Apple updates its Accessibility page to further clarify its social responsibility and humanistic care

      News on the morning of December 3rd, today is the International Day of Disabled Persons. The "Accessibility" page on Apple's official website has been updated synchronously, introducing the ways and details of Apple's hardware products and software systems to help people with disabilities.

　　Apple has always called for people with disabilities to have the same right to pursue a better digital life, and they have done so. Over the years, systems such as iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and hardware products such as iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch have taken into account the needs of people with disabilities in these aspects.

　　Users who pay attention to Apple hardware may know that Apple has added a "person detection" function to products with lidar scanners such as the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max, as well as the new iPad Pro. Visually impaired users can use it to let the iPhone remind them how far away the person in front of them is, and it supports customizing high-pitched sound reminders to indicate the distance. Once the distance of the detected person is within this range, the iPhone will emit a higher-pitched sound feedback.

　　In fact, there are many such examples. In the "Accessibility" introduction page updated today, Apple officially sorted out and clarified that they provide more humane functions for users with visual, hearing, tactile and other impairments.

Visual function introduction

　　For example, for most people, full touch screen electronic devices will bring a better user experience, but for the visually impaired, touch screens make them unable to use them. Accessibility features such as magnifier, zoom, narration, and reading aloud are designed to serve this group of users, allowing them to see more clearly, or convert visual information into auditory information, and read all kinds of text on the screen to blind users.

Hearing-related functions

　　For the hearing impaired, Apple has also prepared sound recognition and perceptual reminders (implemented by LED flashes, etc.) or worked with third-party partners to transform sound into visual, tactile and other information for barrier-free transmission in hearing aids.

Caring for people with disabilities

　　For people with limited mobility, Siri is an "obedient" smart assistant, and assisted touch operations and tapping the back can help them.

　　The October 2016 press conference started with a promotional video about accessibility features for people with disabilities. Apple took a few minutes to express that people with disabilities also have the right to pursue a better digital life.

　　Of course, they will implement all the publicity and even do better. So some people say: Apple may be the best technology company in caring for people with disabilities. In hardware or software functions, the relevant details are full of humanistic care. At the same time, these are also one of the social responsibilities they take on voluntarily.