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Apple to launch new accessibility features for people with vision or hearing impairments
- Apple has announced new accessibility features for people with vision or hearing impairments on iOS, including live captions, personal voice replication, improved reading tools, braille reader enhancements, and app store 'nutrition labels'.
- Developers will be required to list accessibility features in app 'nutrition labels' such as voiceover, voice control, or large text to encourage better accessibility options.
- Apple's senior director of global accessibility policy hopes the labels will prompt developers to create more accessible apps in the future.
- The magnifier app has been improved, allowing users to zoom in on screens or whiteboards with adjustable brightness, contrast, and settings for easier reading.
- New braille features include note-taking with a braille screen input and calculation using Nemeth braille, a standard braille code for maths and science.
- Apple introduced a new personal voice feature that replicates a user's voice with just 10 phrases, enhancing the existing model that required 150 phrases.
- Voice replication is secure, encrypted, and remains on the device unless backed up to iCloud, reducing the risk of unauthorized use.
- Google's Android system offers similar accessibility features such as live captions, a braille reader, and magnifier tools, with recent AI-supported features.
- Apple's accessibility options are integrated into its hardware and operating systems at no additional charge, aiming for democratization of accessibility.
- Vision Australia's head of corporate affairs praised companies for embedding accessibility features in products, highlighting the importance of live image interpretation and braille.
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