{"id":17607,"date":"2020-01-27T11:59:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T10:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/?p=17607"},"modified":"2023-12-07T12:16:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T11:16:55","slug":"ipad-and-poor-vision-how-do-i-use-mine-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/?p=17607","title":{"rendered":"iPad and Poor Vision Part 1: Setting up the iPad and iOS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The iPad is an amazing device\u2013for leisure, for reading, for listening and for working\u2013as long as you don\u2019t take into consideration one <em>tiny<\/em> detail: out of the box, I can barely use it at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why? Because of my terrible eyesight, texts, menus and buttons are unreadable: too small, too thin, and not contrasted enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luckily, iOS comes with many accessibility options that can help a lot. Depending your needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this post, I will list the settings I use to compensate for my bad eyesight. It\u2019s not an exhaustive list\u2013not even as far as vision goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>How bad is my eyesight? Not bad to where I need a screen reader, but bad. I can still read big texts as long as they\u2019re light on a dark background. To give you an idea, here is an ebook displayed at a comfortable size, on my 9.7 iPad Pro\u2013it was much worse than that a year ago, a huge thank you to the doctors for their amazing work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"619\" height=\"829\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot-2020-01-27-at-02.05.10.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot-2020-01-27-at-02.05.10.jpg 619w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot-2020-01-27-at-02.05.10-597x800.jpg 597w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To begin with, I\u2019ll focus on iOS itself, then I\u2019ll briefly talk about a few apps. But first, <em>the<\/em> tweak I apply to any new iPad as soon as I unbox it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matte Screen Protector<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I know, glossy screens are better, colors are more vivid and everything is so sharp. Sure, they\u2019re <em>great<\/em> and with each new generation they\u2019re more amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I have no use of an amazing screen if I can\u2019t use it. I mean it quite literally: I can\u2019t see what\u2019s on the screen because of its many light reflections\u2013and no, the laminated displays don\u2019t help much\u2013and it hurts: it\u2019s painful to look at the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sure that\u2019s my problem, most users have functional eyeballs. I get that. But at least, I would love to have a choice and wouldn\u2019t mind spending a few more euros to get a non-glossy screen on my iPad as an option, directly from Apple. Like I can take a model with more storage or with LTE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But things are what they are and I have to put a matte screen protector all by myself, on any new iPad (or laptop, for that matter). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is there any drawback in using a matte screen protector? <em>Yep<\/em>. Hence my wish to get it from Apple as I\u2019m confident they\u2019d do an amazing engineering job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>There is a more or less pronounced loss in sharpness, <\/li><li>Colors will be less vibrant. <\/li><li>It\u2019s more money to spend. The thing is you don\u2019t need the fancier and more expensive brands. Just avoid the real crappy cheapo brands. <strong>And always double-check the model you\u2019re considering is compatible with your model of iPad<\/strong>, if needed compare your iPad Model Number (Settings\u2192About) with the list of supported models.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To be frank, the slight loss in sharpness doesn\u2019t bother me the slightest (even when watching movies), After a couple hours I stopped noticing it. And, well, it\u2019s not like I have much choice either \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the plus side, next to a now-usable screen, a matte screen protector also gives me an almost paper-like experience when using the Apple Pencil. And that alone would be worth using a matte screen protector too, as I use it a lot and I&#8217;ve never enjoyed using it on the naked\/glossy screen of the iPad: it felt too much like writing on\u2026 glass while using a slippery plastic stick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enough about the screen protector. Now that my screen is ready, time to configure iOS itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dark Mode<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before Apple added dark mode, I used to use \u2018Inverted Colors\u2019 or \u2018Smart Invert Colors\u2019 to get the dark background and light text I needed. And I still use them each time I face an app that doesn\u2019t support dark mode\u2013looking at you <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antidote.info\/en\/antidote-mobile\">Antidote<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To activate the dark theme, I go to <strong>Settings\u2192Appearance<\/strong> and select <strong>Dark<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Make menus and text more readable<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In <strong>Settings\u2192Accessibility\u2192Display and Text Size<\/strong> I activate the <strong>Larger Text<\/strong> option. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will open a new panel where I push the slider as much to the right as I need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3-1080x1440.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Before leaving <strong>Display and Text Size<\/strong>, I tap <strong>Back<\/strong> and activate these options: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Reduce Transparency<\/strong>, <\/li><li><strong>Increase Contrast<\/strong>, <\/li><li><strong>Bold text<\/strong>, <\/li><li><strong>Differentiate Without Colour<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/4.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/4-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/4-1080x1440.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/4-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/4-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Alas, not every part of iOS will update itself to reflect these changes, but a lot of it will. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the thing in iOS that doesn\u2019t change is the top menu bar, or whatever its name is. The good news is that there are multiple ways to work around it. The Zoom (see below) or do a long press on any of its icon\/text to get a zoomed popover in the middle of the screen\u2014which could be bigger, imo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And what about third-party app support for accessibility? There are still many apps, including some of Apple\u2019s own, that don\u2019t care much, if at all. You\u2019ll need to test all of your app one at a time. And never be afraid to contact a dev to explain him or her the problem you face. Often times, they just aren\u2019t aware that their UI\/lack of support for accessibility can be a problem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That said, iOS offers a tool to try to work around those \u2018ignorant\u2019 apps, as we will soon see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reduce the white point<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After I made the text bigger, my next step is to reduce the white point, as I find bright white hard to read. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can do that in <strong>Settings\u2192Accessibility\u2192 Display &amp; Text Size\u2192Reduce White Point<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having it between 40 and 55% is working fine for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/5.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/5-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/5-1080x1440.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/5-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/5-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bigger icons on the Home Screen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a neat addition to iPadOS 13. Go in <strong>Settings\u2192Home Screen &amp; Dock<\/strong> to set the <strong>App Icons<\/strong> to <strong>Bigger<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2-1080x1440.