Apple Accessibility More Vibrant Than Ever

Robert And Allison spend this hour podcasting with David Woodbridge, Senior Adaptive Technology Specialist at Vision Australia. Most of us know David from his excellent Podcast where he provides concise but thorough demonstrations of how to use our Apple products with VoiceOver. In this podcast, however, we learn that accessible Apple devices have become an integral part of David’s family life. He uses apps like Find My Friends and Find My iPhone to keep track of family and to locate those lost Apple devices that have hidden under the bed. David uses the accessible parental controls to ensure that his children are accessing appropriate entertainment. Apple’s new Family Sharing system enable David to share apps and entertainment with all family members. Finally, the fact that Apple operating systems can be independently installed and updated by a blind person means that David can provide his family with excellent tech support. While Apple software does have bugs (as does all software) David prefers to report the bugs, find workarounds and he continues to enjoy the power and flexibility of accessible Apple hardware and software everyday. Apple accessibility continues to change the lives of blind people throughout the world. Isn’t that really what Apple accessibility is all about?