Apple Is Adding AI‑Powered Accessibility Tools to Its Entire Ecosystem
This screencapture from Apple's latest demo depicts the ecosystem's new real-time environmental descriptions and on-demand subtitles.Credit: Apple
This Tuesday, Apple announced new, Apple Intelligence-powered accessibility options for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and visionOS. These largely center on‑device processing for people who are blind, have low vision, are deaf or hard of hearing, or have motor and cognitive disabilities.
Firstly, VoiceOver and Magnifier are set to use Apple Intelligence to provide descriptions of images, documents, and surroundings, including context such as layout, text, and objects in view. Users can point the camera at what is in front of them and ask questions, and the system responds with spoken descriptions.
Apple is also bringing Apple Intelligence to Voice Control, making it possible to use natural language to "tap" onscreen buttons or controls by describing them. (Example: "Tap the purple folder.") Accessibility Reader is set to generate AI‑powered summaries and translations for...
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