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The home screen will now show less but bigger icons, which is great. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It would be even better if we could make them bigger and, <em>more importantly<\/em>, make their text much bigger too. But it\u2019s still an appreciable improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dark and plain wallpaper<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t use pretty wallpapers on my Home screen\u2013I use them on the Lock screen, though\u2013as they often make all icons harder to read. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, I use a few dull dark gray backgrounds, some with discreet motives other plain boring:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/80.jpg\" alt=\"A plain anthracite background, with a few icons and the Dock visible, on my Home screen.\" class=\"wp-image-17596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/80.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/80-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/80-1080x1440.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/80-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/80-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>A plain anthracite background, with a few icons and the Dock visible, on my Home screen.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Home button as an accessibility  shortcut<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a trick I use all day long in order to <em>quickly<\/em> access any of the accessibility features I constantly need to turn on and off: a triple press on the Home button. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You need to activate it in <strong>Settings\u2192Accessibility\u2192Accessibility Shortcut<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/21.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/21.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/21-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/21-1080x1440.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/21-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/21-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you select multiple entries in this list, each time you triple press the Home button  a popover will let you select which setting(s) to (de)activate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Zoom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The zoom is great to make any portion of the screen bigger, much bigger. Here, on the tiny menu bar:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/30.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/30.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/30-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/30-1080x1440.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/30-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/30-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Once activated, you turn on the Zoom by doing a double tap with three fingers anywhere on the screen. Or with a triple press on the Home button, if you have activated the options we mentioned earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You move the Zoom around by dragging the small handle\u2013it is a bit too small for my fat finger\u2013 or by using an optional on-screen Controller, a kind of virtual joystick. You tap this handle once to access the Zoom settings: size of the lens, zoom levels and so on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Magnifier<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If the Zoom magnifies what\u2019s on screen, the Magnifier turns your iPad\u2019s camera into, well, a magnifying glass to zoom on whatever you want to look at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I use it when I need to read printed stuff: papers, a contract, a book blurb, and so on, even on those <em>tiny and barely inked<\/em> labels shop owners seem to enjoy so much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s in <strong>Settings\u2192Accessibility\u2192Magnifier<\/strong> and, once turned on, you can also easily access it through a triple press on the Home button. You can lock the focus, easily change the zoom level, and use the filter button to access Color filters if you need them. Also, you can control the integrated flashlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bonus tip: if, like me, you can\u2019t read printed text on a light background, use the Magnifier in combination with the <strong>Classic Invert<\/strong>: it\u2019s working great to read anything zoomed and in inverted colors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>FYI, the iPhone comes with the same Magnifier and since it\u2019s much lighter and much easier to handle than the iPad I\u2019d rather use it. But even lighter, I\u2019d do anything to avoid reading in these conditions. And that includes \ufffc<a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/?p=17467\">scanning the book myself<\/a> if I can\u2019t find a digital copy <em>anywhere<\/em> online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Microsoft Office Lens: Text recognition and read aloud<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This app does not come pre-installed with iOS but the free <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/microsoft-office-lens-pdf-scan\/id975925059\">Microsoft Office Lens<\/a> does a great job for quickly capturing anything\u2013cards, labels, sheets of paper, magazines, whiteboards\u2013and have it transformed into searchable text. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And since it now comes with another one of their impressive tools\u2013the Immersive Reader\u2013there is no reason not to use it and have any text you scanned read aloud almost instantly, as long as you\u2019re connected to the Internet, with <em>really<\/em> convincing voice imo, at least in English and in French (I\u2019ve not tested other languages).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/50.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/50.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/50-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/50-1080x1440.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/50-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/50-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Any drawbacks? Yes, but nothing that can&#8217;t be updated. Nothing that will stop me from using it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It already does an impressive job even with some complex page layout, but it&#8217;s not fail proof.  <\/li><li>The UI could be easier to use just by making the immersive reader use the whole screen instead of a smaller window.<\/li><li>Office Lens come with a dark theme, which is great. Alas, it is not fully supported everywhere in the app, and it is not supported <em>at all<\/em> in its settings, which makes no sense. Plus, those settings use  a <em>way too tiny<\/em> font. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/51.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/51.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/51-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/51-1080x1440.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/51-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/51-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s it for now. In a next post, I\u2019ll talk about reading and writing on the iPad with a bad eyesight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The iPad is an amazing device\u2013for leisure, for reading, for listening and for working\u2013as long as you don\u2019t take into consideration one tiny detail: out of the box, I can barely use it at all. Why? Because of my terrible eyesight, texts, menus and buttons are unreadable: too small, too thin, and not contrasted enough. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/?p=17607\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;iPad and Poor Vision Part 1: Setting up the iPad and iOS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13,11,15,6,5],"class_list":["post-17607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-accessibility","tag-apple","tag-ios","tag-reading","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17607"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17637,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17607\/revisions\/17637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidbosman.fr\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}