Engaget Summary (2023-05-20 07AM)

Source: The tech industry’s accessibility-related products and launches this week

Summary
Major tech companies including Apple and Google launched new accessibility tools and features in commemoration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2023. Apple’s Assistive Access, Live Speech, and Personal Voice features aim to make the iPhone and iPad’s home screen clearer and easier to navigate while helping users with visual and speech impairments. Google introduces its Visual Question and Answer tool on its Lookout app using AI for image recognition.

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📱 Apple’s Assistive Access changes iOS interfaces to a less-distracting layout with larger icons, high contrast labels, and tailored tools.

🔊 Apple also introduces Live Speech, Personal Voice, and Point and Speak to aid those with hearing, speech and visual impairments by reading aloud texts and recognizing spoken phrases and objects through camera scanning and machine learning.

👩‍💼 Google’s Lookout app debuts with its Visual Question and Answer tool, an AI system for follow-up questions about image recognition.

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