Expert Resources: voice control


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

  • Mental Health and Computing

    Sarah Botterill | 24 Jan 2025
    One in 4 people experience mental health issues of some kind in England each year, and 1 in 6 people report experiencing a common mental health problem (like anxiety and depression) in any given week in England. This factsheet covers how assistive technology can help people with their mental...

  • Multiple Sclerosis and Computing

    Alex.Barker | 24 Jan 2025
    Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a condition that can affect the brain and spinal cord (Source: NHS). The condition can cause a wide range of symptoms, including problems with vision, arm or leg movement sensation or balance. All these symptoms can make it harder to use technology, including laptops,...

  • Revolutionising accessibility: Voice enhancements in iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia

    Annie Mannion | 31 Jul 2024
    Guest blog editor, Colin Hughes, a former BBC producer, highlights Apple’s commitment to empowering users reliant on hands-free dictation, and those with atypical speech.

  • Breaking barriers: how Apple's new voice accessibility improvements address critical needs

    Guest Blogger | 22 May 2024
    Guest blog editor, Colin Hughes, a former BBC producer, outlines Apple's significant, positive voice accessibility developments.

  • Apple’s next frontier: AI and the future of accessibility

    Guest Blogger | 28 Mar 2024
    Guest blog editor, Colin Hughes, a former BBC producer, outlines how artificial intelligence could revolutionise tech for disabled people.

  • New microphone invented for speech recognition

    Guest Blogger | 14 Feb 2024
    Accurate speech recognition is all about the microphone writes our guest blog editor, Colin Hughes, a former BBC producer.

  • Dictating with speech challenges: A tester's experience with Google’s Project Relate speech app

    Guest Blogger | 15 Feb 2023
    Colin Hughes, a former BBC producer, discusses the Android beta research app that aims to help people with non-standard speech communicate more easily with others and with the Google Assistant.

  • Using your computer after a Stroke

    Alex.Barker | 30 Mar 2022
     Originally published 28/02/2020, updated 30/03/2022 AbilityNet's Disability Consultant Alex Barker, answers some of the commonly asked questions about stroke and technology. Imagine for a moment that you were unable to use one side of your body. Your foot, leg, arm, or hand stop working. It could...

  • Siri can now answer your calls ... but can't hang up

    Guest Blogger | 17 May 2021
    Apple’s recent iPhone update iOS 14.5 brings good news for disabled users, though there's room for improvement, writes our guest blog editor, Colin Hughes, a former BBC producer.

  • Make Alexa part of an amazingly accessible 2021

    Robin Christopherson | 06 Jan 2021
    Accessibility features highlighted in the new Alexa Accessibility Hub are helping people be more connected, entertained and independent.