iOS and Android devices support several accessibility features of Adobe Scan Mobile App. This document will walk you through the how they exactly function:
- Visual features
- Audio features
- Gesture features
Let’s get started:
Visual features:
- Display brightness: Set your display’s brightness to enhance readability as needed.
- Go to your device’s settings screen.
- Tap Display and Brightness.
- Set the brightness level.
2- Invert Colors:
- On iOS 13 and later:
- Tap Settings (iOS 13).
- Tap Accessibility.
- Tap Display and Text Size.
- Enable features such as:
- Smart Invert inverts most colors but leaves images, media, and some apps in their original state.
- Classic Invert inverts everything.
- Android- Your device settings include an option to invert colors.
- Go to your device’s settings screen.
- Tap Accessibility (or search for it if the menu item does not display).
- Tap Color inversion.
“Dark Mode and Text display size makes Adobe Scan iOS different than the Android.”
3- Text display size: Android and iOS allows you to specify a preferred text size. Acrobat’s support for font sizes means that its user interface will automatically scale fonts according to your settings. To increase or decrease Acrobat’s font size:
- Go to your device’s settings screen.
- Tap Accessibility (Android)
- Tap Display > Font Size. (Android)
- Adjust the slider to your preferred setting.
4- Dark Mode (iOS):
For users of iOS 13+, the October 2019 release supports dark mode. Dark mode’s high contrast display may improve readability in low light environments as well as extend battery life.
- Go to your device’s settings screen.
- Tap Display and Brightness.
- Choose light or dark mode.
Audio features:
- Voiceover (iOS)
The app supports VoiceOver, the iOS built-in screen reader. VoiceOver allows someone with a visual impairment to use simple gestures to hear PDF content. To enable VoiceOver:
- Go to your device’s settings screen.
- Tap Accessibility.
- Tap VoiceOver and enable the feature.
2- Talkback (Android)
Acrobat supports Talkback, the Android built-in screen reader. If this feature is available on your device:
- Go to your device’s settings screen.
- Tap Accessibility (or search for it if the menu item does not display).
- Tap Talkback.
- Enable the feature.
3- Other text-to-speech readers (Android)
Your device may provide other screen readers or text-to-speech features. You may have to open your settings app and search for your device’s audio features.
Here’s an example from one device:
- Go to your device’s settings screen.
- Tap Accessibility (or search for it if the menu item does not display).
- Tap Text-to-Speech Output.
- Configure the setting as need. For example, you may be able to select a preferred text-to-speech engine, the language, speech rate, and pitch.
- Gesture features
The app supports the standard VoiceOver gestures as described in Apple’s documentation.& Google’s documentation.
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