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May 20 marks Global Accessibility Awareness Day, a celebratory event where businesses and individuals raise awareness and praise the ever-growing acceptance of digital accessibility and the disabled community. For 10 years, GAAD has utilized its platform to provide a voice for disabled individuals and highlight the shortcomings that continue to plague varying sites and companies.
While corporations like Microsoft, Sony, and Logitech have created and prioritized accessible tech and inclusion, work remains. Certain platforms in the gaming industry, namely streaming sites like Twitch and Facebook Gaming, house incredible communities that foster growth, yet fail to fully commit to providing an accessible and welcoming home, namely for disabled streamers.
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What are Apple s new accessibility features?
Here s everything new and when you can expect to start using the features.
Background sounds
Apple s Background Sounds is meant to minimise distractions to help users stay focus, stay calm, or rest. It s a neurodiversity-focused feature for anyone who enjoys white noise. Balanced, bright, or dark noise sounds are available, as well as ocean, rain, or stream sounds. They can be set to play continuously and even be mixed into other audio and system sounds to mask overbearing noises.
AssistiveTouch
Those with limited mobility can leverage a new AssistiveTouch feature to control the Apple Watch without having to touch the display or the controls. Built-in motion sensors, the optical heart rate sensor, and on-device machine learning enables the Apple Watch to detect muscle movement and tendon activity to control a cursor on the screen. Apple said AssistiveTouch launches later this year.