Comment by an_d_rew

7 hours ago

As someone slowly and idiopathically losing their hearing, and as someone just... getting older and losing visual acuity...

Thank you, Apple, for taking accessibility seriously and dedicating resources towards it.

I very much appreciate it, and the work of the entire accessibility team.

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aucisson_masque  7 hours ago

Have you ever tried the accessibility feature on Android ? Would you recommend one or the other for your use case ?

And what about windows (if you use it) ?

I think that we should all be concerned by the accessibility feature, we never know what is going to happen in life.

  • an_d_rew  7 hours ago

    I haven’t used Android or Windows in any meaningful way for years, so I cannot comment on them.

    I can tell you that the hearing accommodations on the AirPod Pro 2/3 headphones brought literal tears to my eyes because of how fabulous it makes music sound for me.

    This is a a LOT more work than just adding an equalizer because you have to do multiband real time compression and expansion, in relation to other frequency bands and respecting band-specific sound energy limits.

    I know I might sound like I’m gushing, and I kinda’ am. They didn’t have to put in the time or energy to do that or maintain it and they did ... and for that, like I said, I am extraordinarily grateful.