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Systems implemented to enable persons with various disabilities to use personal computers and access information stored or displayed on them. These disabilities include impairment of vision, hearing, and problems with fine motor control in the hands.

Accessibility is for macOS, iOS, iPadOS and all manner of software and third party apps and hardware.

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Disable sticky keys only while certain applications have focus?

Is there any way to enable sticky keys in OS X but automatically disable them while in certain applications? Modifying system files and heavy terminal use is ok. Here's a screenshot of the preference pane containing Sticky keys for reference. My…
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Safari's Voiceover only reads webpage title and summary, how to make it read the entire page?

Macbook's voiceover is only reading the webpage title and page summary on Safari and stops. It's not reading the entire page from title to the end of the page. It works on Chrome, it reads the entire page automatically without key press. I still…
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VoiceOver Rotor on Mac… why is called "Rotor?"

I was giving a presentation on accessibility tools for the Mac and launched the VoiceOver Rotor utility. Someone in the audience asked why it was called "Rotor?" I had no answer for them. In doing some Googling around, I saw that on iOS, the Rotor…
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Will there be a performance benefit in the upgrade for iPod touch 5 to iPod touch 6 for the KNFB reader?

A totally blind user wants to make use of the KNFB reader but does not want a cell phone, some of the reviews I have read suggest that it works best on the iPhone 6, other reviews suggest that that iPod touch 5 is a suboptimal version of the iPhone…
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