed of the VoiceOver speech. You can also change his voice from Read. There are male and female voices, in multiple languages, and you can even choose Siri’s voice.
And if you’re going to be actively using VoiceOver, you might want to stop by Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Commands > All commands. There you will learn all the commands you can give VoiceOver to move around your iPhone with your voice.
Ask Siri
Another way to avoid having to magnify your iPhone’s screen is to use iOS’s spoken features. The most popular is Siri, Apple’s voice assistant. So instead of scrolling through your iPhone, you can ask Siri for the weather, if you’ve received new messages, send an email, or call someone. Instead of moving you through text menus, Siri will do what you say with voice commands.
Since Settings > Siri and Search you can customize your relationship with Siri. For example, you can have it wake up when it hears you say “Hey Siri” or when you press the button corresponding, the lateral one in current models and the beginning one in previous models. It is also possible to change his voice, show his answers on the screen, etc.