I bought an iPhone about a month ago, and I’m still discovering new features. I continue to be impressed with its intuitive and thoughtful design. And because I use the Daylite Touch app, I’ve got most of my practice at my fingertips. Add on a few native and third-party apps, and my iPhone gives me access to contacts, calendar, task list, weather, twitter, mail, my RSS reader, a camera, the complete works of Shakespeare, all my Evernote notes, a voice recorder, client documents, photos and the list goes on and on. An office full of information in the space of a few square inches.
So yesterday I was not surprised to discover yet another interesting feature of iPhone that makes life easier for those with visual impairments. It’s something called Accessibility, and Apple has a 6-minute video on its website describing the many ways in which accessibility makes it easy to use iPhone without actually seeing the screen! The phone talks to you as you make various taps and swipes on the screen. You can find more information here.
Few of my clients own smartphones but for those with visual impairments who can afford a smartphone, this is well worth checking out.
