Across the board, Apple takes tech accessibility seriously.
Their most visible efforts come viaiPhone featureslike Voice Control, but are hardly limited to iOS and iPadOS.
Thankfully, these accessibility adjustment can help ease your eye strain.
Increase Contrast: Another useful feature that removes ambiguity from Macs interface.
Buttons are clearly marked as buttons using an outline.
Color Filters: This tab has a couple of different color filters that you might apply.
Zoom in to text (or anything)
A MacBooks display is super high-res.
you’ve got the option to make everything on the screen bigger by going toSystem Preferences>Displays.
However, lets say you want to zoom into a document or image only on occasion.
Thats where your Macs Zoom feature comes in.
Go toSystem Preferences>Accessibility>Zoomand fire up the Use keyboard shortcuts to zoom feature.
Now, useOption+Command+ Equalsto zoom in to the screen.
Keep pressing the = button while holding the other keys to continue zoning in.
UseOption+Command+Minusto zoom back out.
Holding downControlwill allow you to use your mouse or trackpads scroll as a zoom function.
Go toSystemPreferences>Accessibility>Spoken Contentand fire up the Speak Selection option.
Next, pick the Options button next to it to customize your tweaks.
From here, you’re free to also change the highlight color.
Then, use theOption+Escapekeyboard shortcut to listen to the text.
Its similar tohow things work on your iPhone.
Go toSystem Preferences>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Enable VoiceOver.
Its worth going through the quick start guide, as implementing the feature can be a bit confusing.
We can all benefit from a break from the keyboard.
Your Macs Dictation feature lets you jot down using your voice, and it works surprisingly well.
To enable it, go toSystem Preferences > Keyboard > Dictationand check that the feature is turned on.
Next, take a look at the Shortcut drop-down and change it to what is most convenient to you.
Start talking, and your Mac will convert your speech to text.
Voice Control is a deeply integrated feature that works across all apps.
When the feature is enabled, youll see a little Microphone icon.
If youd rather ask your digital assistant something in private, enable throw in to Siri.
Head toSystem Preferences > Siri > Enable pop in to Siri.
