Apple Highlights Accessibility Features on iPhone, Mac, and More in New Ad

[iSwift5]

Beautiful ad.

 

[panjandrum]

Many in the blind comunity ar starting to notice the bugs in VoiceOver that go unaddressed sometimes for years. The general consensus seems to be that VO has stagnated on the Mac and people are going back to Windows because there are third-party screen readers that provide users with the know how to improve the usability and efficiency of apps. People are saying that Safari is difficult to use with VoiceOver even on AS machines.

Add to it that even many partially-sighted persons (often legally blind but with some vision; such as persons suffering from macular degeneration) are having a much harder time with later revisions of the MacOS and iOS, since the UIs have gone flatter, more grey, and lower-contrast. No matter what you do with the various increase-contrast and decrease transparency settings, it's impossible to overcome the fundamental flaws in their current releases.

 

[1885507]

 at its best.

NGL, that part where the "baby crying" notification came in. 😢 🥹

 

[hurley999jb]

Came to say the same! I don’t think is legal anywhere

I just read about this - its legal in most US states and with auto adaptations in all states!

 

[ronntaylor]

That was a great ad, but the most incredible thing was that I've just discovered is you're allowed to drive with your feet 🤯

Bonnie J. Consolo was born without arms and did everything expected of a 70s housewife, including driving (and her car was not modified, making the feat even more amazing). A film about her was nominated for an Academy Award in 1975. Her interview with Mike Wallace for "60 Minutes" was one of the most watched for the program for many years.

A Day in the Life of Bonnie Consolo (Short 1975) ⭐ 6.7 | Documentary, Short

17m

www.imdb.com

 

[drumcat]

Accessibility is a win for everyone. The advances push design to help those who also don't need the features.

To that team, eternal thanks!

 

[svish]

Good ad. Some of the accessibility features are really good.

 

[ackmondual]

In general, when asking for help or a favor, it's better to start off being tactful rather than negative or harsh ("Siri is useless to me.").

That's all. Keep it polite and adult-like. I really do believe Apple will follow up in some manner.

When I asked about "elaborating", I meant from a content perspective, not a tone nor attitude side. If someone is going to say "siri is useless to me", that's fine, but they need to state specific examples or use cases so that those who are trying to fix the problem have something to work on. For people who are disabled in speaking, they would cite reasons that that avenue is mostly unavailable to them.

Contrast that for people who don't have issues with speaking, I've been hearing Siri hasn't always been spot on hearing requests. For example, requests like asking your iPhone to bring up a song sometimes fail.

 

[No5tromo]

Apple has made wonders for people with disabilities who have money