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by kridsdale3 978 days ago
Luckily this kind of thing was announced this year:

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/05/16/apple-previews-ios-17-a...

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Wow, Point and Speak looks amazing. Despite all their faults, Apple really deserves credit for bringing great accessibility stuff like this to millions of consumers.

>Detection Mode in Magnifier and Point and Speak

>In the Magnifier app, Point and Speak helps users interact with physical objects that have several text labels. For example, while using a household appliance, Point and Speak combines input from the Camera app, the LiDAR Scanner, and on-device machine learning to announce the text on buttons as users move their finger across the keypad.

>Point and Speak is built into the Magnifier app on iPhone and iPad , works with VoiceOver, and can be used with other Magnifier features such as People Detection, Door Detection, and Image Descriptions to help users navigate their physical environment more effectively.

> to millions of consumers.

It's billions!

If we're being pedantic, a single billion; only Android has 2+ billions of users.
It still looks a bit complex, I'll see how it goes