I removed some of the lower part of this article but it does answer questions that have been asked on list.
> > http://mosen.org/face-id-accessibility-apple-offers-some-answers/ > <http://mosen.org/face-id-accessibility-apple-offers-some-answers/> > > Face ID Accessibility. Apple offers some answers > Jonathan Mosen <http://mosen.org/author/jmosen/> 13/09/2017 > As discussed in The Blind Side Podcast episode 53, > <http://theblindsidepodcast.podbean.com/e/the-blind-side-podcast-53-recap-of-apples-september-2017-event/>Apple > today made a series of hardware announcements. > > Understandably, the announcement that has caused the most social media > chatter in the blind community relates to the iPhone X, and it’s new Face ID > feature. > > Apple has earned our trust over the years by ensuring that its products are > fully accessible from their initial launch, so few observers were in any > doubt that Apple would have given thought to the accessibility of this new > feature. However, were there limitations of the technology that simply made > it a non-starter for some people? > > I wrote to Apple, and quickly received a response to some of my initial > questions. > > My questions stem from the fact that I am congenitally blind. My particular > eye condition causes my eyes to look small and a little sunken, and they are > often closed. Further, I have a form of congenital cataracts. I was curious > to know whether Face ID would work for someone like me and others I know with > prosthetic eyes, given that during the keynote, Apple indicated that the > iPhone X would not unlock unless you gave the phone your attention. > > Apple says the following. > > The iPhone X has been designed with a number of accessibility features to > support its use. > > For VoiceOver users, Face ID will prompt you as to how to move your head > during set up in order to complete a scan. If you do not want Face ID to > require attention, you can open Settings > General > Accessibility, and > disable Require Attention for Face ID. This is automatically disabled if you > enable VoiceOver during initial set up. > > I also took the opportunity to ask about the new method for toggling > accessibility settings. One can’t triple-click the Home button on the iPhone > X, because there is no Home button. It appears one triple-clicks the Side > button. This button is larger on the iPhone X than previous models of iPhone > to reflect the many functions it now performs. > > I would observe that one will have to be careful with this feature, since > pressing the same button five times will activate iOS 11’s emergency SOS > function, and may, depending on how you’ve configured that feature, make a > call to local emergency services. > > I’m impressed that Apple had clearly anticipated someone like me having > questions about my ability to use Face ID, and were able to furnish me with > such a clear answer. > > How about you? Now that the big reveal is all official, how are you feeling > about the new devices, and especially the iPhone X with it’s Face ID? > > Share your thoughts in the comments. > Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
