Bright Future for Apple Accessibility with Lisa P. Jackson in the Lead

Apple recently updated the bio of Lisa P. Jackson to reflect her new role overseeing accessibility at Apple. This expands her previous resp...

Apple Watch Accessibility: Possibilities, Challenges, and Unknowns

When the Apple Watch launches next month it will mark the launch of Apple's first new product category since the iPad. The iPad was a g...

Voice Dream Writer: Word Processing Plus a Whole Lot More

Voice Dream  has become a well-known name in the assistive technology community because of Voice Dream Reader: a  text-to-speech  reader ava...

Keeble Keyboard for iPad: Flexible Text Input for Users with Special Needs

Keeble is a virtual keyboard for iPad made by AssistiveWare. The app is only available in English for iPads running iOS 8  and above. As a r...

KNFB Reader App: Amazingly Fast and Accurate

The KNFB Reader  is a text recognition app that is shockingly fast. Take a picture of a newspaper article or practically any printed text an...

New in iOS 8: Hands-Free Siri and Improved Dictation

Apple's voice activated features have received some new features as part of iOS 8 . Siri is a virtual voice activated personal assista...

New in iOS 8: Greyscale Mode

iOS 8 includes a new greyscale mode that could benefit people with visual impairments. The new mode is included in addition to inverse colo...

New in iOS 8: Improved Guided Access with Timers and Touch ID Integration

Guided Access is one of the many iOS features being enhanced in iOS 8 . Guided Access is used to keep a someone on a single app using  a p...