My legally blind mother cannot use iOS 26

[awshucks]

My mother is legally blind and was happy with iOS 18 on her 14 Pro and recently updated to 26 for security.

She said her emails are harder to read.

She cannot type on the keyboard.

The scaling and overall design changes are making her astigmatism trigger and have trouble focusing on the screen.
She said "It's like taking my glasses away and trading them for something that doesn't work."

The 26 redesign has made her feel so strongly about her phone that it has made her consider a Z Fold. Makes me feel bad for buying her that phone. This is not about her not liking progress with tech. She likes progress and used to be eager for new iPhones and such.


Personally, I’m content with my iPhone Air and Liquid Glass, but I just thought I'd share this. Do you or anyone else have other problems with this update?

 

[Paddle1]

To me it's definitely less legible in some areas as much as some may say that it isn't. In the mean time one good thing is most of the interface looks similar or the same so perhaps there are some workarounds with accessibility settings and 3rd party apps, many of which still use the old keyboard (for now). Increase Contrast, Bold Text, and Tinted glass mode or Reduce Transparency having the biggest impact.

 

[Sheepish-Lord]

Has she tried changing the liquid glass setting from clear to tinted in the display options?