Low Vision/Blindness Support, Tutorials, and Communities List

Support and Tutorials

Apple Accessibility Support Page

Links to various support pages covering the whole range of accessibility features in Apple products, including low vision and blindness features

support.apple.com/accessibility

Apple iOS User Guide – VoiceOver

Apple’s Online iPhone User Guide has a section dedicated to learning VoiceOver. This link will take you to the first section titled, “Turn on and practice VoiceOver on iPhone.” Use the table of contents or next link at the bottom of each page to move to the next section.

support.apple.com/guide/iphone/turn-on-and-practice-voiceover-iph3e2e415f/13.0/ios/13.0

AppleVis – Empowering blind and low-vision users of Apple products and related applications

A webpage dedicated to building a community of low vision and blind users of Apple products. They provide a blog on accessibility news, a forum for discussions and questions, a podcast, guides, and a listing of know accessibility bugs—great all-around resource.

 applevis.com 

Hadley Instructional Videos

Hadley makes a variety of instructional videos for low vision and blind individuals looking to learn how to use their computers and devices better. They have support videos on the iPhone, Mac, Windows computer, Android Phones, and more.

www.hadley.edu/InstructionalVideos/

iMore – How to use VoiceoVer on iPhone and iPad

The writers at iMore, a website covering technology news as it relates to Apple products, created this step by step guide to get you started learning VoiceOver. Beginning with the basics and moving through even advanced techniques.

www.imore.com/how-use-voiceover-iphone-and-ipad

Apple Low Vision/Blindness Communities

Apple Support Community for Vision

Online Community, where people can discuss vision accessibility on Apple products, ask questions, and discuss issues. Registration required to post messages but not to read.

discussions.apple.com/community/accessibility/vision

VIPhone

This Google Group is a place to post questions about low vision and blind accessibility for the iPhone. Registration required to post messages but not to read.

groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/viphone