1 00:00:01,477 --> 00:00:12,008 [Music] Intersection. Where technology and disability meet. 2 00:00:19,468 --> 00:00:21,848 Because of his cerebral palsy 3 00:00:21,848 --> 00:00:24,728 Christopher has to rely on this expensive 4 00:00:24,728 --> 00:00:27,998 clunky environmental control device if 5 00:00:27,998 --> 00:00:31,038 he wants to be more independent. 6 00:00:31,038 --> 00:00:35,889 For him an iPad was a dream. 7 00:00:41,699 --> 00:00:44,119 Thanks to Tecla Shield and a VoiceOver 8 00:00:44,119 --> 00:00:47,799 hack, Christopher can now access iOS 6, 9 00:00:47,799 --> 00:00:51,370 except for gestures which are a big part 10 00:00:51,370 --> 00:00:54,010 of iOS. 11 00:01:02,176 --> 00:01:04,860 Apple added Switch Control to iOS 7, 12 00:01:09,035 --> 00:01:11,369 and Mac. 13 00:01:19,499 --> 00:01:24,155 So, today I'm going to get Alex 14 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:29,065 to tell you about how I use 15 00:01:29,701 --> 00:01:35,968 Switch Control in iOS 7. 16 00:01:35,968 --> 00:01:39,662 Take it away Alex! 17 00:01:39,662 --> 00:01:42,091 [Alex gives a raspberry sound] 18 00:01:42,091 --> 00:01:45,922 [Alex laughs] Alex! 19 00:01:45,922 --> 00:01:50,102 Yes. Okay. Okay. I'm not going to spend 20 00:01:50,102 --> 00:01:53,002 too much time showing you how to set up 21 00:01:53,002 --> 00:01:55,472 Switch Control and what all the settings 22 00:01:55,472 --> 00:01:57,862 do. There are great videos out there like 23 00:01:57,862 --> 00:02:00,012 this one from Luis Perez that explain 24 00:02:00,012 --> 00:02:02,602 this in great detail. The link is in the 25 00:02:02,602 --> 00:02:05,172 description below. I want to talk about 26 00:02:05,172 --> 00:02:07,672 how I use Switch Control to do almost 27 00:02:07,672 --> 00:02:10,145 any gesture you can imagine without 28 00:02:10,145 --> 00:02:12,613 actually doing it. You can use more than 29 00:02:12,613 --> 00:02:15,403 one switch, however, I find that it is 30 00:02:15,403 --> 00:02:18,532 simpler to just use one. Providing the 31 00:02:18,532 --> 00:02:21,083 setting is turned on, you can double tap 32 00:02:21,083 --> 00:02:23,453 with the switch to bring up a menu. This 33 00:02:23,453 --> 00:02:26,103 is what makes the Switch Control feature 34 00:02:26,103 --> 00:02:28,614 so great. From here, you can access the 35 00:02:28,614 --> 00:02:32,071 home button, the gestures menu, the device 36 00:02:32,071 --> 00:02:34,594 menu, where you can access things like 37 00:02:34,594 --> 00:02:37,924 multitasking, notification center, control 38 00:02:37,924 --> 00:02:41,524 center, etc. You can also get to the 39 00:02:41,524 --> 00:02:43,654 settings menu, which allows the switch 40 00:02:43,654 --> 00:02:46,514 user to customize settings. The settings 41 00:02:46,514 --> 00:02:48,875 menu also has a button for turning on 42 00:02:48,875 --> 00:02:51,685 Point Mode. Point Mode is a very handy 43 00:02:51,685 --> 00:02:54,505 feature. It allows the switch user to 44 00:02:54,505 --> 00:02:56,635 access apps that are not set up for 45 00:02:56,635 --> 00:02:59,515 VoiceOver. Switch Control is built on 46 00:02:59,515 --> 00:03:01,895 the VoiceOver platform, which is how it 47 00:03:01,895 --> 00:03:04,965 knows how to scan buttons. So, if an app 48 00:03:04,965 --> 00:03:07,505 is not configured for VoiceOver, Point 49 00:03:07,505 --> 00:03:10,466 Mode makes it accessible. Switch Control 50 00:03:10,466 --> 00:03:13,155 is very clever. It knows when you open 51 00:03:13,155 --> 00:03:16,256 an app with no buttons it can recognize. 