Unlock the full potential of your iPad using eye control! This comprehensive App guide provides valuable tips and tricks for enhancing accessibility on specific apps.
How to find the correct settings
Take advantage of these instructions to help you quickly locate all the essential settings for your app. You can click on each item in [brackets] to find more information about the specific setting.
[Name of the app] - [Recommended user profile from Irisbond]
[Snap to Item:] Highlighting of the cell 
[AutoHide:] Temporarily hidden cursor [Time:] x seconds, for how long time the cursor stays hidden when we look at one place
[Dwell time:] Time to perform a click
[Hot Corners:] Additional actions in the corners of the iPad
[AT menu:] Imitation of touch actions
[Custom Actions]: Touch actions for the caregiver
[Custom Gestures]: Personalized drawn gestures
[Shortcuts & Widgets]: Simplify complex series of tasks into 1 accessible click
Click on the icon of the app to explore more about it!
Apps for access
Safari - Independent user
Snap to Item: ON
Hot Corners: Snap to Item
AT menu: Tap, Scroll, Disable Fallback, App Switcher, Custom
HomeKit - Independent user
Snap to Item: ON
Hot Corners: Snap to Item
AT menu: Tap
- Long Press (in "Custom" menu - use this to adjust each connected item)
- Scroll
- Control Center
- Device: for iPad control options
- Pause/Resume Dwell
- Shortcut to open Homekit. Easy access to HomeKit via shortcut & widget / AT menu / Hot Corner. See how to set up a shortcut to open an app.
YouTube - Independent user
Snap to Item: ON
AutoHide: ON Time: 4 s, Toggle Auto Hide on right before watching the video to not be distracted by the cursor
Dwell time: 0.75 s
Hot Corners: Snap to Item, Auto Hide, Pause/Resume Dwell
AT menu: Tap, Scroll
WhatsApp - Independent user
Snap to Item: ON
Hot Corners: Snap to Item - when video-calling, switch OFF Snap to Item by looking into Hot Corner.
AT menu: Tap, Scroll, Dwell - includes Move Menu action, to reposition the AT menu when being placed in a non-ideal position on the screen
FaceTime - Independent user
Snap to Item: ON
Hot Corners: Snap to Item
AT menu: Tap, Device, Custom - Swipe up
Messages - Independent user
Snap to Item: ON
AutoHide: ON Time: 0.5 s, Control the iPad with Auto Hide ON, Toggle OFF the Auto Hide for faster typing
Dwell time: 0.5 s
Hot Corners: Snap to Item, Auto Hide
AT menu: Tap, Scroll, Move menu
Activate a Zoom click
Messenger - Independent user
Snap to Item: ON
AutoHide: ON Time: 0.5 s, Control the iPad with Auto Hide ON, Toggle OFF the Auto Hide for faster typing
Dwell time: 0.5 s
Hot Corners: Snap to Item, Auto Hide
AT menu: Tap, Scroll, Move menu, Custom action - Swipe up, App Switcher
Drive - Google Docs - Independent user
Calibration: 9- 16 points
Snap to Item: ON
Hot Corners: Snap to Item
AT menu: Tap, Scroll, Disable Fallback
You need a Google account to access both applications.
Google Slides - Independent user
Default Dwell Action: Tap (Click)
Fallback Action: Enabled (set to Pause Dwell)
Hot Corners: Enable/Disable Fallback, Custom Gesture
AT menu: Tap, Enable/Disable Fallback, Custom Gesture
Apple TV - Independent user
Snap to Item: ON
AutoHide: ON Time: 4 s, Toggle Auto Hide on right before watching the movie to not be distracted by the cursor
Hot Corners: Auto Hide
AT menu: Single Tap, Scroll, Disable Fallback, Control Center
For the remote, you need to add the Apple TV icon to the control center of the iPad.
Shortcuts - Early stage, Independent user
Check how to set up all kinds of shortcuts here
Keeble - Early Stage 2/Independent user
Snap to Item: ON
Hot Corners: None
Keeble is a predictive keyboard that supports many languages and you can open it on any Window you need. Download it > go to settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards > Add New Keyboard... > In Third-party keyboards select Keeble > and select language.
Whenever a grey Apple keyboard appears click on a Globe in the left low corner and change the keyboard to your Keeble keyboard!
Instagram - Independent user
Snap to Item: ON
Hot Corners: None
AT menu: Single Tap, Scroll, Pause/Resume dwell, Move menu
You need to create an account
Photoshop - Independent user
Snap to Item: ON
Hot Corners: Pause, Disable/Enable Fallback
AT menu: Single Tap, Scroll, Pause/Resume dwell, Move menu, Hold & Drag (or Custom gestures menu)
- Custom Gestures: create any custom gestures to carry out repeated or complex sequences of clicks or gestures.
Display & Zoom: Consider using Display Zoom or Zoom click to enlarge small icons.
- Display Zoom: Settings > Display & Brightness > Display Zoom. Choose "More Space" or "Larger Zoomed".
- Accessibility Zoom / "Zoom Click": Settings > Accessibility > Zoom (Toggle ON/OFF)
Co-Writer - Independent user
Snap to Item: ON
Hot Corners: Pause, Disable/Enable Fallback
AT menu: Single Tap, Scroll, Pause/Resume dwell, Move menu, Hold & Drag (or Custom gestures menu)
- Custom Gestures: create any custom gestures to carry out repeated or complex sequences of clicks or gestures.
Display & Zoom: Consider using Display Zoom or Zoom click to enlarge small icons.
- Display Zoom: Settings > Display & Brightness > Display Zoom. Choose "More Space" or "Larger Zoomed".
- Accessibility Zoom / "Zoom Click": Settings > Accessibility > Zoom (Toggle ON/OFF)
Apple Apps in action!
To get inspiration on how to effectively use Apple apps, you can watch our demo video. In this video, we showcase comfortable ways to use Safari, the Music app, Apple TV on your iPad, and its external control. We also provide tips on using Home Kit for environment control.