iPod touch User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in iOS 12
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- Wake and unlock
- Learn basic gestures
- Explore the Home screen and apps
- Change the settings
- Take a screenshot
- Adjust the volume
- Change or turn off the sounds
- Search for content
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Access features from the Lock screen
- Travel with iPod touch
- Set screen time, allowances, and limits
- Sync iPod touch using iTunes
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
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- Get started with accessibility features
- Accessibility shortcuts
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Learn VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPod touch using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Control VoiceOver with Magic Keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Speak selection, speak screen, typing feedback
- Zoom in on the screen
- Magnifier
- Display settings
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- Guided Access
- Copyright
Dictate text on iPod touch
On iPod touch, dictate text instead of typing it.
Note: Dictation may not be available in all languages or in all regions, and features may vary.
Enable Dictation
Go to Settings
> General > Keyboard.Turn on Enable Dictation.
Dictate text
Tap
on the onscreen keyboard, then speak.When you finish, tap
.
To insert text by dictating, tap to place the insertion point, then tap . You can also replace selected text by dictating.
Add punctuation or format text
While dictating text, say the punctuation or formatting.
For example, “Dear Mary comma the check is in the mail exclamation mark” becomes “Dear Mary, the check is in the mail!” Punctuation and formatting commands include the following:
quote … end quote
new paragraph
new line
cap—to capitalize the next word
caps on … caps off—to capitalize the first character of each word
all caps—to make the next word all uppercase
all caps on … all caps off—to make the enclosed words all uppercase
no caps on … no caps off—to make the enclosed words all lowercase
no space—to eliminate the space between two words (not available for all languages)
no space on … no space off—to run a series of words together (not available for all languages)
smiley—to insert :-)
frowny—to insert :-(
winky—to insert ;-)