Ahead of International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3, Apple has today released a new film sharing how accessibility features empower students with disabilities in college.
The film, "I'm Not Remarkable," showcases several students and how they use the accessibility features built into Apple's products to get the full college experience--both in and outside the classroom. Highlighted accessibility features include VoiceOver, Magnifier on Mac, Braille Access, AssistiveTouch on Apple Watch and iPad, Accessibility Reader, Sound & Name Recognition, and Live Captions.
"I'm Not Remarkable" also includes a celebratory musical number (of the same name) with performances by deaf and disabled students from around the world. The song was written and produced by Tony award-winning composer Tim Minchin and is also available on Apple Music. "I'm Not Remarkable" is directed by Kim Gehrig, who also directed Apple's Emmy award-winning accessibility short, "The Greatest" in 2022.
In addition to making the video available with audio description and subtitles, Apple has also provided a descriptive text transcript of "I'm Not Remarkable" on its website. The scene-by-scene transcript provides additional information about what is taking place in the video, both auditorily and visually. To access the transcript, visit the above link and activate the "View the Transcript" button.
2025 also marks the 40th anniversary of accessibility at Apple and the 20th anniversary of VoiceOver on the Mac.
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Uplifting video :-)
We need more videos like this. It's nice to see Apple showcasing their inclusivity, not just with the blind, but with multiple levels of disabilities. 😀
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They release a battery that suppose to be for disability costing close to $100, now this. If they care about accessibility and not looking nice or making money of disability, fix bugs and ask us about the issues with voiceover. This is not negative but getting tire of apple telling the world how wonderful they are and how much they do for disability. If you do not care for thread skip. Long live cats.
Tell you who isn't remarkable...
Apple Accessibility.
Very Cool
I just watched this and totally agree with Brian. It's heartwarming to see stuff like this, with good audio description to boot! Nice job once again Apple.
awesome job Apple
Awesome job Apple!!!! Completely agree with Brian!!!
Agree with Brian and others
It's genuinely a great thing, and honestly, overall a deserved ad for apple themselves. Who is not proud with how he can use anybody's iphone or mac with some button presses? Despite the issues? Who'd still want to use a medical white terrible cheep outdated device just to do basic phone calls in 2025? Not me.