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Welcome to AppleVis

AppleVis is the premier online resource for blind, DeafBlind, and low vision users of Apple technologies. A Be My Eyes company, our mission is to empower people who are blind, DeafBlind, or who have low vision to get the most from Apple products and services. With an active, engaged user base and a vast collective understanding of vision accessibility on Apple's platforms, members of the AppleVis community support each other in accessing the maximum potential of Apple hardware, software, and services.

Getting Started With iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch

Getting started with a new Apple product can be overwhelming. We offer curated lists of selected content from our website to help you familiarize yourself with the accessibility features of your device and answer many of your initial questions. Whether you are new to Apple or an experienced user, these lists will provide valuable information to help you start using your device right away or build on your existing knowledge.

  • Getting started with iPhone or iPad
  • Getting started with Mac
  • Getting started with Apple Watch

These lists offer just a sample of the wide range of help and information available on AppleVis. They are intended to provide a starting point for learning about your new Apple product, but there is much more to discover. We encourage you to explore the rest of the website, take advantage of the community support and resources available, and continue to learn as you use your device.

Also be sure to browse our iOS & iPadOS, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV App Directories, in which you will find information submitted by our community on the accessibility of thousands of applications.

If you are looking for iOS and iPadOS apps which have been developed specifically for blind, DeafBlind, or low vision users and which will help you in your daily life, you can find our list of these here.

Latest Apple Posts And Updates

iOS/iPadOS 27 Beta 6 Megathread

Forum Topic (Apple Beta Releases) by AppleVis
38 comments. Last update or comment 21 hours 7 minutes ago

macOS Golden Gate 27 Beta 6 Megathread

Forum Topic (Apple Beta Releases) by AppleVis
2 comments. Last update or comment 2 days 3 hours ago

Editing and saving text files with bt keyboard on my phone?

Forum Topic (iOS and iPadOS) by Rusty Perez
5 comments. Last update or comment 2 hours 12 minutes ago

Adventure To Fate: Dungeons

Forum Topic (iOS and iPadOS Gaming) by Adventure To Fate Dev
172 comments. Last update or comment 2 hours 35 minutes ago

Announcing the first public beta of Runa TTS for iOS: bringing the high quality, natural sounding voices from ReadSpeaker to VoiceOver and other apps that rely on Apple's speech synthesis API's.

Forum Topic (iOS and iPadOS) by Adi Kushnir
139 comments. Last update or comment 3 hours 28 minutes ago

I built a Mac browser that repairs pages for VoiceOver β€” and I need blind testers, because mine were all sighted

Forum Topic (macOS and Mac Apps) by Dmytro Liesniak
8 comments. Last update or comment 6 hours 33 minutes ago

Walkmeter Walking & Hiking GPS

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Paul Hopewell
Usability Rating: The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.
2 comments. Last update or comment 9 hours 34 minutes ago

"I'm Not Remarkable. And Neither Are You": Why Apple's New Disability Film Does not Resonate with Me

Blog Post by Michael Hansen
35 comments. Last update or comment 10 hours 22 minutes ago

Pulse Defense: haptic tower defense for iPhone, feedback welcome

Forum Topic (iOS and iPadOS Gaming) by Tomasz
12 comments. Last update or comment 11 hours 15 minutes ago

BrailliantConnect: your Brailliant in the Finder, no macFUSE

Forum Topic (macOS and Mac Apps) by Mathieu
5 comments. Last update or comment 13 hours 27 minutes ago

accessible alternatives to adobe acrobat

Forum Topic (macOS and Mac Apps) by natalija Lambert
0 comments. Last update or comment 15 hours 39 minutes ago

How do I use parallels desktop on a Mac completely blind?

Forum Topic (macOS and Mac Apps) by Blind soft
28 comments. Last update or comment 18 hours 2 minutes ago

BitLife inaccessible now?

Forum Topic (iOS and iPadOS Gaming) by DMNagel
46 comments. Last update or comment 22 hours ago

iphone mirroring

Forum Topic (macOS and Mac Apps) by Dushyant
2 comments. Last update or comment 22 hours 54 minutes ago

Coffee!!! Coffee!!! Coffee!!! Looking for kitchen scales for coffee with accessible app?

Forum Topic (Apple Hardware and Compatible Accessories) by Unregistered User
38 comments. Last update or comment 23 hours 19 minutes ago
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Latest Non-Apple Posts

Heading back to campus this fall? WeWALK Smart Cane 2 is here for blind and low vision, and with a back-to-school discount!

Forum Topic (Assistive Technology) by WeWALK
2 comments. Last update or comment 10 minutes 52 seconds ago

Freight Fate: cross-platform audio trucking game

Forum Topic (Windows) by Orinks
20 comments. Last update or comment 2 hours 45 minutes ago

DownAccess and Accessible Media Converter: the Downie and Permute of Windows

Forum Topic (Windows) by Mathieu
1 comments. Last update or comment 8 hours 41 minutes ago

from VoiceOver to TalkBack

Forum Topic (Android) by Alicia Krage
25 comments. Last update or comment 13 hours 41 minutes ago

TV accessibility, Samsung, Sony, LG or something else?

Forum Topic (Smart Home Tech and Gadgets) by elliot2012
41 comments. Last update or comment 23 hours 7 minutes ago

New video audio description tool

Forum Topic (Assistive Technology) by Martijn - Sparkling Apps
4 comments. Last update or comment 1 day 11 hours ago

Problem reConnecting my Braille Displays

Forum Topic (Windows) by Maldalain
1 comments. Last update or comment 2 days 18 hours ago

Blazie Engineering/Technologies

Forum Topic (Assistive Technology) by Trenton Matthews
47 comments. Last update or comment 2 days 19 hours ago

Apparently even Microsoft hates the new Outlook...

Forum Topic (Windows) by Voracious P. Brain
0 comments. Last update or comment 3 days 3 hours ago

question about the color master color identifier.

Forum Topic (Assistive Technology) by honest nan
2 comments. Last update or comment 4 days 19 hours ago
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