Apple just confirmed several iOS 19 features ahead of WWDC - and it's a big accessibility win

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If today's quality is immoderate hint of things to come, Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference 2025 should beryllium packed with notable announcements. In beforehand of Global Accessibility Awareness Day connected May 16 and 3 weeks up of WWDC 2025, Apple is previewing much than a twelve accessibility features crossed its merchandise enactment that volition beryllium disposable successful iOS 19. 

And these are important upgrades, from a Magnifier for the Mac to Accessibility Nutrition Labels successful the App Store.

Magnifier for Mac  

The Magnifier for Mac volition enactment with Continuity Camera connected the iPhone arsenic good arsenic with attached USB cameras. The Magnifier app volition link to your camera truthful you tin zoom successful connected your surroundings. For instance, you tin constituent a papers to your Mac's camera and work easy connected a bigger screen. The app volition let you to adhd customized views, set brightness, contrast, and more. You tin besides prevention your Views oregon radical them for a much organized look. 

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Accessibility Nutrition Labels  

Apple volition present a caller Accessibility Nutrition Labels conception to App Store merchandise pages. These labels volition item accessibility features wrong apps and games to amended pass users astir their downloads. 

Another caller feature, Braille Access, volition adhd a full-featured braille enactment taker that the institution describes arsenic "deeply integrated into the Apple ecosystem." You'll beryllium capable to instrumentality notes successful braille format and execute calculations utilizing Nemeth Braille. 

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Another awesome caller diagnostic is Switch Control for Brain Computer Interfaces (BCIs), which volition fto you power your devices without immoderate carnal movement. 

More accessibility features

Here's a rundown of 12 much accessibility features coming to your Apple devices:

• Accessibility Reader will debut arsenic a caller systemwide speechmaking mode connected iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. It is designed to marque substance easier to work for radical with a wide scope of disabilities, similar dyslexia oregon debased vision. Users volition beryllium capable to customize substance font, color, contrast, and much to marque the contented much readable
• Live Captions connected Apple Watch volition assistance those who are deaf oregon hard of hearing. This diagnostic volition crook their iPhone into a distant microphone to watercourse contented straight to AirPods, Made for iPhone proceeding aids, oregon Beats headphones.
• Enhanced View connected Vision Pro volition grow everything successful view, including the surroundings. It is built for those who conflict with debased vision. 
• Personal Voice volition make a dependable successful nether a infinitesimal utilizing 10 phrases, acknowledgment to on-device instrumentality learning and AI.
• Background Sounds volition fto you easy personalize with caller EQ settings to assistance minimize distractions and summation focus.
• Vehicle Motion Cues, a diagnostic made to trim question sickness, is present coming to Mac. 
• Eye Tracking volition alteration iPhone and iPad users to usage a power oregon Dwell to marque selections.
• Head Tracking improvements volition let you to power your iPhone and iPad much easily.
• Assistive Access will beryllium added to the Apple TV app to make a amended acquisition for users with intelligence and developmental disabilities.

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• Name Recognition will beryllium added to Sound Recognition truthful users who are deaf oregon hard of proceeding tin perceive erstwhile their sanction is called. Sound Recognition volition besides beryllium portion of CarPlay, truthful drivers oregon passengers who conflict with proceeding tin present beryllium notified of the dependable of a crying baby.
• Voice Control and Live Captions volition grow to adhd enactment for much languages.
• Apple volition let users to stock their accessibility settings with different iPhone oregon iPad.

Apple has announced these successful beforehand of Global Accessibility Awareness Day connected May 16. The caller accessibility features are scheduled to get by the extremity of this year. 

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