Hey everyone. I am a bit late with this since my last video but in that time I have
gained almost 300 subscribers and I
can't be any more happier than I am
right now. The way that happened was I
made a Reddit AMA post about how I live
with my disease and how it affects me. To my surprise I received almost 300
questions to that and even got in
contact with another YouTuber.
His name was Ali H and he actually
shouted me out so I thank you for that.
Now in today's video I want to show
you guys how I use my cell phone.
Up until a couple years ago I used
to use my phone like everyone else does by
holding it in their hands, but I noticed I was having a hard time moving my fingers and
I used to have it flat on the table in
front of me but over time it was starting
to hurt my neck. After doing some research, I discovered that Apple has
built a system in their software called
iOS Switch control. Now iOS Switch
control involves attaching a switch
interface to the phone that allows you
to use accessibility switches to control
your cell phone. Now there are many
different devices to work as an interface. The
interface I use is called the Blue 2
device and it connects to my phone
through bluetooth. I can say ever since I
got it, I have felt a lot more
comfortable using my phone and I am now
able to do things I used to be able to
do a couple years ago. And like always if
you have any questions about any of this,
feel free to ask, I'll be happy to answer.
For the demonstration, I'm using my iPad
but the process works the same on an
iPhone. To set it up, first you go to Settings, and then Bluetooth, then you gotta
make sure bluetooth is on.
And then tap on the device once it shows
up.
Then to access the settings you have
to go to General, and then Accessibility,
and then down to Switch Control.
Then, you turn on Switch Control.
To activate switches you go to this. And to set up the switches, you follow along the prompts.
The first switch I have is colored
orange so I named it Orange.
And then I have that to select the item.
Then my second switch will be named White because it's white colored.
And I will use that to move to the next item.
I keep my scanning style to manual.
And then you will face this little bar that comes up.
Now for the demonstration,  in the Notes app I will show you now I'm able to type on it.
First I selected my scanning
And then I changed to a mode called Item Mode.
It makes it easier to type words.
It takes some getting used to, but I’ve gotten the hang of it.
Item mode can be used to select icons but I find Point mode easier.
I'll give a quick demonstration of how I use the Camera app.
I can use the Camera button really easily.
And the Point mode allows me to focus like I am tapping on the screen.
And it works pretty well for
pictures
