Apple plans to introduce new accessibility features like Eye Tracking, Music Haptics, Vocal Shortcuts, Vehicle Motion Cues, and visionOS later this year.

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Eye Tracking, an AI feature on iPad and iPhone, enables users with physical disabilities to navigate using their eyes, securely securing data across iPadOS and iOS apps.

Eye Tracking 

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Music Haptics is an accessibility feature on iPhone that uses the Taptic Engine to play taps, textures, and refined vibrations to enhance music experience for deaf or hard of hearing users.

Music Haptics

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Music Haptics is an accessibility feature on iPhone that uses the Taptic Engine to play taps, textures, and refined vibrations to enhance music experience for deaf or hard of hearing users.

Vocal Shortcuts

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Vehicle Motion Cues is an app that uses built-in sensors to detect and respond to motion sickness by displaying animated dots on screen edges.

Vehicle Motion Cues

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CarPlay is set to introduce accessibility features like Voice Control, Color Filters, and Sound Recognition, enabling users with voice control, deaf or hard of hearing alerts, and colorblind users with Bold Text.

CarPlay

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Apple Vision Pro will feature Live Captions, FaceTime support, Reduce Transparency, Smart Invert, and Dim Flashing Lights for low vision users, enhancing its intuitive interface.

Accessibility Features

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VoiceOver, designed for users with low vision or blindness, offers new voices, a flexible Voice Rotor, custom volume control, and customizable keyboard shortcuts on Mac.

VoiceOver

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Magnifier is set to introduce a new Reader Mode and a convenient Detection Mode launch option via the Action button.

Magnifier 

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Braille users can now access and edit text in Braille Screen Input, with Japanese language support, multi-line braille with Dot Pad, and different input and output tables.

Braille Screen Input & Dot Pad

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Hover Typing is a feature that allows users with low vision to type larger text in a text field, using their preferred font and color.

Hover Typing

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Personal Voice, available in Mandarin Chinese, will assist users who struggle with speaking or reading full sentences by providing shortened phrases for creation.

Personal Voice

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Live Speech will offer categories for non-speaking users and simultaneous compatibility with Live Captions.

 Live Speech & Live Captions.

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The Virtual Trackpad for AssistiveTouch is a device designed for users with physical disabilities that allows them to control their device using a resizable trackpad.

Virtual Trackpad

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Switch Control will enable iPhone and iPad cameras to recognize finger-tap gestures as switches.

Switch Control

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Voice Control will provide assistance for custom vocabularies and complex words.

Voice Control

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