From www.support.google.com 4/2024

Open the Accessibility menu on your Android device to explore the features that can be enabled. You can also explore Google Play for accessibility apps.

Audio support features

Live Transcribe: when activated captures speech and sound as text on your screen. The text can be saved.  Use Live Transcribe

Live Caption: captions videos, podcasts, and audio messages. Use Live Caption

Sound Amplifier: amplifies and boost sound, filter background noise, and fine tune to how you hear. Use Sound Amplifier

Hearing aid support: built-in support for streaming media and calls directly to hearing aids. Uses Bluetooth low energy so that you can stream longer. Connect hearing aids to your device

Flash Notifications: Alerts Smartphone user of app notifications using the camera flash.  Turn on Flash notifications

Sound Notifications: Your smartphone will alert you to specific sounds like smoke alarm, your dog, doorbell, washing machine beep, etc., and you can choose how to get notified. Sound Notifications

Vision support features

Voice Access: Let’s you control your Android device with your voice.  Install and turn on Voice Access

Talkback: fully interact with what is on your screen through sound and touch. TalkBack

Lookout: Uses your camera to identify objects, images and text around you.

Lookout

Magnification: make text and icons larger and easier to see.

Magnification

Color correction: calibrate colors on your phone so it is easier to distinguish between them.

Text and Display Settings

Mobility support features

Switch Access: Plug in your adaptive switch or turn the front-facing camera into an adaptive tool for facial gestures. Set up Switch Access

Voice Access: use your voice to open apps, navigate between screens, type messages, and edit text. 

Set up Voice Access

Action Blocks: Google Play app that creates customizable buttons on your home screen to make routine actions easier. Action Blocks 

From www.support.apple.com 4/2024

iPhone/iPad comes with many accessibility features. You can also explore the Apple Store for accessibility apps.

Turn on accessibility features

You can turn on many accessibility features right away when you first set up your device. 

• Turn on VoiceOver: Triple-click the side button (on an iPhone with Face ID) or triple-click the Home button (on other iPhone models).

• Turn on Zoom: Double-tap the screen with three fingers.

• Turn on Switch Control, Larger Text, Smart Invert, and more: Choose a language and country, tap , then choose the features you want.

If you’re moving from a previous iPhone, you can also transfer your accessibility settings. See Turn on and set up iPhone.

Change accessibility settings

After you set up the device, you can adjust accessibility settings.

1. Go to Settings > Accessibility.

2. Choose any of the following features:

• Vision

• VoiceOver: all text and actions are narrated aloud.

• Zoom: magnify the full phone screen.

• Display and text size: adjust the size of display and text.

• Motion: customize iPhone for motion sensitivity.

• Spoken content: choose what content will be spoken.

• Audio descriptions: hear audio descriptions for video content that includes it.

• Physical and motor

  • AssistiveTouch: provides alternatives when you have difficulty touching the screen or pressing buttons. 

  • Touch accommodations: provides alternatives when you have difficulty with fine motor hand control.

  • Back tap: you can assign taps to specific actions.

  • Reachability: for persons using only one hand, makes screen lower so items on screen are reachable with the thumb.

  • Call audio routing: automatically route audio output to speaker or auto answer to speaker.

  • Vibration: customize vibration sensitivity.

  • Face ID and attention: adjust Face ID and attention settings if you have physical or vision limitations.

  • Switch Control: add external switches to operate phone.

  • Voice Control: speak commands to perform gestures, interact with screen elements, dictate and edit text, etc.

  • Side or Home button: adjust the accessibility setting for the side/Home button. 

  • Apple TV remote: switch the Apple TV remote from swipes/gestures to buttons.

  • Pointer control: adjust pointer size, color, etc.

  • Keyboards: adjust on-screen keyboard display, or select to use an external keyboard.

  • AirPods: adjust the accessibility settings on AirPods to suit motor and hearing needs.

• Hearing

  • Hearing devices: pair your hearing aids or devices to iPhone.

  • Live Listen: use the iPhone as a remote microphone for hearing devices or AirPods.

  • Sound recognition: iPhone can recognize certain sounds such as crying baby, door bell, or siren, and alert you when it recognizes these sounds.

  • RTT/TTY: iPhone provides built-in RTT/TTY software at no cost.

  • Mono audio, balance, and phone noise cancellation: adjust audio options to suit your hearing needs.

  • LED flash for alerts: iPhone can do LED flashes to alert you to incoming calls or other iPhone alerts.

