The diverse number of people who make use of Apple devices is very large. Each user has peculiarities and the systems must be adapted for all of them. From a user with a hearing disability to a colorblind through those users with a visual disability. The investing in inclusive upgrades makes Apple one of the companies that makes the most accessibility adaptations in its operating systems: iOS and iPadOS. In fact, they have updated their website on Accessibility highlighting the most important functions of iOS and iPadOS to improve the use of these systems for users with all types of disabilities.
Adapt to include: accessibility at the center of iOS and iPadOS
Take a family photo, catch up on FaceTime, or roll up your blinds in the morning. We want everyone to enjoy the everyday moments that technology offers. That's why we strive to make Apple products accessible from minute zero. Because the real value of a device is not measured by its power, but by the possibilities it offers to each one.
On December 3, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. A day later, Apple has updated the US version of its Accessibility website showing the inclusion virtues of iPadOS and iOS. With each update an attempt is made to add new functions that improve the lives of the disabled on Apple devices.
In his new web it goes sense by sense highlighting the main accessibility news. In the case of the view, it is allowed to increase the size of the letters, include an automatic zoom, include a Magnifying Glass anywhere on the screen, etc. If we move on to listening, you can configure the parameters of the headphones, improve the frequencies or filter them in the AirPods Pro or activate the Listen Live function to amplify the voices from outside in our headphones.
There are countless tools and functions unknown to many of us in the Accessibility options of the different operating systems, not just Apple. However, the struggle to try to increase those options is the breath of fresh air that many users with disabilities need to make the use of the terminals as fluid and productive as possible.