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Apple Announces iOS 18 Accessibility Features, Including Eye Tracking (www.macrumors.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Thinker33@lemmy.world to c/a11y@lemmy.world

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Apple is previewing iOS 18 by highlighting a host of new accessibility features included in the update. Eye tracking assistive technology is very expensive so it will be interesting to see how well Apple's eye tracking works especially with third party applications. I think Vocal Shortcuts will be very useful for people with aphasia. As someone who gets motion sickness when looking at my phone I wonder how effective Vehicle Motion Cues will be.

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[–] TheUncannyObserver@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How is eye tracking expensive when iOS already has it for biometrics?

[–] Thinker33@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Assistive technology companies like EyeGaze charge a lot for their products. This is because there is a lot of tech to ensure that it works accurately and is compatible with third party applications. Hopefully, Apple can lower the costs in the future for people with disabilities who use eye tracking technology.

[–] MrFappy@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

They had better give an option to turn this crap off. I’m not having my ads pause themselves because I looked away. The whole “drink a verification can” meme is starting to reveal itself, and I really don’t fucking like it.

[–] SMillerNL@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I’m guessing that just like literally every other accessibility feature it won’t be turned on unless you ask for it

[–] MrFappy@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

For now

[–] TheUncannyObserver@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

To my knowledge, Apple doesn’t run an ad service of their own, and it’s unlikely they would work with Google to force you to watch ads in their apps. I find it more likely they would refuse to force attention to ads just to spite Google, as they are their biggest competitor.