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Thank you, CTOnews.com netizen RTCs, Hello, rabbit clue delivery! CTOnews.com, May 16 / PRNewswire-Asianet /-- Apple today announced a series of new features of its upcoming iOS 17 system, which are mainly aimed at people with disabilities and provide them with more assistance and convenience. These features include a user interface called Auxiliary access (Assistive Access), Real-time Voice (Live Speech), Personalized Voice (Personal Voice), etc.

Apple says Auxiliary access, which is developed for users with cognitive impairment, uses design innovation to refine the basic functions of various App and experiences to reduce the cognitive burden on users. This feature is based on feedback from cognitive impairment users and their trusted caregivers-focusing on their favorite activities, which are also the basic functions of iPhone and iPad, namely, communicating with loved ones, taking pictures and enjoying videos, and listening to music.

CTOnews.com Note: auxiliary access refines the basic functions of iPhone's camera, photo, music, phone and information App to reduce the cognitive burden on users. Auxiliary access includes the custom experience of phone and Facetime, and information, camera, photo and music App are merged into a single Calls App. This feature provides a unique interface that includes high-contrast buttons and large text tags, as well as tools to help trusted caregivers customize the experience for their caregivers. For example, for users who want to communicate through images, Information App provides a keyboard with emoticons only and can record video messages to share with loved ones. Users and their trusted caregivers can also choose a more visual, grid-based layout for the home screen and App, or choose a branch layout for users who want to use text interaction.

Apple today also unveiled a new feature called Real-time Voice, designed to support millions of people around the world who have lost or are losing their language skills. This feature allows iPhone, iPad and Mac users to type in what they want to say when making phone calls, FaceTime calls, and face-to-face conversations, allowing the device to read them aloud. Users can also save common phrases and express their opinions quickly when they communicate enthusiastically with family, friends and colleagues.

For users at risk of aphasia, such as those who have recently been diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) or other diseases that may gradually affect language ability, Personal Voice is a simple and secure feature that creates a voice similar to their voice. Users can use iPhone or iPad to record 15 minutes of audio, read randomly generated text prompts, and create a Personal Voice. This language assist uses device-side machine learning technology to ensure that users' information is private and secure and integrates seamlessly with Live Speech, allowing users to talk through Personal Voice when communicating with their loved ones.

In addition, Apple has introduced an amplifier Point and Speak feature for blind or low-vision users to make it easier for visually impaired users to understand and use physical objects with multiple text tags. For example, when using household appliances such as microwave ovens, Point and Speak can combine input from camera App and lidar scanners, supplemented by device-side machine learning, to read the text on each button as the user moves his finger in the key area of the appliance. As a built-in function of the iPhone and iPad amplifier App, Point and Speak works with narration and other functions of the amplifier, such as character detection, gate detection, and image description, to help users navigate the physical environment.

Other features deaf or hard of hearing users can pair the Made for iPhone hearing aid device directly with the Mac and customize the settings according to their own needs.

Voice control adds voice suggestions for text editors, allowing users to choose the correct words from multiple options with similar sounds, such as "do", "due" and "dew". In addition, through the voice control guide, users can learn about suggestions and techniques for using voice commands instead of iPhone, iPad, and Mac touch and input.

Users with physical and mobility disorders can use switching controls to turn any switch into a virtual game controller to play their favorite games on iPhone and iPad.

For low-vision users, App text sizes such as visits, messages, emails, calendars and memos on Mac are now easier to resize.

Users who are sensitive to fast animation can automatically pause images with moving elements, such as GIF animations, in information and Safari browsers.

For narrator users, Siri voice can still sound natural and vivid when giving high-speed voice feedback; users can also adjust the speed of Siri voice in the range of 0.8x and 2x.

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