A Quick Tour of Some Notable New and Enhanced Accessibility Features in iOS 17

By AppleVis, 18 September, 2023

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

In this episode, Thomas Domville gives us short looks at some of what's new and notable with Accessibility features in iOS 17.

Topics include:

  • New Haptic sensation
  • Open Per Voice Settings
  • Text Detection
  • Point and Speak
  • Sound Curtain
  • Fast long-press speed option
  • Siri (Voices sound natural and expressive)
  • Listen to Page
  • React with your Hands in FaceTime
  • Level Tool for Camera
  • Audio Transcription in Messages

Podcast File

AppleVisPodcast1562.mp3 (13.39 MB)

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Comments

By Brad on Monday, September 25, 2023 - 20:38

They do seam to keep improving things. Thanks for the podcast.

By Karok on Monday, September 25, 2023 - 20:38

hi all, i note that the us siri voices seem to jump when reading with voiceover and also, why are they smaller? are they using AI to read? The uk voices are still 400 pkplus MB for siri is this right? Just curious. i do like the US siri voices though seem much more expressive how they read with a kindle book. would absolutely love 11 labs voices they are breathtaking, I could listen to the ios power book all day the voice is so naturally human!

By tripolice on Monday, September 25, 2023 - 20:38

When I check the higher sample rate of Eloquence, it sounds very unclear. But in the podcast it sounded better. Has the sound improved? I checked it in one of the public betas.

By Siobhan on Monday, September 25, 2023 - 20:38

Hi. great job on the podcast. If I go to voice over, speech, after accessibility, I get Alex, but swiping up doesn't yield anything. It doesn't help if I go into it either. I have hints turned off. Any idea?

By Cankut DeÄŸerli on Monday, September 25, 2023 - 20:38

Thanks for the great podcast! :)
I could find the new Siri voices a few minutes ago on my iPhone 11 but only for English US. I think they are only available with the US Voices because Turkish Siri voices are the same large files. And interestingly, I can't find the new expressive Siri voices on my M 1 Macbook air, which is operating on Mac OS Sonoma RC. can anyone help please?