Vocal Shortcuts can feel like a superpower. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac Vocal Shortcuts let you control your phone by speaking a command out loud. Think “Hey Siri,” but for running your own ...

A few weeks before Apple unveiled iOS 18 at WWDC 2024, the company announced a number of accessibility features coming to iPhone with the new update. At the time, I said that I hoped the new Vocal ...

Over the years, Apple's Siri has evolved to streamline various tasks, from sending messages hands-free to navigating complex settings with just a voice command. While the Cupertino giant provides a ...

Last August, my best friend asked me how she could help her neighbor set her iPhone so she could answer it without picking it up. The neighbor had Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and had lost dexterity in ...

Voice computing is still in its early days. One reason is that voice assistants often aren’t great at understanding our words unless they fit a pre-defined model. Siri with Apple Intelligence will ...

A disability campaigner has highlighted what he says is a huge accessibility breakthrough with Voice Control in the latest iPhone and Mac betas. He said that what may sound like a small improvement is ...