A Conversation with Apple’s Accessibility Team. Meet Sarah Herrlinger and Dean Hudson.

Published: July 17, 2020, 3:15 p.m.

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Show Summary:

Apple Accessibility has never been better and the team at Apple has delivered again. In the studio today we talk to Sarah Herrlinger, Apple Director of Global Accessibility Policy and Initiatives, and Dean Hudson, and engineer on the Apple accessibility team.

Learn about the new features coming to the latest iPhones and join in the excitement as we roll through the Apple Orchard and pick a few apple features to highlight. There is much more deeper in the orchard and you can find out more about what is new for iOS14 on the web at www.Apple.com

You will find some resources to help schools, teachers and parents create engaging learning experiences from home. Check out, Teach and Learn from Any Distance. And share with your community.

With the advances in accessibility and a hint of the possibilities with the hardware, APIs and Screen Recognition, just to mention a few, And with what Apple is doing to educate teachers and students with the Swift Playground and XCode accessibility, the possibilities are endless.

No matter how you want to access an Apple product, there is an Apple for everybody’s future - today and tomorrow.  Thanks Apple! 

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