What you need to know The Dropbox beta app for Windows is now available in the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 and Windows 11 users. It ships with a new experience that lets users access their saved files directly from the File Explorer or Taskbar. It ships with support for x86, x64, and Arm64. Dropbox […]
Read MoreWith every operating system release, Apple aims to make apps more accessible and easier to navigate by providing a variety of new accessibility features and settings. iOS 18 (Codename Crystal) and macOS 15 (Codename Glow) will be no exception, and work on accessibility-related enhancements is well underway. Through our industry sources, MacRumors has obtained information […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know More than 40% of Call of Duty’s players have customized Deadzone Inputs in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. New settings and visual representations have been added to Modern Warfare 3 to make it easier for players to adjust motor-related accessibility settings. High contrast settings and low motor strain resets […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know PowerPoint for the web now supports inserting videos with closed captions and subtitles. It’s possible to create closed captions and subtitles with a specialized tool or with a simple text editor like Notepad. Subtitles and closed captions make videos more accessible and are also useful for viewing videos in a […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know For years now, Xbox has been a vocal advocate for the advancement of accessibility in video games. On Tuesday, the company unveiled a new range of accessibility-focused updates for gamers. Improvements to the Xbox Store and Xbox Game Bar are great, as is a new guideline for event planners to […]
Read MoreForget ever greater resolutions, constantly rising frame rates, gorgeously rendered beams of light, crystal clear reflections, and dappled shadows, photorealistic textures and dense environments… Forget all of that, because one of the greatest areas of innovation and advancement for video games in the last decade has been accessibility and modern, approachable game design. One of […]
Read MoreThe One UI Watch 5 update has massively expanded the concept of using your smartwatch through gestures. Samsung added a new feature called Universal Gestures, and now that the One UI Watch 5 update is out of beta and rolling out on live channels, it’s time for us to take a closer look at how […]
Read MoreIn iOS 17, still in beta, Apple has added an accessibility setting that makes the haptic feedback feature activate faster than in previous versions of its mobile operating system. If you fondly hearken back for the days of 3D Touch, you might just prefer it. As many iPhone users might remember, 3D Touch was an […]
Read MoreTech needs to be inclusive so that people can scale their limitations and utilize these technological advancements to improve their lives. Enhancing accessibility has been central to Samsung’s vision and we often see the company improve these features with every iteration. That also holds true for the Galaxy Z Fold 5. As one of Samsung’s […]
Read MoreSamsung Neo QLED TVs have bagged multiple awards in the UK Consumer Media Accessibility Assessment. Notably, Samsung TV was awarded the ‘Best Accessibility Product Award by a British non-profit consumer federation magazine, ‘Which’. Another organization called ‘Location’ awarded the Samsung Neo QLED (QE65QN85B) and OLED (QE55S95B) TVs the first and second prizes, respectively. The prizes […]
Read MoreSamsung has announced the introduction of a new accessibility feature to its TVs and monitors launched in 2023. The ‘SeeColors Mode’ will allow color-blind users to set the color settings as per their CVD (Color Vision Deficiency). This will make their content-viewing experience more enjoyable. Moreover, the SeeColors Mode on the Samsung 2023 TV and […]
Read MoreSamsung AR Zone is getting improvements to the AR Emoji Editor component through a new Galaxy Store update that pushes the app to version 5.2.00.10. The update is quite sizeable and weighs a little over 175MB. AR Emoji Editor 5.2.00.10 fixes errors that the changelog doesn’t specify but also adds an accessibility feature. Thanks to […]
Read MoreApple’s new Vision Pro headset is controlled with eye and hand movements by default. For those with accessibility needs, however, features like VoiceOver, Pointer Control, and Dwell Control will allow users to interact with visionOS in other ways. In a WWDC session for developers, Apple has provided more details about these features. Pointer Control Pointer […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know The Xbox app is the best way for Windows PC gamers to access all the PC games in the Microsoft Store and on PC Game Pass. On Wednesday, Xbox announced the latest content update for the Xbox app with new features and improvements. Game discoverability is improving with updated game […]
Read MoreYou are here: Home / iPhone / What New Accessibility Features Are Coming to iOS 17 By Andrew Myrick 0 comments Last updated May 26, 2023 Apple’s network of devices is impressively comprehensive, enabling capabilities and functions that were once considered unimaginable. The Apple Watch continues to be the leading smartwatch, while the iPhone has […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Microsoft celebrated the 12th annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day with a blog post highlighting recent accessibility-related partnerships. BeMyEyes, a mobile app that helps connect users with vision impairments to sighted assistants for visual interpretations, is expanding with OpenAI and Microsoft. Virtual Volunteer can generate AI-powered descriptions of objects and text […]
Read MoreOn May 18, Google celebrated Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2023. On this occasion, Google announced a slew of new accessibility features that will help make the product and services more accessible to people with disabilities. The new accessibility features are available for Android, Chrome, and other services. The most prominent among all accessibility features is […]
Read MoreApple this week previewed new iPhone, iPad, and Mac accessibility features coming later this year. One feature that has received a lot of attention in particular is Personal Voice, which will allow those at risk of losing their ability to speak to “create a voice that sounds like them” for communicating with family, friends, and […]
Read MoreApple revealed it has been working on improving cognitive, hearing, and vision accessibility of its products and unveiled new features that should help people with disabilities. The first of those is Live Speech, allowing nonspeaking people to type instead of speaking during calls. Personal Voice will create a model of a synthesized voice, while Detection […]
Read MoreApple today previewed a wide range of new accessibility features for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac that are set to arrive later this year. Apple says that the “new software features for cognitive, speech, and vision accessibility are coming later this year,” which strongly suggests that they will be part of iOS 17, iPadOS 17, […]
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