First time opening JW Library

To open JW Library either find its name on the Home screen and double tap it, or tell Siri, "Open JW Library."

The First time you open JW library several things will happen.

JW library may ask if you want to receive notifications. Swipe right until you hear the "allow button" and double tap it. Mine has never actually given me a notification but I assumed it would be important to receive it if it ever did. Of course, you can choose the "Don't Allow button" if you would prefer.

Next it will display a Wellcome message followed by a user agreement you must read and accept. Even if you read to the end of the agreement using Voiceover you may have to double tap the Scroll Down button to get the application to make the Accept button active, so you can successfully double tap it.

Next a Privacy Settings dialog will appear. Double tap the button that you are most comfortable with. They are: Accept, Decline, Customize.

If you choose customize the Settings dialog for the app will open and there will be quite a few options that are unrelated to privacy that you can set. The Privacy options are under the heading Privacy. There is one line of information with a link, then there is a button that opens a dialog of options. The name of the button starts with the words, "Send diagnostic data..."

The Next control starts with the words, "Send usage data..." It can be checked or unchecked.

When finished find and double tap the Done button in the top right corner. This will bring you back to the Privacy Settings dialog to pick a button. Double tap the Accept button if you want to continue.

At times when you start JW library after an update there may be a "what's new" message. Swipe right several times to read about the new features and find the "got it" button and double tap it.

At some point you will get a message saying "Highlighting is not available while VoiceOver is running." Swipe right and double tab the okay button. This means underlining while using VoiceOver is not possible, so just as it always has been with braille or audio publications, your memory or notes are the only options.

Full Screen

If you are a Voiceover user you will immediately want to change one default setting in JW Library. Having it set to full screen display will often hide the controls at the top and bottom of the screen. Sighted users can just touch at the top or bottom to make those necessary controls reappear, but it usually doesn't work with Voiceover running.

You will have to risk experiencing the problem before you can fix it, because it is not in the "Settings" on the Home tab.

You will have to download and open a publication like the Daily Text. Then find the More button in the top right corner of the screen just below the status bar.

Make sure you are in a publication that is showing an article or some other content text, because the option doesn't appear in the More menu if you are only in the table of contents or some other navigation feature.

After double tapping the More button swipe left through the options until you hear "Full Screen." If it is on, double tap to turn it off.

Now double tap the Done button in the top right corner to return to the publication.

VoiceOver settings

There are a few VoiceOver settings that you will want to make sure are set to the best options.

Open Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver. You can also ask Siri to "open VoiceOver Settings."

Either scroll down to the very bottom of the list of VoiceOver settings or tap the bottom of the screen with 4 fingers to get there.

Swipe left to Caption Panel. If it says, "Caption Panel, on," double tap it to turn it off.

continue swiping left. When VoiceOver says, "Navigate Images," make sure it is set to either "always" or "with descriptions." That way you can hear the excellent picture descriptions that are provided in all fairly recent publications published by Jehovah's Witnesses.

Swipe left some more until you get to Rotor button and double tap it. That's Rotor by itself, not the Rotor Actions Button.

You'll want to make sure that the following items are all selected so that they will be available in your VoiceOver rotor, which you will use quite heavily in JW Library.

• Containers

• Links

• Headings

• Images

• Form Fields

• Vertical Navigation

• Landmarks

You also may find Static Text useful, especially if you are a braille reader.

Use the Back button or gesture when done.

There are a number of other settings that i change, but they are a matter of personal preference, or will be explained later in this guide.

Layout of JW Library

When you open JW Library you will often hear "JW Library Home Heading." This means Voiceover focus is at the top of the screen in the first tab of the app.

There are 5 tabs across the bottom of the screen. They are:

• Home

• Bible

• Library

• Meetings

• Personal Study

Voiceover will say "TabBar" and then the name of the tab you have landed on when you touch it. If you touch another spot on the TabBar VoiceOver will only say the tab's name without saying TabBar.

The tab that is currently open will have the word "Selected" spoken in front of it.

To select a different tab touch it and then double tap.

You can switch between tabs without losing your place. For example: you could look up a Scripture in the Bible tab and then double tap the Library tab to read a publication or play a video. When you double tapped the Bible tab again you would find the scripture you looked up was right where you left it. This behavior obviously can be extremely useful.

Note that double tapping a tab that is already selected will bring you out of whatever you were reading in that tab and back to the beginning. For example: in the Bible if you had looked up a scripture you would no longer be at that verse or even in any chapter or book. You would be back at the list of books.

Streaming and Downloads Settings

In order for JW Library to be useful it must download and/or stream things from the internet. On the Home tab at the top right side of the screen there will be a Settings button.

Double tap the Settings button.

turn your VoiceOver rotor to Headings.

Swipe down to Streaming and Downloads.

Swipe right to review the options.

Double tap any option to change it.

Even when an option is set to off it is still possible to over-ride it on an individual item bases. If downloading or streaming is disabled a dialog will open every time JW Library needs to do so. In that dialog you can choose "just once." You can also choose to cancel or open the settings to change the option permanently.

When finished reviewing the settings find and double tap the Done button at the top right corner of the screen.