How to increase contrast for visual accessibility on iPhone and iPad<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='
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accessibility features for those with visual impairments. For those that are colorblind or have issues with the transparency that <a href="
http://www.imore.com/ios-7" title="iOS 7 reviews, features, apps, help, and how-to">iOS 7[/url] brought with it, you can do a few things in order to enhance iOS visually. Apple gives you many options including reducing the white point, darkening colors, and turning off transparency. All you've got to do is enable the options in Settings that make reading text easier for you.</p> <!--break--> <h2>How to darken colors, reduce the white point, and turn off transparency on iPhone and iPad</h2> <ol><li>Launch the <strong>Settings app</strong> on your iPhone or iPad. </li> <li>Tap on <strong>General</strong>. </li> <li>Tap on <strong>Accessibility</strong>. </li> <li>Tap on <strong>Increase Contrast</strong>. </li> <li>Turn <strong>On</strong> or <strong>Off</strong> any of the toggles for the options you'd like — below is a description of what each does along with screenshots. </li> </ol><p><a href='
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http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2014/08/reduce_transparency_side_by_side_howto.jpg?itok=-5odmpTN' />[/url]</p> <p><strong>Darken Colors</strong> - Darkening colors will make menus and tabs darker which may make them stand out more so you can read them easier. In the screenshots below, you can tell that the menu buttons are a darker shade of blue when the Darken Colors option is turned on.</p> <p><a href='
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