As with everything that comes out of Apple Park, disabled customers have much to ruminate over as they ponder whether the new MacBook Pro and/or AirPods, for example, might be for them.
The $5/month plan is essentially a stripped-down version of Apple’s streaming music service;that shows what you get with the voice-only plan versus the standard tier. There’s a legitimate argument to be made one of the accessibility benefits of this new plan is it gives people with motor delays access to Apple Music that doesn’t rely on interacting with a screen to find something to listen to.
In the big picture, this new plan strikes me as the perfect encapsulation of the schism between virtual assistants and accessibility. The way Apple is pitching the utility of this Voice Plan is not wrong–itsuper convenient and liberating to effortlessly shout into the ether and have Siri play something. The problem is, the voice-first nature of this plan means it’s inherently inaccessible to those who have atypical speech.
In terms of accessibility, there are two elements about the new machines that stand out to me. First, the keyboard seems delightfully high contrast with its white-on-black design. The Magic Keyboard that came with my iMac—I opted for the version with the numeric keypad—is sometimes hard to see, as I’m decidedly not a touch typist. The markings on the keys feel low contrast, especially against the white key caps and the silver aluminum housing.
. For others who aren’t touch typists, the greater contrast on the new laptop’s keyboard should make seeing the keys much easier.
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