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Title: Apple Watch gets reviewed — for accessibility Post by: HCK on May 02, 2015, 09:00:16 am Apple Watch gets reviewed — for accessibility
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">Molly Watt, who has Usher Syndrome Type 2a, and severely limited sight and hearing, recently got her Apple Watch</p> <p>She spent some time with it and has written a preliminary review. It's focused on the accessibility features, and her findings so far are impressive to say the least.<!--break--> <a href="http://www.mollywatt.com/blog/entry/my-apple-watch-after-5-days" title="" rel="nofollow">mollywatt.com[/url]:</p> <p>So far for me the most useful App on the Apple Watch is Maps – on my iPhone I can plan my journey from one destination to another, for me it will be on foot with Unis my guidedog. This is where Haptics really come into its own – I can be directed without hearing or sight, but by a series of taps via the watch onto my wrist – 12 taps means turn right at the junction or 3 pairs of 2 taps means turn left, I'm still experimenting with this but so far very impressed – usher syndrome accessible!</p><p>It's impossible to stress just how important accessibility (http://www.imore.com/accessibility) is. Designing for it doesn't just make the Apple Watch (http://www.imore.com/apple-watch) usable for people with sight, hearing, motor skills, or other challenges, but more usable for everyone.</p> <p>How accessibility enables people with sight, hearing, and motor skills challenges to live better lives, however, is often transformative.</p> <p>I can't wait to read Molly's follow up.</p> </div></div></div><img width='1' height='1' src='(http://tipb.com.feedsportal.com/c/33998/f/616881/s/45ec92d5/sc/15/mf.gif)' border='0'/><br clear='all'/> <a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/224852224713/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/45ec92d5/sc/15/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/224852224713/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/45ec92d5/sc/15/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/>[/url] <a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/224852224713/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/45ec92d5/sc/15/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/224852224713/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/45ec92d5/sc/15/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/>[/url] <a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/224852224713/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/45ec92d5/sc/15/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/224852224713/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/45ec92d5/sc/15/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/>[/url] <img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/224852224713/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/45ec92d5/sc/15/a2.img" border="0"/> (http://da.feedsportal.com/r/224852224713/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/45ec92d5/sc/15/a2.htm)<img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/224852224713/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/45ec92d5/sc/15/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~4/yj-ferBwdtU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> Source: Apple Watch gets reviewed — for accessibility (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/yj-ferBwdtU/story01.htm) |