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May 21, 2021,12:42pm EDT|
Apple Marks Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2021 With ‘Powerful Software Updates’ For Disabled People
Steven Aquino
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Starting this week, Deaf and hard-of-hearing customers can request an ASL interpreter via Apple’s … [+] new SignTime service.
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Keeping with tradition, Apple this week celebrated Global Accessibility Day yet again this year by announcing a bevy of new accessibility features and services for customers with disabilities. In a press release published Wednesday on its Newsroom webpage, the Bay Area company described the additions as “next-generation technologies [that] showcase Apple’s belief that accessibility is a human right and advance the company’s long history of delivering industry-leading features that make Apple products customizable for all users.”
“At Apple, we’ve long felt that the world’s best technology should respond to everyone’s needs, and our teams work relentlessly to build accessibility into everything we make,” Sarah Herrlinger, Apple’s senior director of Global Accessibility Policy and Initiatives, said in the press release. “With these new features, we’re pushing the boundaries of innovation [...]
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