Philip Houska [su_youtube url=”https://youtu.be/m6c_QjJjEks” width=”640″]
Apple has long built on a portfolio of products that are not only easy to use, but also easy to understand for all groups of users. Disabled people are no exception, as confirmed by a recently published video about how a Cupertino company allowed someone with a visual impairment to fully use their equipment.
The touching and powerful video "How Apple Saved My Life" tells the story James Rath, who was born with a visual impairment. He was not completely blind, but his visual abilities were insufficient for life as we know it. His situation was really difficult, and as he himself admits, he experienced unpleasant moments during his adolescence.
But that changed when he happened to visit the Apple Store with his parents and came across Apple products. At the store, the MacBook Pro specialist showed him how helpful and at the same time simple the Accessibility function is.
Accessibility allows primarily disabled users to use products based on all operating systems available to the company (OS X, iOS, watchOS, tvOS) to their full potential and comfortably. Visually impaired users can use the VoiceOver function, which works on the principle of reading out the given items so that the person concerned can better navigate the display.
AssistiveTouch, for example, solves problems with motor skills. If the user has difficulty concentrating, he has the option of using the so-called Assisted Access, which keeps the device in single-application mode.
Access on all Apple devices has a wide range of uses and it can be observed that the company under the leadership of Tim Cook wants to provide the best experience even to people who are dealing with certain disabilities.
Recently, Apple has often been the target of ridicule, due to insufficiently innovative ideas. I think the whole "Accessibility" system is very underrated, for how beneficial and unique it is in the digital world. No other company has such a sophisticated and usable system.
I don't know what Tim Kúk has to do with the team, since these features were already under Jobs.