Make your iPhone more accessible

Customise your iPhone to suit your needs

- Asha Bardon

IT WILL TAKE >10 minutes YOU WILL LEARN > How to tweak the Accessibility settings YOU'LL NEED > Some features, like Personal Voice, need an iPhone 12 or later

Apple has always had the backs of anyone who needs a little help with accessibility, by making such features standard and free for everyone.

Many of the features in Settings > Accessibility can be used by anyone, regardless of need. If you want to make a phone simpler to use for someone suffering from dementia, perhaps, or set Vehicle Motion Cues if you suffer from motion sickness, you'll be able to adjust things accordingly. Settings > Accessibility is full of things you might not know your phone can do, and they work for so many different scenarios. And if you find its options a little overwhelming, there's a search field which can save you time and take you right where you need to go. These features can make life easier for anyone with an iPhone, and many of the tools work on iPad too. iOS's Accessibility options are split into categories focusing on vision, hearing, mobility, speech and accessories, alongside a general section. However, there's some crossover between them, and often multiple ways to get to the same setting.

If you're keen to dive deeper, you can also play around with customisation. It's about seeing what works for you, so think of it as another way to make your iPhone (and other Apple devices) do more of the work for you.

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