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The image shows the CarPlay interface. Various app icons such as Phone, Music, Maps, Messages, and Now Playing are visible on the screen. At the bottom of the screen, a notification banner with the title "Maybe: Siren" is displayed, indicating the Sound Recognition feature. The notification suggests that a siren sound has been detected, providing an alert for the user.

May 18, 2024 0

Apple Announces New Accessibility Features: Eye Tracking, Music Haptics, and More

"Apple unveils new accessibility features for iPhone and iPad, including Eye Tracking and Music Haptics, to enhance the user experience for people with disabilities." [...]

a woman in a wheelchair is smiling. she is wearing a blue hoodie and gray sweatpants. a man to her right is seen embracing her and smiling with her.

October 17, 2022 0

Speech Accessibility Project Aims To Make Voice Recognition Systems More Useful For People With Speech Impairment

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign recently announced the Speech Accessibility Project in [...]

An elderly woman possibly from Pakistan seen looking at a poster and smiling.

May 23, 2022 0

Almost One Billion Children And Adults With Disabilities And Older Persons In Need Of Assistive Technology Denied Access, According To New Report

A new report published last week by WHO and UNICEF reveals that more than 2.5 billion people need one or [...]

Image of an iPhone X’s command center highlighting the new background sounds icon.

September 27, 2021 1

iOS 15 Has Background Sounds To Minimize Distractions & Maximize Focus

Every new version of iOS 15 comes with many new accessibility features and iOS 15 is no exception. One of the [...]

January 4, 2021 0

NightWare Is An Apple Watch App That Stops PTSD Related Nightmares

When Tyler Skluzacek’s father Patrick came back from Iraq in 2007 after serving in the military, his life [...]

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, seen holding an iphone in his right hand.

September 25, 2017 0

Tim Cook Explains Apple’s Stance On Accessibility

It is a well known fact that all Apple products have amazing accessibility features, and that’s one of the [...]

Photo of Cochlear implant placed right next to an iPhone. On the iPhone is a "find my phone" type of screen that shows a pin plotted on a map, indicating the cochlear implant's location.

July 31, 2017 0

New Cochlear Implant Streams Sound Straight From iPhone

Australian company Cochlear has created its first “made for iPhone” cochlear implant that will be [...]

October 30, 2016 0

Apple’s New Accessibility Website & Sady Paulson – Video Editor With Cerebral Palsy

If you watched Apple’s “Hello Again” event last week, you would have noticed that the [...]

two apple watches showing different screens. One shows "time to roll! take a break and push around a little for one minute". The other shows activity tracking options for wheelchair users - "outdoor wheelchair walking pace" and "outdoor wheelchair running pace".

July 8, 2016 1

Apple Watch For Wheelchair Users: How It Was Made Possible

Around 650 million people around the world have some disabilities, and 10% of that population uses [...]

June 14, 2016 4

Apple’s New Features For People With Disabilities

Just yesterday, Apple announced several new features that will bring in lots of additional functionality [...]

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