How I, as someone who is visually impaired, use my iPhone (2020)

Re:How I, as someone who is visually impaired, use my iPhone... by hansoolo on Thursday May 27, 2021 @06:20PM (#27309290)

But isn't this completely useless for the visually impaired? How would they even care about the picture shown on their screen?

This is a useless accessibility feature, if you ask me. It's over engineering.

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Re:How I, as someone who is visually impaired, use my iPhone... by duskwuff on Thursday May 27, 2021 @07:28PM (#27309879)

That's the point. It's an Easter egg -- extravagantly detailed accessibility descriptions for UI elements that non-sighted users will rarely interact with.

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Re:How I, as someone who is visually impaired, use my iPhone... by taywrobel on Friday May 28, 2021 @12:08AM (#27311636)

If it’s something that makes someone understand and enjoy their chosen wallpaper preference better is it really useless?

I guess it comes down to your personal interpretation of “usefulness”, but frankly I think you take for granted the amount of detail that you’re able to ascertain from being (presumably) fully sighted.

There’s no reason that someone with any visual disability can’t appreciate a scene with as much detail and intricacy as you can, if it’s adequately conveyed to them.

Words and grammar can be learned and expounded upon, but the description of a scene as “a tree on top of a hill” cannot, so why not err on the side of being overly descriptive for those that can understand, and leave the door open for those that can learn more?

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Re:How I, as someone who is visually impaired, use my iPhone... by jtth on Thursday May 27, 2021 @06:39PM (#27309470)

Phone wallpapers are social signifiers for sighted people.

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Re:How I, as someone who is visually impaired, use my iPhone... by szhu on Friday May 28, 2021 @05:27PM (#27320731)

Do you care how your face looks when you go out? Why do you care, if you're not looking at it?

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