Apple Announces WWDC 2014: Will Accessibility Enhancements Take Center Stage Once Again?
Apple announced that their World Wide Developers Conference ( WWDC ) will take place from June 2nd - 6th in San Francisco, California. At the event, Apple will preview the future versions of iOS and OS X . It is unknown what these changes will entail, but if history is any indication Apple will preview iOS 8 and OS X 10.10. Consistently, over the past few years Apple has steadily improved the accessibility features of both iOS, which runs the iPhone, iPad , and iPod Touch and OS X, which runs on Mac computers. Last year with OS X 10.9 Mavericks, Apple added Switch Contro l, large text , VoiceOver enhancements, customizable closed captioning, and enhanced dictation. iOS 7 added Switch Control , improved Siri , and ability for developers to utilize system text-to-speech voices. At WWDC 2012, Apple devoted precious time during their Keynote to detail improved accessibility features found in iOS 6. With millions of users any accessibility improvements can have a dramatic impact on many...