How to use Touch Accommodations on iPhone and iPad

For people with motor skill impairments, Touch Accommodations is a useful and convenient accessibility feature that helps make using a touchscreen much more comfortable and much less frustrating.

Here's how to set things up to work for you.

• How to enable Touch Accomodations
• How to enable and change Hold Duration
• How to enable and change the duration for Ignore Repeat
• How to enable Tap Assistance

How to enable Touch Accommodations

1. Launch Settings from your Home screen.
2. Tap Accessibility.

3. Choose Touch under Physical and Motor.

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4. Tap Touch Accommodations.

5. Toggle on Touch Accommodations.

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How to enable and change Hold Duration

If you have tremors or tics that might cause you to tap your iPhone or iPads screen repeatedly, you can enable a Hold Duration so that you must hold an on-screen button for a certain length of time before it is activated.

1. Launch Settings from your Home screen.
2. Tap Accessibility.

3. Choose Touch under Physical and Motor.

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4. Tap Touch Accommodations.
5. Toggle on Hold Duration. Confirm your selection.

6. Tap the plus or minus button to increase or decrease the Hold Duration.

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How to enable and change the duration for Ignore Repeat

Ignore Repeat works similarly to Hold Duration in that you can set a duration during which multiple taps will be recognized as only one tap. This is particularly useful if you're trying to enable settings or type a text or email.

1. Launch Settings from your Home screen.
2. Tap Accessibility.

3. Choose Touch under Physical and Motor.

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4. Tap Touch Accommodations.
5. Toggle on Ignore Repeat. Confirm your selection.

6. Tap the plus or minus button to increase or decrease the Ignore Repeat setting.

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How to enable Tap Assistance

Enabling Tap Assistance will allow any single finger gesture to perform a tap.

1. Launch Settings from your Home screen.
2. Tap Accessibility.

3. Choose Touch under Physical and Motor.

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4. Tap Touch Accommodations.

5. Choose Use Initial Touch Location or Use Final Touch Location under Tap Assistance.

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Questions?

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