Organizing and Optimizing the iPhone Home Screen!

Rise and Shine, and don't forget your booties cause its COOOLD out there today! The big question on everybody's chapped lips is: "Did you watch the new Tech Connect video yet?" That's right Tech Connectors, its Groundhog Day!

On this channel have covered a number of very useful apps for Blind and Low Vision iPhone users. But with so many great apps, how can we stay organized and keep track of all these wonderful tools?

Our Assistive Technology Experts are excited to teach you everything you need in order to take command of your iPhone's apps! This includes rearranging where apps live, prioritizing the corner spaces and consolidating groups into folders so that you never feel lost again! We will also explain the steps of fine tuning both the size and color of your apps relative to your chosen background image in order to maximize legibility for Low Vision iPhone users.

0:00 Start
1:30 Introducing Topics: Rearrange Apps using VoiceOver, Lock Screen and Home Screen Background, Resizing Apps and altering their color for Low Vision,
2:30 Custom Home Screens, Organizing the Grid, Four apps stay on the Dock
4:00 Using VoiceOver's Rotor gesture to open the Action menu and edit the location of apps,
7:00 New features of iOS 18 include the ability to organize priority apps into the four corners
9:00 Double Tap and Hold an App to drag it to a specific area of the App Grid, then Home Gesture
10:05 Optimizing for Low Vision, Changing App Size, Customizing the Tint and Color of Apps,
14:00 Custom Lock and Home Screen options using pictures, colors and simplified backgrounds
18:30 Wrap Up Review of the useful features of iOS 18 for Blind and Low Vision users of the iPhone
19:30 Previous Apps, Live Show every other Thursday at 11am Central on our YouTube channel
20:15 Learning Management System with on-demand ACVREP Credits,
21:35 Happy Groundhog Day!

If you have any additional questions about iOS 18, or the iPhone generally, please add those down in the comment section and we will endeavor to help!

Vision Forward's Tech Connect continues to bring you the information you need to make the most out of your devices. Our experts know there are many factors to consider, so if you have any follow up questions please post them in the comments and we will help you find the assistive tech that's best for you.

Join us, find the schedule by visiting out website:
https://vision-forward.org/techconnect

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Call us: (414-615-0103)
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