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iPad User Guide

Quickly turn accessibility features on or off on iPad

You can quickly turn many accessibility features on or off by clicking an iPad button. You can also use Control Center, Siri, or Vocal Shortcuts.

Use the Accessibility Shortcut

Triple-click the top button or Home button to turn the accessibility features of your choice on or off.

  1. Go to Settings 👁 Image
     > Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut, then select the features you want.

    If you select only one feature, the feature is immediately turned on or off when you click the button shortcut.

  2. Triple-click one of the following:

    • The Home button (on an iPad with a Home button)

    • The top button (on other iPad models)

    To have iPad recognize a slower triple-click, see Adjust settings for the top or Home button.

  3. Tap the feature you want to turn on or off (if Accessibility Shortcut is set up with more than one feature).

Note: To add some features—like Assistive Access or Guided Access—to the Accessibility Shortcut, you need to set them up first. You can use the Accessibility Shortcut to enter and exit Assistive Access, but you can’t use it to turn on other features while Assistive Access is active. To use the Accessibility Shortcut while Guided Access is on, you must turn on Accessibility Shortcut in Guided Access settings.

Use Control Center

You can add accessibility features to Control Center for quick access when you swipe down from the top-right corner of the screen.

  1. To change the features available in Control Center, swipe down from the top-right corner of the screen, tap 👁 the Add button
    in the top-left corner, then tap Add a Control.

  2. Tap a control to add it to Control Center. Scroll down to see more controls, including categories of controls for accessibility, hearing, mobility, and vision.

You can change which features appear when you tap 👁 the Hearing button
in Control Center. Go to Settings 👁 Image
 > Accessibility > Hearing Control Center, then add or remove features.

Use Siri

Siri: Ask Siri something like, “Turn on Voice Control.” Learn how to use Siri.

Use a Vocal Shortcut

You can teach iPad to turn on an accessibility feature when you speak a word or another sound of your choosing. See Use Vocal Shortcuts.

Use the Shortcuts app

You can create a shortcut to get one or more tasks done with your apps using just a tap or by asking Siri. For example, if you have short-term memory loss, you can use Remember This to log what happens throughout the day. You can also run the In Case of Emergency shortcut to send your location to your chosen emergency contacts, share a message with custom instructions, and display a message of your choice onscreen for first responders to see. To learn more, see Run a shortcut from the Shortcuts app on iPhone or iPad in the Shortcuts User Guide.

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