  • Headphone accommodations: amplify or adjust sound to suit your hearing needs.

  • Background sounds: choose background sounds to mask unwanted environmental noise to minimize distractions for focus or rest.

  • Subtitles and captions: display subtitles or captions of video on iPhone.

  • Transcriptions for Intercom messages from HomePod: for HomePod users, can transcribe Intercom messages for you.

• General

  • Guided Access: helps you stay focused on a task by temporarily restricting iPhone to a single app, and allowing you to control which app features are available.

  • Siri: you can open apps, turn many settings on or off, or use Siri for what it does best—acting as your intelligent personal assistant.

  • Accessibility Shortcut: assign the side/Home button an accessibility feature to quickly turn it on or off.

From www.support.google.com 4/2024

All Chromebooks can be navigated using only the keyboard. Use the Tab keys, arrow keys, Enter key, or the shortcut keys to navigate around the screen and launch features, apps, or links.

Find accessibility features

1. At the bottom right, select the time or press Alt + Shift + s.

2. Select Settings > Accessibility.

VISION

Zoom in or magnify your screen

ChromeVox screen reader

Change the language or voice of spoken text

Get image descriptions

HEARING

Use real-time captions

MOBILITY

Type text with your voice

Automatically click objects

Use Switch Access

From www.support.apple.com 4/2024

On Mac, choose Apple Menu  > System Preferences, then click Accessibility.

Vision

VoiceOver User Guide

Change Zoom preferences for accessibility

Use Hover Text

 Zoom in on the Touch Bar

Change Display preferences for accessibility

Change Pointer preferences for accessibility

Change Color Filters preferences for accessibility

Change Spoken Content preferences for accessibility

Change Descriptions preferences for accessibility

Hearing 

Real-Time Text (RTT)

macOS accessibility features for hearing

Change Audio preferences for accessibility

Change RTT preferences for accessibility

Change Captions preferences for accessibility

Motor 

macOS accessibility features for mobility

Control your Mac and apps using Voice Control

Create a custom vocabulary

Use item number and grid overlays

Navigate your Mac using Full Keyboard Access

Change Keyboard Hardware preferences for accessibility

Use the Accessibility Keyboard

Control the pointer using Dwell

Change Mouse & Trackpad preferences for accessibility

Control the pointer using Mouse Keys

Change Alternate Control Methods preferences for accessibility

Move the mouse using head pointer

Use Switch Control

General: 

macOS general accessibility features

Siri requests 

Change Siri preferences for accessibility

Change Shortcut preferences for accessibility

Use the Accessibility Shortcuts panel on Mac

The Accessibility Shortcuts panel offers shortcuts to quickly turn on or turn off common accessibility features such as Zoom, VoiceOver, and Sticky Keys.

Open the Accessibility Shortcuts panel

Press these keys together: Option (⌥), Command (⌘), and F5. On notebook computers with a Touch Bar, you might need to press the Fn (Function) key as well.

On notebook computers with Touch ID, triple-press Touch ID. (If you press and hold the Command key while doing this, VoiceOver turns on or off.)

To close the panel, click Done or click anywhere outside of the window.

Change the shortcuts in Accessibility Shortcuts

To change the shortcuts that appear in the panel, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Accessibility. Select Shortcut in the sidebar, then use the checkboxes to turn shortcuts on or off.

Accessibility Features for Microsoft Windows

From www.support.microsoft.com 4/2024

Accessibility Tools for Vision

This page lists sight-related accessibility tools to help all Microsoft Windows and Microsoft 365 users. Support is available for persons who are blind, have low vision, and vision disability, such as color blindness.

Accessibility Tools for Hearing

This page lists hearing-related accessibility tools to help all Microsoft Windows and Microsoft 365 users. Support is available for persons with are deaf and hard of hearing.

Accessibility Tools for Mobility

This page lists mobility-related accessibility tools to help all Microsoft Windows and Microsoft 365 users. Support is available for persons with limited reach, strength, or dexterity or physical or mobility disabilities.

Accessibility Tools for Neurodiversity

This page lists neurodiversity-related accessibility tools to help all Microsoft Windows and Microsoft 365 users. Content is made accessible for people with a health condition such as dyslexia, seizures, autism, ADHD, or other cognitive disabilities.

Accessibility Tools for Learning

This page lists learning-related accessibility tools to help all Microsoft Windows and Microsoft 365 users. Support is available for persons who have learning disabilities and dyslexia or anyone who wants to make the learning experience on their device easier or more diverse.