Apple announced new features that will make life easier for people with disabilities!

Before the WWDC 2022 event, which will be held from 6 to 10 June, Apple announced new features that focus on disabled users in the past hours. The company stated that its new features that combine hardware, software and machine learning will be available this year.

Apple announces new features

applewill come this year with updates It is preparing to present its new features to the users. The first is for the hearing impaired. Live Subtitles. Thanks to the feature currently used by Android, users with hearing difficulties will be able to easily follow any audio content in FaceTime, social media or video conferencing applications on iPhone, iPad and Mac devices.

Beta testing of Live Captions for the deaf will begin later this year in English in the US and Canada for iPhone 11 or later, A12 Bionic or later, and Mac devices with Apple CPUs.

One of the innovations that Apple is preparing to introduce is smart watches. Company, Apple WatchAllows to control from iPhone Apple Watch Mirroring makes it easier for users with physical and motor disabilities to access smart watches.

Apart from that, using the Apple Watch with hand gestures will become even easier. The company will allow users to perform many actions such as answering calls, ending, closing notifications, taking photos, playing and pausing media, with a double finger pinch gesture. This innovation allows you to control the smart watch with various gestures without touching the screen. AssistiveTouchLet me point out that it is based on .

Also for visually impaired users Door Detection feature announced. The technology, which will work on iPhone and iPad models with lidar scanners, enables the door to be found, how far it is, and whether it is open or closed. On the other hand, it offers many details to the users, such as whether the door is opened by pushing or pulling, and the structure of the arm. Finally, it can recognize symbols.

Other innovations announced by Apple are as follows;

• Voice Over – Apple’s screen reader for blind or low vision users, gets support for more than 20 additional languages ​​(including Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese).
• Buddy Controller – Allows two game controllers to be combined together to be used as a single game controller.
• Siri Pause Time – For speech-impaired users, lets you set how long Siri waits before responding to a request.
• Voice Recognition – It will be able to alert users by recognizing sounds specific to a person’s environment, such as an alarm, doorbell, or household appliances.
• Apple Books – New themes are coming to the app. It also offers customizations such as making text bold, adjusting line, character and word spacing.