Apple provides an extensive range of accessibility features across its lineup of devices, and a new tool in iOS 17 will help those that need their voice to talk for them. Here's how to set it up.
May 18 is Accessibility Awareness Day, and Apple has chosen to profile one app developer's contribution to making communication easier for those in need.
Apple has previewed some of the accessibility features it is introducing in iOS 17, including one to help with user interface interactions, and another that allows a user to use their own voice for text-to-speech.
A new accessibility option in tvOS 16.4 called Dim Flashing Lights will automatically detect flashing or strobing lights in a video, and dim the display to reduce their potential impact. Here's how to turn it on.
With an iPhone and a pair of AirPods, you can use iOS 16's Live Listen feature to help when you're hard of hearing, standing in a loud place - or even eavesdrop on conversations from afar.
Code within the new iOS 16.2 beta has fragments of a new "custom accessibility mode" which would allow users to customize the homescreen for specific disability needs.
Back Tap is an iOS feature that lets you trigger commands or run Shortcuts just by tapping on the back of your iPhone. Here's what you should know.
Chicago Lighthouse's Apple-supported "Photography for All" program sees visually-impaired participants provided with an iPad Air, Magic Keyboard, and Apple Pencil.
As part of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Apple has announced a slew of new iOS 16 featuresiPhone and Apple Watch users who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, or have low vision.
If you're having trouble reading what's on your Mac's screen, here's how to get Siri to audibly read out what's on screen to you.
Apple's range of accessibility features in iOS 14, including social distancing, sign language, and sound recognition, have received an FCC Award.
If you're having trouble navigating the larger display of your iPhone, Apple's Reachability feature can make it significantly easier to use your device one-handed.
If you are color blind, it can sometimes get in the way of enjoying visual content, such as by making the iOS and iPadOS user interface harder to understand and use. Here are ways you can set up your iPhone and iPad to work around the impairment.
Theater screenings of the Apple TV+ film "CODA" will be as accessible to deaf and hard of hearing cinema-goers, with the theatrical release including captions burned into the film print.
In those times where you have your hands full, you'd probably want some way to control your Mac verbally. Here's how to get started with Voice Control.
The Apple Maps Guides can provide helpful information to travelers in specific cities worldwide, and Gallaudet University has begun making guides that focus on Deaf business.
If you're having trouble seeing elements of your Mac's desktop, take advantage of its Zoom accessibility tool to magnify the part of the screen you need.
Reduce your reliance on your mouse by using your head, by enabling Head Pointer in macOS to move your cursor and click icons by shifting your skull from side to side.
Stop being worried about your friends snooping through your data if you hand your iPhone to them, by using Guided Access to limit what they can do on your personal device. Here's how to use it.
Apple Watch will shortly gain AssistiveTouch features such as being able to stop an alarm when the wearer gestures with their hand, and newly-revealed Apple research may have all the details.
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