Beyond the Surface: Apple’s Accessibility and Health Innovations Unveiled in ‘Inside Apple’ Podcast

Dive into the secrets behind Apple's Accessibility and Health innovations with this new podcast, featuring rare insights from key team members.

7 months ago

Podcast Delves Into Apple's Accessibility and Health Work

Special Episode of Twenty Thousand Hertz: The podcast features new interviews with four Apple staffers—Sarah Herrlinger, Ron Huang, Deidre Caldbeck, and Erick Treski—along with clips from CEO Tim Cook.
40-Year History of Accessibility at Apple: The episode spans the entire history of Accessibility at Apple, which started 40 years ago in 1985.
Key Tenets of Apple’s Accessibility Efforts:
- Building the internal Accessibility team with people who have lived experience.
- Five main pillars: vision, hearing, physical/motor, cognitive, and speech.
Blurring Lines Between Accessibility and Health: The podcast highlights how features like the Noise app on the Apple Watch can have surprising impacts beyond their initial design.
AI in Accessibility:
- Features like Live Captions for generating live subtitles and Sound Recognition for detecting environmental sounds are discussed.
Hearing Health with AirPods Pro 2: iOS 18.1 introduced three new Hearing Health features, aiming to help the 75% of people with hearing loss who were not using assistance.
Tim Cook’s Vision:
- The podcast closes with Cook’s quote emphasizing Apple's commitment to building features that unlock capabilities and improve lives.