Do Apple’s accessibility efforts point at its AI plans?
You can usually measure a society by the way it treats its most vulnerable populations, and technology often can help people live better, more autonomous lives. Apple firmly believes that, and this year’s raft of accessibility announcements introduced to mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day shine a light on that belief. The company has won a string of awards that recognize its work, including praise from the National Federation of the Blind, the American Foundation for the Blind, the Cerebral Palsy Foundation, and the National Association of the Deaf. These tools matter to everyone, of course; as we age and our faculties decline, the accessibility solutions Apple creates today promise better tomorrows. AI + Accessibility + Apple With WWDC just weeks away, Apple’s latest accessibility features promise powerful technologies for all. Most will arrive with the 27 series of Apple operating systems — and many of the most powerful tools lean deeply into AI and Apple Intelligence. “The ac