<story><title>Previews of software updates designed for people with disabilities</title><url>https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/05/apple-previews-powerful-software-updates-designed-for-people-with-disabilities/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>WalterBright</author><text>This is really good stuff, even for abled people. For example, being able the use the watch one-handed is great if your other hand is occupied, like carrying something.&lt;p&gt;(The reason I still wear a watch at all is so I can see the time without having to dig the phone out of my pocket and turn it on, which is hopeless while driving.)&lt;p&gt;Just like although I can hear, I use closed-captioning when I don&amp;#x27;t wish to disturb others, or when watching a show at high speed (I can read faster than I can understand speech).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>robin_reala</author><text>Actually, that’s an important point. A person with an occupied hand is still disabled, but it’s a situational disability rather than a temporary or permanent one. Disability is society’s inability to cater to specific needs, rather than a physical state.</text></comment>
<story><title>Previews of software updates designed for people with disabilities</title><url>https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/05/apple-previews-powerful-software-updates-designed-for-people-with-disabilities/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>WalterBright</author><text>This is really good stuff, even for abled people. For example, being able the use the watch one-handed is great if your other hand is occupied, like carrying something.&lt;p&gt;(The reason I still wear a watch at all is so I can see the time without having to dig the phone out of my pocket and turn it on, which is hopeless while driving.)&lt;p&gt;Just like although I can hear, I use closed-captioning when I don&amp;#x27;t wish to disturb others, or when watching a show at high speed (I can read faster than I can understand speech).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>silicon2401</author><text>Agreed. As a huge customization fan, accessibility features oftentimes are the only way to get customization options that aren&amp;#x27;t exposed otherwise. One that comes to mind is setting your display to black and white, disabling animations, etc. Thankfully I don&amp;#x27;t have any disabilities, but I hate animations and other things like that, so I&amp;#x27;m also a huge fan of accessibility features.</text></comment>