You can play Messages app effects even if the Reduce Motion feature has been turned on in the Accessibility settings on your iPhone or iPad.
How to enjoy Message effects when iOS Reduce Motion is on
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How to turn off VoiceOver on iPhone and iPad
Have you ever enabled VoiceOver on your iPhone or iPad either by accident or out of curiosity, and then couldn't figure out how to disable it? In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to turn VoiceOver off and regain control of your device.
Blind Apple engineer describes advancing Accessibility features for the blind
Mashable yesterday ran an interesting profile on 22-year-old Jordyn Castor, an Apple engineer who works on the company's Accessibility team. Aside from other tidbits, the story reveals that Apple employs Accessibility engineers who themselves are users of those features as Castor has been blind since birth.
How to enable and use screen zoom on your Mac
In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to zoom your Mac screen, regardless of the app you are in, so you can see the content more easily.
Brand new ‘Accessibility’ section launches on Apple Online Store
Confirming earlier rumors, the Apple Online Store has begun selling accessibility-related accessories and peripherals via a dedicated Accessibility section, as first discovered by Amusement. At the time of this writing, the store listed about fifteen accessories separated into sub-categories such as Vision, Physical & Motor Skills and Learning & Literacy products, with more to be added at a later stage.
The iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Mac accessories listed on the Accessibility section were designed to help people with various disabilities operate their devices, learn, play, create music and more.
How to convert text into a spoken iTunes track on Mac
Whenever you want to save a block of important text to your Mac, you probably copy and paste it into the Notes app or into a text editor to save it as a text document. But, did you know you could save any body of text on your Mac as a spoken iTunes track instead?
In this tutorial, you will learn how to convert any highlighted body of text into a spoken iTunes audio track.
How to add emojis to your favorites list on Mac for quick access
Add emojis to your favorites list in Mac’s emoji picker to make your most-used emojis readily accessible.
Get a taste of Siri on your Mac right now with this neat trick
Ever since Siri was announced in 2011, Apple users have been excited about the prospect of the digital assistant coming to OS X. More recently, rumors have indicated that a Mac version of Siri will ship with OS X 10.12 this fall. September is quite a long way off, but it's possible to get a taste of Siri-like voice commands on your Mac right now, thanks to the accessibility features baked in OS X.
3 built-in ways to get your Mac speak any selected text
Get your Mac to speak selected text back to you, turning your computer into a personal reader that can help you absorb information more effectively, and even assist if you have visual impairments.
With this time-saving shortcut, you can quickly set some Mac display options
In addition to adjusting the screen resolution and choosing between the available display modes on your Mac, the macOS System Preferences application gives you additional display options to play with.
If you use display zoom, a great feature for people with less than perfect eyesight who find themselves squinting at the screen all the time, or you want to quickly access common features related to making items on the screen easier to see and the display easier to read, use the following time-saving shortcut to quickly adjust these options.
Apple Stores to begin selling accessibility-related accessories and peripherals in early-2016
According to the Japanese blog Macotkara, Apple Stores are expected to start stocking accessibility-related accessories and peripherals in the fiscal 2016 second quarter, which works out to the January-March timeframe. The report doesn't detail which accessories Apple's retail stores might carry beyond stating that they will be iOS/OS X-compatible.
How to have your iPhone LED light blink and flash when you get a call, text message, or app notification
Learn how to set your iPhone or iPad to flash its LED light for calls, messages, and app notifications, which is ideal for receiving visual alerts in addition to or instead of sound and vibrations.