Apple
Support every student
Discover the powerful accessibility features of iPads and Macs, designed to help all learners - including those with additional needs - actively engage, create, and succeed in every classroom.
Apple iPad - Dictation
Simply use your voice to dictate your text on an iPad.
Apple iPad - Spoken Content
Explore using text to speech feature on your iPad.
Apple Mac - Spoken Content
Use your voice to dictate your text on a Mac.
iPad accessibility - additional resources
- Set up and turn on Switch Control on iPad (requires a switch connected)
- Use AssistiveTouch on iPad
- Use Voice Control to interact with iPad
- Use your voice to ask Siri to help you (various on devices)
- Magnify and examine objects around you with iPad (requires the app)
- Zoom in on the iPad screen
- Hover over text to enlarge it on iPad
- Have your iPad read the text on aloud
- Make iPad text easier to read with accessibility features
- Stop or reduce onscreen motion on iPad
- VoiceOver - a gesture-based screen reader on iPad
- Change colour on iPad to make it easier to see items onscreen
Mac accessibility - additional resources
- Vision on Mac
- Change Zoom settings for accessibility on Mac
- Use Hover Text on Mac
- Have your Mac speak text that’s on the screen
- Change Display settings for accessibility on Mac
- Stop or reduce the movement of some screen elements
- VoiceOver user guide on Mac
- Use braille displays with VoiceOver on Mac
- Change display colours on Mac to make it easier to see what’s onscreen
Please note: These support links align with the current DoE student iPad configuration set up by schools utilising Jamf Pro. More inclusive and assistive supports are available for students and staff with BYOD devices. Visit the Apple Accessibility Page to explore additional supports available for the device.