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Apple Reveals New Accessibility Features for Apple Watch, iPad, and iPhone

Apple Reveals New Accessibility Features for Apple Watch, iPad, and iPhone


Apple has announced a slew of new accessibility features coming to iOS, watchOS, and iPadOS later this year. These features are designed for users with mobility, vision, hearing, and cognitive disabilities.

Apple’s New Accessibility Features

Launching today, the first service is called SignTime and it lets customers communicate with AppleCare and Retail Customer Care. Customers can use American Sign Language (ASL) in the US, British Sign Language (BSL) in the UK, and French Sign Language (LSF) in France to get their queries addressed by Apple Care executives.

AssistiveTouch for Apple Watch

AssistiveTouch for Apple Watch
Image Courtesy: Apple

Apple is adding AssistiveTouch on WatchOS to help users with upper body limb differences. The feature can detect subtle differences in muscle movement and lets users navigate a cursor on the display through hand gestures such as clench or pinch. This way, users can easily answer incoming calls, control an onscreen pointer, and more right on the Apple Watch.

This is one of the best accessibility features I’ve ever seen on a wearable. If you want to use such features, check out this guide on how to use accessibility shortcut on the Apple Watch.

Eye-Tracking for iPad

iPadOS will let users control their iPad using their eyes, thanks to support for third-party eye-tracking devices. This way, compatible MFi devices will now track the person’s eye movements and move the pointer accordingly. Meanwhile, extended eye contact will result in actions such as a tap.

VoiceOver Upgrade and Audiogram Support

voiceover improvement
Image Courtesy: Apple

Apple is refreshing its screen reader VoiceOver with enhanced capabilities. This includes more details about people, text, table data, and other objects within images. Users can navigate images by row and column like a table and the feature will even describe a person’s position with respect to other objects within the image.

The Cupertino giant is also bringing support for recognizing audiograms to Headphone Accommodations. Apple says users can import paper or PDF audiograms to view their latest hearing test results.

Other features coming to Apple devices include new background sounds, sound actions for Switch control, display and text size settings, and inclusive Memoji customizations for users with oxygen tubes, cochlear implants, and a soft helmet for headwear.

-by Techtonic Group

 

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