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Apple releases accessibility features for door recognition and closed captioning – Computer – News

Apple is announcing multiple accessibility features for its devices. One of its features is door detection, which allows a door to be searched for using the camera of an iPad or iPhone. Apple is also working on live subtitles in its operating systems.

It is not yet known when the accessibility features will come to Apple’s various devices. Apple writes that it is currently still working on the various features. The door detection functionality is to come to the Magnifying Glass app on iPads and iPhones and uses the camera and LiDAR scanner.

The tool should make it easier for people who are blind or partially sighted to find a door in a new room. It should also be possible to recognize room numbers or signal an entrance sign with door detection. Due to the use of the LiDAR scanner, the door detection can only be used on iPhones and iPads equipped with LiDAR technology.

Apple will also support live subtitles in its operating systems. The subtitles must be able to be activated with “any form of audio content”, Apple reports. As examples, the tech company mentions subtitles when watching a video, a video call or content on social media. In addition, the subtitles must also be able to be used during a face-to-face conversation.

It remains to be seen when the subtitles will also be available in Dutch, because for the time being Apple is only announcing a beta test of the accessibility function in Canada and the United States. Apple isn’t the first tech company to experiment with automatic subtitle generation.Twitter announced last year a test with live subtitles on. YouTube also has subtitles for a year and also offers the option of having these subtitles automatically translated into Dutch, among other things.

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