52 00:03:16,256 --> 00:03:19,057 To automatically switch to Point Mode. 53 00:03:19,067 --> 00:03:21,657 Here you can see me playing The Room, a 54 00:03:21,657 --> 00:03:23,527 game that would have been impossible 55 00:03:23,527 --> 00:03:26,237 for me to access on iOS 6 because it has 56 00:03:26,237 --> 00:03:29,638 no buttons to scan. Point Mode makes this 57 00:03:29,638 --> 00:03:32,268 possible. The room also takes advantage 58 00:03:32,268 --> 00:03:34,608 of all the cool gestures that Switch 59 00:03:34,608 --> 00:03:37,618 Control comes with. First, there are 60 00:03:37,618 --> 00:03:40,439 basic pans to move around the scenes. 61 00:03:40,439 --> 00:03:43,038 Then, there are double taps for focusing 62 00:03:43,038 --> 00:03:45,289 on an object. 63 00:03:46,679 --> 00:03:48,899 Then, there are hold and drags to drag 64 00:03:48,899 --> 00:03:51,008 an object, such as a key. 65 00:03:59,088 --> 00:04:01,929 Finally, there is an awesome gesture 66 00:04:01,929 --> 00:04:05,140 that allows me to turn that key. 67 00:04:12,820 --> 00:04:15,740 When the camera app opens Point Mode is 68 00:04:15,740 --> 00:04:17,860 not automatically switched on because 69 00:04:17,860 --> 00:04:20,049 there are buttons that Switch Control 70 00:04:20,059 --> 00:04:22,690 recognizes. So, this is when the user 71 00:04:22,690 --> 00:04:27,780 has to engage Point Mode manually. 72 00:04:27,780 --> 00:04:30,291 Point Mode is used in the camera app for 73 00:04:30,291 --> 00:04:33,031 focusing on an object. 74 00:04:42,861 --> 00:04:45,621 This is a personal preference, but I also 75 00:04:45,621 --> 00:04:49,013 like to use Point Mode in Safari. I find 76 00:04:49,013 --> 00:04:52,162 that when Switch Control was trying to 77 00:04:52,162 --> 00:04:54,483 scan a web page, it is a bit confusing 78 00:04:54,483 --> 00:04:56,593 to know what it is going to scan next, 79 00:04:56,593 --> 00:04:58,989 because there are so many buttons on a 80 00:04:58,989 --> 00:05:01,853 web page. Point Mode makes it quicker for 81 00:05:01,853 --> 00:05:02,374 me. 82 00:05:09,784 --> 00:05:12,174 Switch Control can support many different 83 00:05:12,174 --> 00:05:14,554 Bluetooth switches, including the Apple 84 00:05:14,554 --> 00:05:17,574 Wireless Keyboard. I use Tecla Shield DOS 85 00:05:17,574 --> 00:05:20,363 set to White Mode. One thing to note 86 00:05:20,363 --> 00:05:22,524 about using this is that the Tecla Shield 87 00:05:22,524 --> 00:05:25,073 DOS sends the signal to iOS when the 88 00:05:25,073 --> 00:05:27,595 switch user releases the switch. This 89 00:05:27,595 --> 00:05:29,795 took me a while to get used to, because 90 00:05:29,795 --> 00:05:32,534 all other switch hardware including the 91 00:05:32,534 --> 00:05:35,012 first generation Tecla Shield sends a 92 00:05:35,012 --> 00:05:37,915 signal as soon as the switch is pressed. 93 00:05:40,495 --> 00:05:43,985 Thanks for that Alex. 94 00:05:44,665 --> 00:05:51,216 I hope you enjoyed this video and found it 95 00:05:51,216 --> 00:05:53,124 helpful. 96 00:05:53,874 --> 00:05:58,586 I'll see you again next time. 97 00:05:59,706 --> 00:06:04,460 This is Christopher and Alex 98 00:06:04,460 --> 00:06:08,600 from Down Under.