Configuring an iPhone for special needs users - the summary table

I ' ve been using Facebook to share my book work (still ongoing!). It has limitations though so sharing today ' s update here.SettingRecommendedWiFiTurn “Ask to Join Networks” Off to reduce noisy prompts. I dislike the way Apple does automatic WiFi connections, but if you turn WiFi off completely location finding becomes less accurate. So leave WiFi on.BluetoothOff to simplify use until neededCellularSee “Controlling data use”, aboveNotificationsAMBER alerts may be upsetting and are certainly disruptive. Turn them off. Emergency Alerts are much less frequent and may be valuable in tornado country. Application Notifications are disruptive, turn of all but the ones that your Explorer needs (example: Messages, Calendar).Control Center, Access controlsTo reduce confusing screen popups turn off the “Lock Screen” and “Within Apps” options.Do Not DisturbIf an Explorer sleeps with their iPhone nearby a Guide may schedule “Do Not Disturb” for evening hours. Calls from “Favorites” or “All Contacts” may be allowed to go through.General, About, NameIt ’s a good practice to give an Explorer’s device a meaningful name.Spotlight SearchTurn off most options here to keep things simple. Do leave Calendar and Contacts as searchable.HandoffDisable. Any Explorer who can benefit from this will know to turn it on.AccessibilitySee “Accessibility”, above.RestrictionsSee “Restrictions”, above. This is also discussed in later chapters.KeyboardsConsider disabling ...
Source: Be the Best You can Be - Category: Disability Tags: smartphone4all Source Type: blogs