VoiceOver, Apple's technology that emphasizes accessibility

It's important to consider that Apple strives to promote all the apps available in the App Store, but it focuses particularly on those most popular with its users. This time, Apple is promoting popular apps related to the VoiceOver experience , prominently displaying WhatsApp, BlindSquare, YouTube, iBooks, Dropbox, BBC News, and many more within iTunes.

We know VoiceOver as an interactive screen reader, available on various devices offered by Apple, having its beginnings in 2004 on iPods, as well as some that worked with iOS and even Mac, all for free starting with version OS X 10.4 TigerBy 2009, various iPod models were included, such as the Nano and even the iPhone 3GS.

This year, we saw the birth of the Apple Watch and Accessibility podcast , focused on discussing different aspects of the Apple Watch, such as design features and support technologies related to the device.

Access to Apple technology is now within everyone's reach with VoiceOver

It was AFB that awarded the company an Accessibility Award in 2009 for developing products accessible to a diverse range of users. President and CEO Carl R. Augusto expressed his gratitude to the entire staff for their initiative in focusing Apple's new device technologies on improving the quality of life for people with visual impairments ; this was demonstrated with VoiceOver technology . However, Tim Cook mentioned that at one point, Apple did not consider this percentage of users with disabilities.

Despite this, many still defend the fact that Apple is the company that most has dedicated itself to developing technology with needs in mind of the various users present in the market, including those with disabilities, such as the musician Stevie Wonder and the president de la Federación Nacional de Ciegoswho have supported the company's initiative throughout their lives. Now is the time for technology VoiceOver give another user market a chance.