Head's Up: Customizing Accessibility is on the horizon

This looks interesting. What are others thoughts on this?

I've always wanted the buttons to be larger, even though I only use VO and have no sight. For what ever reason, I miss them with explore by touch and have to do a lot of swiping around. Would this even work with VO on?

If it means everything moved around, and the loss of the folders it took time for me to make, I'm definitely not on board.

Sorry, but it sounds to me like people with limited vision would benefit a lot more than those with no vision at all, unless of course, I’m missing something. As far as I’m concerned, the article is just not going into it deep enough for me to make a proper decision. For now, it raises more questions than answers. I’ll hold my horsey for now.

Okay, this might be a little cynical of me, but the article talks about locked screen items. When I played with this new exciting feature, I found it didn't really work with VoiceOver. I'm wondering if this might serve to be a way of us having an alternative to certain aspects of the OS that apple won't put the resources in to making accessible? I mean, we've been lucky in that we just expect accessibility for absolutely everything apple releases, but this might act as a different direction, a means of disabling aspects of the OS that we can't use.

On the other hand, this might be a good way to simplify our interactions which are designed for a visual based interface.

Would prefer that apple focus on fixing bugs. Not interested in any features if bugs are not fix. I pay $800 for a phone. I expect it to work without giving me a headache.

When I read this article, the first thing which comes to mind is a simpler interface for less advanced users. Many of us on this site are pretty efficient iPhone/iPad users who are totally comfortable with the interface. However, in my job, I often work with older individuals with declining vision who are confused by lots of icons and gestures. One of the reasons the BlindShell is so popular is because it is all menu driven. I'm wondering if this isn't a way for Apple to make a simpler interface for older individuals who do not want a complicated phone with lots of apps and commands. If so, I would applaud this change as it would open up the world of iOS to more users. Just my initial thoughts.
Jim

Maybe it's just me, but the more I get excited about something, the more disappointed I am when it ends up not the way I imagine it to be.

We can speculate all we want, but until we actually see something in action, then it's not worth getting excited over.

This will probably be more of a visual thing, so for most of us that use Voiceover, things will probably behave the same.

Of corse I could be wrong, but I think I'll be sitting back and watching to see what happens.

Something like this isn't new, for Apple I suppose it is, but Android has had this for years.

I believe they call them Launchers.