Physical accessibility

Acquired or congenital physical and/or motor impairment resulting in difficulties associated with sitting, standing, getting into position, moving, communicating, self-care, using and manipulating tools and materials.

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• Accessible Technologies
  • Visual accessibility
  • Auditory accessibility
  • Neurological accessibility
  • Cognitive accessibility
  • Physical accessibility

Apple

Learn more about physical accessibility on Apple’s site.

MacOS: Desktop/laptop

• Voice control
• Switch control
• Siri
• Accessibility keyboard
• Hardware Keyboard support
• Dictation
• Predictive Text

iOS: iPad/iPhone

• Voice control
• Switch control
• AssistiveTouch
• Touch accommodations
• Back tap (iPhone only)
• Siri
• Hardware Keyboard support
• Dictation
• Predictive Text

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Microsoft

Learn more about physical accessibility on Microsoft’s site.

• Control mouse with keypad
• Keyboard
  • On-screen keyboard for touch screens
  • Sticky Keys
  • Toggle keys
  • Filter keys
  • Shortcuts
• Windows speech recognition
• Eye tracking device compatibility
• Windows Hello (face or fingerprint recognition for signing in)

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Google

Google Chrome OS

Learn more about physical accessibility related to Chromebooks and other mobility-assistive features on Google’s site.

• On-screen keyboard
• Dictation
• Tap dragging
• Swipe to Type
• Chromebook Touchpad directives
• Sticky Keys (for keyboard shortcuts)
• Automatic clicks

Android

Learn more about physical accessibility when using Android devices on Android’s site.

• Switch access
• Voice access (app)

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