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Apple to launch new accessibility features for people with vision or hearing impairments

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Features launching later this year to include live captions, braille reader improvements and accessibility nutrition labels' in the app store

Apple has announced a broad range of new accessibility features for iOS focused on people with vision or hearing impairments, with the company downplaying the notion that the price of Apple hardware means accessibility comes at a cost.

On Wednesday, before Global Accessibility Awareness Day on Thursday 15 May, Apple announced new accessibility features to launch on iOS later this year, including live captions, personal voice replication, improved tools for reading, braille reader improvements and nutrition labels" in the app store.

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