Switch control cannot be activated until a Bluetooth switch device has been paired with the iOS device. Switch control causes a scanning box to move from one item to the next on the screen. When the correct item is highlighted, the user taps the switch which activates the highlighted item. When the highlight is not moving, tapping the switch starts the highlight. I set switch control up for a blind person with severe CP. A head switch was used. An iPad was mounted to the wheelchair. A basic communication board app was loaded and locked on the iPad. The person uses the switch to control what the iPad says so he can ask for what he wants and basically communicate how he is feeling.
For those with higher cognitive functioning, switch control can control all of the functioning of the iOS device. As I said before, access is typically rather slow. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 2 Jul 2014, at 2:18, Christopher Hallsworth <christopher...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Ar I see. See I was messing about and VO told us that switch control button > is dimmed. > > Christopher Hallsworth > Student at the Hadley School for the Blind > www.hadley.edu > >> On 01/07/2014 14:29, David Chittenden wrote: >> Actually, switch control and VO can work together. You would not wish to do >> so, however, because switch access is inherently rather slow. >> >> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On 1 Jul 2014, at 23:20, Christopher Hallsworth <christopher...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Heard of this Switch Control and sounds very fascinating. I don't think we >>> as VO users can use it though. It's designed for severely motor impaired >>> users who need special ways to access an iOS device, a switch device being >>> one of them. Obviously these devices require bluetooth so this needs to >>> remain on for them to work. >>> >>> Christopher Hallsworth >>> Student at the Hadley School for the Blind >>> www.hadley.edu >>> >>>> On 01/07/2014 08:52, David Chittenden wrote: >>>> Yes, this is now the default setting. It is for those with disabilities >>>> who require switch access for accessing their iOS devices. Unlike you, if >>>> Bluetooth is accidentally switched off, they cannot get it turned back on >>>> without assistance. It is far easier for you to turn Bluetooth off again. >>>> >>>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>>> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >>>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. >>> All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any >>> questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a >>> member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators >>> directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list >>> can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
