Apple announces new accessibility tools for disabled people
Anugraha Sundaravelu
Apple is introducing a new door detection tool to its devices to help
people who are visually impaired.
It is part of a set of accessibility tools to help disabled people.
The door detection tool will uses sensors in an iPhone or iPad to help
those with sight problems find their way when arriving at a new location.
It will be available to users with newer models of the iPhone and iPad
Pro, which house the firm’s Lidar scanner.
This will be used alongside the device camera to alert people to doors
and describe its attributes so the user knows how to open it.
The door detector will also read signs and symbols around and provide
further information such as the building or office number, with the aim
of helping those who are blind or have low vision.
Apple said the feature would be coming to the Pro or Pro Max model of
the iPhone 12 or 13 and newer versions of the iPad Pro 11-inch and
12.9-inch model.
The tech giant is also adding a new accessibility tool for the Apple
Watch to allow people with physical and motor disabilities to control
their Watch using voice commands and other actions.
In addition, Apple said it would be introducing live captions across the
iPhone, iPad and Mac for deaf and hard of hearing users.
This will enable them to see real-time captions on any audio content
across video calling, streaming content and video on social media, with
the captions generated on-device to protect privacy.
A number of other features were also confirmed for later this year,
including a buddy controller feature which will enable users to ask a
friend or carer to help them play a game by letting players combine two
controllers to drive the input for a single player.
https://metro.co.uk/2022/05/17/apple-announces-new-accessibility-tools-for-people-with-disabilities-16661240/
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