If he’s like my dad (72) learning siri is the best shot. He also likes books on tape, which you can get a free BARd player for. There’s a USB stick that you can

If he’s like my dad (72) learning siri is the best shot. He also likes books on tape, which you can get a free BARd player for. There’s a USB stick that you can pop in for loading podcasts and other mp3s. The player has big buttons that are easier to interact with than a touchscreen. My dad’s phone is set up to announce callers and auto answer. Hanging up is a bit of pain. You can set siri to listen to ‘siri hang up’. I think there’s an option to use the side button too. There’s also a new more accessible home screen in ios 17 that I was going to try setting up for him which might work better with voiceover. I also tried a bluetooth controller with him instead of the touch screen but at this point he thinks Siri is easier than any option that requires him to touch the screen or use a controller to move through options.