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Tag: Global Accessibility Awareness Day

Apple marks Global Accessibility Awareness Day with featured apps, new Siri Shortcuts

Thursday, May 16, 2019 5:35 pmThursday, May 16, 2019No Comments

With last fall’s release of iOS 12, Apple introduced Siri Shortcuts…

Blind U.S. Navy veteran catches second wave with a surfboard, Apple Watch, and his new iPhone XR

Friday, November 9, 2018 11:30 amFriday, November 9, 20181 Comment

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

Thursday, October 11, 2018 1:55 pmThursday, October 11, 20184 Comments

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

Thursday, July 5, 2018 3:01 pmThursday, July 5, 20184 Comments

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.

Thursday, May 17, 2018 9:25 amThursday, May 17, 20184 Comments

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’

Monday, May 14, 2018 10:25 amMonday, May 14, 20183 Comments

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

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 5:53 pm12 Comments

Patients wearing revolutionary Australian-invented Cochlear implants will soon enjoy speech and music…

Cochlear unveils hearing implants that work directly with Apple’s iPhone

Friday, July 28, 2017 5:00 pmFriday, July 28, 20179 Comments

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

Friday, July 28, 2017 4:29 pmFriday, July 28, 20173 Comments

Earlier today Apple pushed out firmware for the HomePod smart speaker ahead…

Apple holds Stevie Wonder concert on campus in honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day

Friday, May 19, 2017 12:12 pmFriday, May 19, 201710 Comments

Apple has been celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day all week…

Apple’s little-known iPhone feature that lets blind people see with their fingers

Friday, March 10, 2017 2:30 pmFriday, March 10, 20171 Comment

She could do all of this with the screen turned off. Her phone’s battery lasted forever…

Apple continues to lead in accessibility awareness and innovation

Thursday, May 19, 2016 2:55 pmThursday, May 19, 20167 Comments

Apple is often credited with upending and reinventing product categories by creating breakthrough devices…

How a simple Apple feature is changing lives

Tuesday, July 28, 2015 4:25 pmTuesday, July 28, 20155 Comments

Hills’ demeanor is serious as he begins talking about the rise of smartphones, tablets, and touchscreens…

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