Accessibility – Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3

Apple’s I’m Not Remarkable Ad Is More Than Remarkable

More of this please

Every now and then a company gets it right and this is one of those times. Apple got it right this time, releasing a new ad, I’m Not Remarkable. It’s REMARKABLE.

Highlighting Apple’s accessibility features for its product the ad features an astounding number of challenged young folks singing, dancing, and of course using Apple products, demonstrating how this young people live and work their daily lives through college. The message is bang on. The production is astoundingly good. Watching the ad is thrilling, and I also suggest you visit Apple’s website that contains the transcript of the ad.

More of this please.

I’m hoping Apple releases a “making of” video of this ad. If they do I’ll update this post accordingly. Meanwhile you can watch the ad below.

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Finding Her Voice with an iPad

A great story about how technology can help give voice to the voiceless.

This is a terrific story. Jordyn Zimmerman is autistic and nonspeaking. She uses an iPad and Apple’s Assistive Touch and Live Speech accessibilty features to give voice to her thoughts.

She’s accomplished quite a bit since she began using the technology. It’s an amazing story and one you should watch. Here’s the video.

Hat tip to my friend Sumocat for alerting me to this.

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