Expert Resources: iphone


These are the items that relate to iphone found on the AbilityNet website. They may be factsheets, webinars, news stories, blog posts or reports.

  • Accessibility and Apple’s autumn announcements 2021

    Guest Blogger | 12 Nov 2021
    Apple user and disability campaigner Colin Hughes shares his experiences of using new Apple technology, and the accessibility updates during 2021.

  • Easy emojis for the blind with free Mac utility Rocket

    Robin Christopherson | 17 Jul 2019
    Just because you're blind doesn't mean that, on this World Emoji Day, those expressive and oh-so ubiqutous emojis aren't for you. The problem for visually impaired texters and tweeters, however, is easily finding the one you want before frustration sets in and you give up and fall back on the good...

  • VoiceOver on the iPhone turns 10 - and turns blind access up to 11

    Robin Christopherson | 20 Jun 2019
    10 years ago this week (19 June 2009) Apple introduced it’s screen-reading solution for blind iPhone users. Since then VoiceOver has grown up into a really powerful tool - giving access to all aspects of the iPhone and many millions of apps. Now, however, VoiceOver has really come of age and Apple...

  • Using mobile phones if you have MND

    Alex.Barker | 20 Jun 2019
    Friday June 21st marks Motor Neuron Disease Awareness Day and we take a look at how technology might help someone who has MND and might be struggling to use a mobile phone.A diagnosis of a condition such as MND is life changing and there are probably a million and one things to consider. One of the...

  • Apple does it again – full, fantastic, life-changing, voice control in iOS 13

    Robin Christopherson | 04 Jun 2019
    Among the numerous (possibly hundreds of) new and eye-opening features for iOS 13 announced in yesterday’s keynote at Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) was a startling new addition to the already extensive accessibility suite; full voice control. 

  • Siri update makes AI work harder for disabled users

    Robin Christopherson | 06 Sep 2016
    The updates to Siri are good news for disabled people. Our head of digital inclusion, Robin Christopherson takes a look at how artificial intelligence and the huge potential of virtual assistants.