Hi everyone. My name is Rosemarie founder of TechAble Assistive Technology.
Today I'd like to introduce the iOS built-in Head Tracking feature
which will allow you to use your head movement to operate an iDevice.
I'm going to use an iPhone 12 with iOS 15 software version.
Head Tracking is available under Switch Control control accessibility feature.
So I suggest you to first get an idea of how to use the switch control feature
in order for you to set up and use the head tracking feature.
You'll be able to find more information about switch control
from my previous videos called Control iPhone with Switch 1 and 2.
I've included the links to those videos in the description section. Ok, let's get started.
So to turn on the Head Tracking, go to Settings
and Accessibility
and under Physical and Motor, tap Switch Control.
Here, I want to point out that
if you look under switches, I've previously set up a few sound switches.
So when I make K-sound like (k sound)
it will select item. And if I make Cluck sound, like (cluck sound)
it will take you to the home screen. You can find more information on how to set up the Sound Switch
from my previous video called Control iPhone with Switch 2: Built-in Sound Switch.
I'm going to go back and if you scroll down
under Point Scanning, you will see Head Tracking. So tap Head Tracking and turn on Head Tracking by
tapping this button. And under Actions you'll see Dwell, which will allow you to set up the
Dwell feature. So tap Dwell and then tap Dwell Options. And here you can set up Dwell Time
which controls the amount of time you need to point and wait to select the item. Let's make it
two seconds which means I need to dwell, I need to wait two seconds to activate it.
Then the movement tolerance lets you adjust the distance
the pointer can move while it dwells on an item.
So for example, if you have difficulty with keeping your head still at one point
then the movement tolerance can be set to large by sliding it to the right.
I'm going to keep it as here. Let me go back, and for Dwell Action, I'm going to select Tap.
So whenever the pointer is still for two seconds, Tap will be performed. Then I'm going to go back,
and then for the pointer, let's tap and see. Make sure Relative to Head is selected, so the
pointer will move with your head movement. And then, go back.
And then, you can adjust the Pointer Speed,
so the Pointer Speed can be adjusted from 1 up to 100. This adjusts how quickly the pointer
moves with your head movement. And I'll leave it as 70. Okay, so I'm gonna go back. And then, scroll to top.
So the Head Tracking is now turned on, and Dwell is set up. So I'm going to turn on Switch Control,
so I can use the Head Tracking. If you did not previously use the Head Tracking,
then when you turn on this Switch Control, it will start scanning the screen either as
Item Scanning mode or as Gliding Cursor mode. So you need to select the Head Tracking
from the Scanning Menu items. Let me show you how to switch to Head Tracking from the Scanning
mode in the Scanning Menu items. So I'm going to turn on Switch Control, and then you can see
it's in Item Scanning mode. So I'm going to use the sound switch to bring up the Scanning Menu.
(K-sound)
And then I'm going to go to the next page, (K-sound)
then here you can see the Head Tracking is in the first row. (K-sound) (K-sound)
So now, Head Tracking is turned on and it's following my head movement.
So I'm gonna use another sound switch
to go to Home Screen. (Cluck sound)
And then let me open Notes app.
Dwell and then I'm going to type
'see you later'
And I'm gonna dwell on 'e'
I'm gonna select it from the word list.
'you' is here.
And then, 'later' so 'l'
Another word list, and then return.
Okay. And then, let me use sound switch to go to Home Screen. (Cluck sound)
This time, let me open the Weather app.
Okay.
And then, let me go to the Daily weather. So I'm gonna dwell on Daily.
Okay, and then sound switch to go to home screen. (Cluck sound)
You can see it's tracking my head movement.
That's how you can use the iOS built-in Head Tracking feature. It'll be nice
if the Dwell counter used in the Head Tracking can be paused when it's needed. But in general,
the iOS built-in Head Tracking works pretty well, and it's a great Accessibility feature.
That's all I have for today. Thank you for watching.