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Honestly without needing to personally use the accessibility features, I think I might be taking a look at the new layouts, because I really yearn to make my de

Honestly without needing to personally use the accessibility features, I think I might be taking a look at the new layouts, because I really yearn to make my device more minimalistic, there is just to much going on in modern devices. But Bravo to Apple once again for doing excellent accessibility features and continuing to improve them.

efields 3y ago
Accessibility makes life better for everybody. A lot of accessibility boils down to rethinking the obvious to enable _more_ use cases. "Things that might make your life better." Dig around in those settings and you might find your phone can do things you never thought of.
- kayodelycaon 3y ago
  There are so many. One feature most people don't know about is macOS can speak the current time every 60, 30, or 15 minutes. (Settings > Control Center > Clock) It's a very old feature. Most people can't understand why they would want a computer speaking the time, it would drive them nuts. I have ADHD and no sense of time passing. It helps me offload keeping track of time. (Which is otherwise continuously looking at a clock.) I also turn off every auto-playing feature in any app that supports it. Some types of motion can be highly distracting. That can trigger a panic attack if I'm constantly needing to redirect my focus away from it. (If this sounds strange, it causes me to feel trapped in a tiny closet. Anxiety is a bitch.) Google's latest video conferencing iteration lets people spam flying emoji. It's a "fun" feature that is absolute hell for me. Fortunately, there is a buried setting to remove it from my view.
  - efields 3y ago
    I never thought about using that feature but I should for the same reasons. I have a LCD digital clock right under my monitor even tho the OS has a clock of course. But as soon as I'm "immersed" in something, or the menubar is obscured bc I do keep some apps fullscreen, time does not exist. It also has the temp and humidity and looks attractive and runs on usb: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B088LZRT94/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B088LZRT94/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b... Its a good clock.
thiht 3y ago
I have a habit of checking the accessibility features from time to time, there's great stuff in there :) My favorite is Spoken Content > Speak Screen: you can swipe down with two fingers from the top of the screen and it'll read the written content for you. I use it to read articles in Safari while I'm brushing my teeth or walking my dog

efields 3y ago

Accessibility makes life better for everybody. A lot of accessibility boils down to rethinking the obvious to enable _more_ use cases. "Things that might make your life better." Dig around in those settings and you might find your phone can do things you never thought of.

kayodelycaon 3y ago
There are so many. One feature most people don't know about is macOS can speak the current time every 60, 30, or 15 minutes. (Settings > Control Center > Clock) It's a very old feature. Most people can't understand why they would want a computer speaking the time, it would drive them nuts. I have ADHD and no sense of time passing. It helps me offload keeping track of time. (Which is otherwise continuously looking at a clock.) I also turn off every auto-playing feature in any app that supports it. Some types of motion can be highly distracting. That can trigger a panic attack if I'm constantly needing to redirect my focus away from it. (If this sounds strange, it causes me to feel trapped in a tiny closet. Anxiety is a bitch.) Google's latest video conferencing iteration lets people spam flying emoji. It's a "fun" feature that is absolute hell for me. Fortunately, there is a buried setting to remove it from my view.
- efields 3y ago
  I never thought about using that feature but I should for the same reasons. I have a LCD digital clock right under my monitor even tho the OS has a clock of course. But as soon as I'm "immersed" in something, or the menubar is obscured bc I do keep some apps fullscreen, time does not exist. It also has the temp and humidity and looks attractive and runs on usb: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B088LZRT94/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B088LZRT94/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b... Its a good clock.

thiht 3y ago

I have a habit of checking the accessibility features from time to time, there's great stuff in there :) My favorite is Spoken Content > Speak Screen: you can swipe down with two fingers from the top of the screen and it'll read the written content for you. I use it to read articles in Safari while I'm brushing my teeth or walking my dog