{"id":18977,"date":"2025-05-02T08:22:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T14:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/volksswitch.org\/?page_id=18977"},"modified":"2025-10-30T08:36:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:36:01","slug":"ipad-10-11-ready-to-print-designs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/volksswitch.org\/index.php\/volks-devices\/customizable-3d-printable-keyguard-for-grid-based-free-form-and-hybrid-aac-apps-on-tablets\/ready-to-print-keyguard-designs\/ipad-10-11-ready-to-print-designs\/","title":{"rendered":"iPad 10, 11 Ready-to-Print Designs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The “Virtual” Home Button<\/h1>\n

Like the iPad Mini 6 and 7, the iPad 10 and 11 have traded a physical home button for a virtual one – a horizontal line at the bottom of the screen that must be swept upward in order to return to the home screen. Some app designers have opted to allocate room for the line, while others allow the line to encroach on the app itself:<\/p>\n

TouchChat shrinks the app to allocate screen space:<\/p>\n

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Others, like Cough Drop, throw up their hands and pretend to ignore it:<\/p>\n

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I don’t know how such apps distinguish between sweeping the line upward and tapping the button…<\/p>\n

In creating the ready-to-print designs, we had to decide whether to accommodate the virtual home button or ignore it.\u00a0 We decided to play it safe and accommodate it.\u00a0 That’s why you’ll see these openings at the bottom of the screen being merged and cut-outs being made in the bottom edge of the keyguard.<\/p>\n

When there’s an odd number of columns, the opening at the bottom is merged vertically with the one above to provide space to sweep the line upward.\u00a0 If there’s an even number of columns, the middle two may be<\/strong> merged horizontally and vertically.\u00a0 The lower edge of the keyguard is also removed, if necessary, to provide reasonable manual access to the line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Merging Openings<\/td>\nRemoving Part of the Bottom Edge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The Supported Apps<\/h1>\n

The apps we’ve chosen are Proloquo2Go<\/a> (P2G), Proloquo<\/a>, CoughDrop<\/a>, Lamp Words for Life<\/a> (LWFL), TD Snap<\/a>, TouchChat<\/a>, Grid for iPad<\/a>, and Speak for Yourself<\/a> (S4Y).\u00a0<\/p>\n

[We also include a special keyguard called LWFL-VI that has raised landmarks to help individuals who are blind or visually impaired to more reliably locate the button that they want in the LWFL AAC app.]<\/p>\n

We’ve mostly designed these keyguards based on the app’s “default” settings. On occasion, we’ve changed a default setting to provide more room for the buttons in the grid. Look below for those settings.<\/p>\n

All designs can be printed on a printer with a print surface at least 250 millimeters wide.<\/p>\n

By the way, if you can’t think of an easy way to 3D-print your chosen design, the good folks at AdaptedCreations<\/a> on Etsy will be happy to take your order, print the keyguards, and send them to you at a reasonable price.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you have an AAC system close to one of the ready-to-print designs but has a different layout, iPad model, or case, you may want to turn to the <\/span>AACKeyguard<\/a> Etsy shop for help designing and\/or printing your keyguard.<\/span>\u00a0 Producing a new design is more time-consuming than simply printing an existing one and is especially challenging to do remotely, but I’m sure the price will be reasonable.<\/p>\n

Designs are Organized by Case<\/h1>\n

Because the design of a keyguard is very dependent on the case that holds the tablet we’ve chosen five of the cases most recommended by speech-language pathologists. \u00a0The downloadable keyguard designs are organized by the case they will go into.\u00a0 The designs are on a separate page for each case.\u00a0 Look for a link at the end of the description for each case.<\/p>\n

ProCase Kids Case:<\/h2>\n

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(link to ProCase Kids Case on Amazon<\/a>)<\/p>\n

There are several examples of this standard, soft-sided case:<\/p>\n