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Apple announces new accessibility features, including Eye Tracking, Music Haptics, and Vocal Shortcuts
Apple Newsroom, 2024
Read the originalRead on October 16, 2026
- What it is
- Apple's 15 May 2024 press release announcing accessibility features for iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, including Eye Tracking, Music Haptics, Vocal Shortcuts and Listen for Atypical Speech.
- How much weight it carries
- Primary source for what Apple says the features do and who they are designed for. It is a press release, so it describes intent and does not report accuracy measurements.
Facts taken from this source
- Apple's Listen for Atypical Speech, announced in May 2024, uses on-device machine learning to recognize a user's speech patterns and is designed, with Vocal Shortcuts, for people with acquired or progressive conditions that affect speech, such as cerebral palsy, ALS or stroke.
“Listen for Atypical Speech uses on-device machine learning to recognize user speech patterns. Designed for users with acquired or progressive conditions that affect speech, such as cerebral palsy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or stroke, these features provide a new level of customization and control” (New Features for a Wide Range of Speech)