iPad comes with built-in options to suit your cognitive needs—or those of someone you care for. You can set up an iPad with a simplified interface, or limit a child’s access to a single app. You can also reduce sensory stimulus from the screen, reformat content for easier reading, and summarize text.
Features like Focus, Dictation, Read & Speak, and Live Captions can also help you focus, enter text more easily, or follow along with what you’re reading or hearing.
To explore accessibility features on iPad, go to Settings > Accessibility.
Adapt iPad for someone you care for
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Keep iPad simple
If someone you care for has a cognitive disability, set up an iPad with a simplified interface. Choose and customize core features that work best for them.
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Lock iPad to one app
When you let a child use your iPad, limit their access to a single app.
You can also reduce sensory stimulus from the screen. For example, you can have the display dim automatically for content that depicts flashing or strobing lights, and pause rapid animated images like GIFs. See our article, Stop or reduce onscreen motion. To reformat content for easier reading and summarize text, read our guide, Read or listen to text in apps with Accessibility Reader.
iPad offers many additional tools to help you focus, make it easier to enter text, or follow along with what you’re reading or listening to with features like Focus, Dictation, Read & Speak, and Live Captions.
Quick tip: Control Center or the click of a button can control your go-to accessibility features and settings. Read our guide, Quickly open features with Accessibility Shortcut.
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