IPhone Accessibility Features for Visually Impaired Individuals

This guide explains how to customize your iPhone to accommodate any issues caused by vision impairment. If you find yourself struggling to read text, frequently experiencing headaches, or having trouble falling asleep after phone usage, this is the guide for you!

All changes made by the user will be saved automatically. Each step assumes that you start from the main menu of the settings app. If you are already inside of a different area of settings (don’t see “Settings” in the upper left corner), simply click the blue back button in the upper left corner until the blue button disappears. This guide is not organized into a specific order. It has been written so that if you only want to change one of the settings, you can follow that section only.

This guide does not require any resources other than the phone you are using and a couple minutes of your time.

Changing Text Size

1. Navigate to the “Settings” app.
2. Tap “Accessibility”
3. Tap “Display & Text Size”
4. Tap “Larger Text”
5. Adjust slider on the bottom of the screen to suit your needs. You will see text size change as you move the slider.
6. Click the blue back button in the upper left corner twice.
7. Click the blue “Settings” button in the upper left corner. There should no longer be a blue button in the upper left corner.

Changing Text Boldness

1. Navigate to the “Settings” app.
2. Tap “Accessibility”
3. Tap “Display & Text Size”
4. Tap “Bold Text”. You will see text embolden once button is selected.
5. Click the blue back button in the upper left corner.
6. Click the blue “Settings” button in the upper left corner. There should no longer be a blue button in the upper left corner.

Changing Text Intensity

1. Navigate to the “Settings” app.
2. Tap “Accessibility”
3. Tap “Display & Text Size”
4. Tap “Reduce White Point” (you may need to scroll down)
5. Adjust slider to suit your needs. You will see the intensity of the text change as you move the slider.
6. Click the blue back button in the upper left corner.
7. Click the blue “Settings” button in the upper left corner. There should no longer be a blue button in the upper left corner.

Adjust Display Brightness

1. Navigate to the “Settings” app.
2. Tap “Display & Brightness”
3. Deselect “True Tone”
4. Adjust slider under “Brightness” to suit your needs. You will see the brightness of the screen change as you move the slider.
5. Click the blue “Settings” button in the upper left corner. There should no longer be a blue button in the upper left corner.

Dark Mode

1. Navigate to the “Settings” app.
2. Tap “Display & Brightness”
3. Select “Dark” under the “Appearance” section. You will see the background switch from light to dark.
4. Click the blue “Settings” button in the upper left corner. There should no longer be a blue button in the upper left corner.

Night Shift

1. Navigate to the “Settings” app.
2. Tap “Display & Brightness”
3. Tap “Night Shift”
4. Adjust slider labeled “Color Temperature” to suit your needs (Sliding all the way to the “more warm” side is recommended)
5. Select “Scheduled”. If you are completing this tutorial at night, you will see the color of the screen become more red and less blue. If you are completing this tutorial during the daytime, no changes will take place until later.
6. Click the blue back button in the upper left corner.
7. Click the blue “Settings” button in the upper left corner. There should no longer be a blue button in the upper left corner.