[nfbcs] Apple Watch Accessibility

[David Goldfield]

9to5Mac contains some revealing facts about features which will likely 
appear in the Apple Watch. This was gleaned from a beta of iOS 8.2 which 
was recently released. Here's what they had to say about accessibility.

Accessibility:
• Like Apple’s other products, Apple Watch will have a series of key 
accessibility features.
• To access Accessibility Settings on the fly, users will triple-click 
the Digital Crown.
• The Apple Watch will have a VoiceOver feature that can speak text that 
is displayed on the screen. Users will be able to scroll through text to 
be spoken using two fingers. VoiceOver can be enabled either by merely 
raising a wrist or by double tapping the display.
• Users will also be able to zoom on the Apple Watch’s screen: double 
tap with two fingers to zoom, use two fingers to pan around, and double 
tap while dragging to adjust the zoom.
• There will also be accessibility settings to reduce motion, control 
stereo audio balance, reduce transparency, switch to grayscale mode, 
disable system animations, and enable bold text.

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