Apple on Tuesday introduces transcripts for Apple Podcasts, a new feature that makes podcasts more accessible and easier to navigate…
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Gallaudet University students and faculty each get an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, and Smart Keyboard Folio
This summer, Gallaudet University students and faculty received a special welcome kit. Inside, they found some essential Bison gear…
Blind U.S. Navy veteran catches second wave with a surfboard, Apple Watch, and his new iPhone XR
In 2012, Scott Leason received his first iPhone — the iPhone 5 — and training from Sarah T. Majidzadeh, assistant chief of Blind Rehabilitation at the Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center…
Apple’s iPhone feature that lets blind people see with their fingers
She could do all of this with the screen turned off – her phone’s battery lasted forever…
These technologies could transform the lives of visually impaired people
A wave of new technology could soon improve everyday life for many of the 250 million people…
Apple brings ‘Everyone Can Code’ to schools serving blind and deaf students across the U.S.
Apple is teaming up with leading educators for blind and deaf communities across the US to bring accessible coding to their schools…
Ahead of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Apple seeks to ‘take disability out of the equation’
Austin Pruitt, a two-time US Paralympian, walked me over to a racing wheelchair…
Apple and Cochlear team to stream music and phone calls straight to Cochlear implants
Patients wearing revolutionary Australian-invented Cochlear implants will soon enjoy speech and music…
Cochlear unveils hearing implants that work directly with Apple’s iPhone
Cochlear Ltd said Wednesday it can now stream audio directly from Apple Inc’s iPhone, iPad and iPod to the microchips in its hearing implants…
Apple’s HomePod will support VoiceOver, other accessibility features
Earlier today Apple pushed out firmware for the HomePod smart speaker ahead…
Apple’s little-known iPhone feature that lets blind people see with their fingers
She could do all of this with the screen turned off. Her phone’s battery lasted forever…
Apple Watch makes my life as a deafblind person much easier
If there was ever a good time to be losing your sight when you are already deaf, it is 2016…
Apple continues to lead in accessibility awareness and innovation
Apple is often credited with upending and reinventing product categories by creating breakthrough devices…
How a simple Apple feature is changing lives
Hills’ demeanor is serious as he begins talking about the rise of smartphones, tablets, and touchscreens…
Deafblind teen Molly Watt: Apple Watch is very impressive
I was born deaf and registered blind when I was 14…
Apple patent applications reveal In-App features, fingerprint scanning enrollment and accessibility inventions
A new patent application surfaces that covers the inner workings of Apple’s…
Advocates for blind, deaf want even more from Apple
Advocates for the blind are debating whether to use a carrot or a stick…
Yet another reason to love Apple
I contacted Apple via the Apple Feedback website and asked…
Apple files new patents relating to haptics, Thunderbolt, iSight and improved accessibility for the hearing impaired
Improvements are in the works for iDevice haptics, Apple’s iSight camera, flash memory and…
Apple’s iOS 5’s AssistiveTouch helps the disabled use a smartphone
Plenty has been written about the new iPhone 4S, with its voice-controlled virtual assistant Siri…
