It’s finally possible to control your iPad with just your eyes, but so are many other capabilities you may have never thought possible.
Apple rolls out new accessibility features
In a press release on Wednesday, Apple announced a slew of new accessibility features, including everything from controlling your iPad with just your eyes to controlling your Apple Car Play apps with your voice. It’s not the first time some of these updates have included AI and machine learning enhancements.
Eye Tracking is the star of this news. Apple’s new feature uses AI and the front-facing camera on your iPad or iPhone to track your eye movements and Dwell Control to let you “click” or “select” items on the screen. You can also use your eyes to perform gestures like “tap” and “swipe.”
Other exciting AI-powered features include Vocal Shortcuts, which lets you assign an “utterance” or sound to a shortcut to complete tasks. There’s also Listen for Atypical Speech, which uses on-device machine learning to recognize speech patterns. This means even more people can use their voice with their iPad or iPhone, even if they “experience progressive conditions that impact their speech.”
