‘Apple News’ Archives

Listen to the podcast recording of the Mac-cessibility Round Table and Screenless Switchers crew. We discuss the new products and announcements out of Cupertino today, give our opinions and hopes for their acessibility, and more. This podcast was streamed live and recorded for this podcast edition.

Today, Apple announced many new products at its annual September media event. Here are some highlights, with emphasis on accessibility. More details regarding access features will likely be forthcoming. The iPod shuffle models have been physically redesigned, but still include VoiceOver navigation of their playlists and content. Buttons have been re-introduced. Pricing begins at $49 [...]

Today, Apple will be streaming their media event live at Apple.com. Afterward, the Mac-cessibility Round Table will be streaming live our reactions to today’s event. You can listen to the stream at this link, and participate live on Twitter by using the hash tag #VOLive. Apple’s event today is expected to focus primarily on iPods, [...]

When typing, iPhone frequently corrects or completes words automatically. By default, while typing a word, a "bubble" sound will indicate that an AutoText is available for what is being typed. More often than not, these suggestions are correct. Sometimes, however, you will want to override the AutoText. If you have finished typing a word, and [...]

Today, Apple released iOS 4.0, the latest version of its mobile operating system for iPhone and iPod toucch. In a first installment on our coverage, we take a look at what’s new in VoiceOver. In this installment, we cover some of the major highlights to the latest version of VOiceOver. Future articles will cover iBooks, [...]

Today, Apple released version 9.2 of its popular iTunes multimedia and mobile application management software. The new version includes several new features and fixes, including: Sync with iPhone 4 to enjoy your favorite music, movies, TV shows, books and more on-the-go Sync and read books with iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4 and iBooks [...]

Today, amidst hardware updates to its Mac Mini line of desktops and the pre-order sales of iPhone 4, Apple let Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.4 out into the wild. Listed changes include: resolve an issue that causes the keyboard or trackpad to become unresponsive resolve an issue that may prevent some Adobe Creative Suite [...]

Tonight, Apple released Safari version 5.0. Our initial impressions are of enormous speed gains where regards the browser’s performance when using Safari 5 with VoiceOver. The latest version of Apple’s popular web browser features the new Safari Reader for reading articles on the web without distraction, a 30 percent performance increase over Safari 4, and [...]

In this special edition episode of the Mac-cessibility Round Table and Screenless Switchers podcasts, our knights discuss the WWDC keynote announcements, the new iPhone 4, iOS 4.0, iBooks, and mobile accessibility in general.

In addition to its other announcements, Apple unveiled the next version of its iBooks e-reader and book store application. THe next version, available later this month, will support the iPhone and iPod touch, and be able to sync bookmarks and notes across multiple devices, including the iPad. Users will be able to take notes within [...]

Today, Apple unveiled the next generation of its popular mobile phone device, iPhone 4. new features include a forward facing camera, stainless steel and glass enclosure, gyro-scope, quadruple the screen resolution of the previous generation iPhone, enhanced camera with 5MP resolution and LED flash, Apple designed A4 processor, approximately 40% longer battery life, and much [...]

Today, Apple will be taking the wraps off of new products and services at its annual World Wide Developer Conference in San Francisco, California, if history is any indication. Also historically, Apple’s advancements in accessibility tend to be announced during WWDC, though not always necessarily during Steve Jobs’s keynote presentation. For example, last year brought [...]