Fusia
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After reading Jim's recent post with detailed information on his PAL's new Eyegaze system, I thought I would post a bit on Apple's Voice Control feature. This can be useful if you use an iPhone, iPad, or a Mac computer – IF you still have the use of your voice. It allows you to navigate screens, websites, and apps, use overlays, do finger gestures, dictate and edit text, and control your device using your voice. Maybe everyone already knows about this and uses it, but I was pretty thrilled when I realized what it could do for me. I searched the forums for information about it, but found nothing.
My ALS started in the hands and arms, and it was becoming increasingly difficult to use touch screens, a mouse, and a keyboard. When I began looking for Dragon software for my Mac computer, I found that support for Dragon on the Mac had been discontinued. But, Apple had released their Voice Control feature last fall and seems to replicate much of the Dragon functionality.
As long as you have a recent version of iOS or macOS (iOS 10.13, macOS Catalina), it's very easy to enable in accessibility settings. The main drawback for me has been that it's a fairly large learning curve, and there does not seem to be a lot of good, detailed information to help learn it. There are some YouTube videos and some Apple support information, but those just kind of scratched the surface. Most of my learning has been through trial and error. However, after working with it for a few months, I'm pretty proficient, especially on the iPhone and iPad.
I'm curious if anyone else is using Apple Voice Control, and, if so, what you think. Also, if you have found any good reference or user guides, please let me know.
My ALS started in the hands and arms, and it was becoming increasingly difficult to use touch screens, a mouse, and a keyboard. When I began looking for Dragon software for my Mac computer, I found that support for Dragon on the Mac had been discontinued. But, Apple had released their Voice Control feature last fall and seems to replicate much of the Dragon functionality.
As long as you have a recent version of iOS or macOS (iOS 10.13, macOS Catalina), it's very easy to enable in accessibility settings. The main drawback for me has been that it's a fairly large learning curve, and there does not seem to be a lot of good, detailed information to help learn it. There are some YouTube videos and some Apple support information, but those just kind of scratched the surface. Most of my learning has been through trial and error. However, after working with it for a few months, I'm pretty proficient, especially on the iPhone and iPad.
I'm curious if anyone else is using Apple Voice Control, and, if so, what you think. Also, if you have found any good reference or user guides, please let me know.