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[Music] Intersection. [br]Where technology and disability meet.

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Because of his cerebral palsy

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Christopher has to rely on this expensive

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clunky environmental control device if

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he wants to be more independent.

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For him an iPad was a dream.

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Thanks to Tecla Shield and a VoiceOver

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hack, Christopher can now access iOS 6,

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except for gestures which are a big part

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of iOS.

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Apple added Switch Control to iOS 7,

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and Mac.

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So, today I'm going to get Alex

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to tell you about how I use

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Switch Control in iOS 7.

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Take it away Alex!

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[Alex gives a raspberry sound]

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[Alex laughs] Alex!

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Yes. Okay. Okay. I'm not going to spend

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too much time showing you how to set up

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Switch Control and what all the settings

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do. There are great videos out there like

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this one from Luis Perez that explain

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this in great detail. The link is in the

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description below. I want to talk about

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how I use Switch Control to do almost

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any gesture you can imagine without

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actually doing it. You can use more than

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one switch, however, I find that it is

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simpler to just use one. Providing the

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setting is turned on, you can double tap

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with the switch to bring up a menu. This

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is what makes the Switch Control feature

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so great. From here, you can access the

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home button, the gestures menu, the device

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menu, where you can access things like

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multitasking, notification center, control

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center, etc. You can also get to the

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settings menu, which allows the switch

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user to customize settings. The settings

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menu also has a button for turning on

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Point Mode. Point Mode is a very handy

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feature. It allows the switch user to

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access apps that are not set up for

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VoiceOver. Switch Control is built on

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the VoiceOver platform, which is how it

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knows how to scan buttons. So, if an app

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is not configured for VoiceOver, Point

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Mode makes it accessible. Switch Control

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is very clever. It knows when you open

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an app with no buttons it can recognize.

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To automatically switch to Point Mode.

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Here you can see me playing The Room, a

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game that would have been impossible

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for me to access on iOS 6 because it has

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no buttons to scan. Point Mode makes this

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possible. The room also takes advantage

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of all the cool gestures that Switch

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Control comes with. First, there are

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basic pans to move around the scenes.

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Then, there are double taps for focusing

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on an object.

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Then, there are hold and drags to drag

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an object, such as a key.

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Finally, there is an awesome gesture

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that allows me to turn that key.

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When the camera app opens Point Mode is

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not automatically switched on because

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there are buttons that Switch Control

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recognizes. So, this is when the user

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has to engage Point Mode manually.

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Point Mode is used in the camera app for

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focusing on an object.

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This is a personal preference, but I also

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like to use Point Mode in Safari. I find

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that when Switch Control was trying to

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scan a web page, it is a bit confusing

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to know what it is going to scan next,

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because there are so many buttons on a

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web page. Point Mode makes it quicker for

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me.

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Switch Control can support many different

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Bluetooth switches, including the Apple

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Wireless Keyboard. I use Tecla Shield DOS

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set to White Mode. One thing to note

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about using this is that the Tecla Shield

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DOS sends the signal to iOS when the

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switch user releases the switch. This

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took me a while to get used to, because

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all other switch hardware including the

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first generation Tecla Shield sends a

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signal as soon as the switch is pressed.

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Thanks for that Alex.

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I hope you enjoyed this video and found it

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helpful.

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I'll see you again next time.

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This is Christopher and Alex

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from Down Under.