[mac4theblind] Re: Voice over included on new Apple Watch
- From: Scott Granados <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 11:56:32 -0500
Me to, I’m very excited to give one of these a shot.
I couldn’t imagine Apple having an entire product line, even the TV set top box
with accessibility features and then they release the watch with none. That
just didn’t make sense to me. Glad we were right.
It’s been so long since I’ve warn a watch that was accessible to me. I wear
one but for appearance sake not really for usability. Will be nice to solve
both needs with one new watch.
On Jan 14, 2015, at 11:52 AM, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Scott,
> Thank you for passing this along. I’ve been insisting to people all along
> that the watch would be accessible, but glad that my assumptions are
> confirmed.
>
>
> Take Care
>
> John D. Panarese
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> Mac for the Blind
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>> On Jan 14, 2015, at 10:33 AM, Scott Granados <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I’m forwarding on a snippet from 9 to 5 Mac where they discuss features for
>> the new Apple IWatch based on findings from a beta of IOS 8.2.
>>
>> Very encouraging that Voice over will be included. Read more here.
>>
>>> 9to5Mac contains some revealing facts about features which will likely
>>> appear in the Apple Watch. This was gleaned from a beta of iOS 8.2 which
>>> was recently released. Here's what they had to say about accessibility.
>>>
>>> Accessibility:
>>> • Like Apple’s other products, Apple Watch will have a series of key
>>> accessibility features.
>>> • To access Accessibility Settings on the fly, users will triple-click the
>>> Digital Crown.
>>> • The Apple Watch will have a VoiceOver feature that can speak text that is
>>> displayed on the screen. Users will be able to scroll through text to be
>>> spoken using two fingers. VoiceOver can be enabled either by merely raising
>>> a wrist or by double tapping the display.
>>> • Users will also be able to zoom on the Apple Watch’s screen: double tap
>>> with two fingers to zoom, use two fingers to pan around, and double tap
>>> while dragging to adjust the zoom.
>>> • There will also be accessibility settings to reduce motion, control
>>> stereo audio balance, reduce transparency, switch to grayscale mode,
>>> disable system animations, and enable bold text.
>>>
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