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Washington Post
26-05-2025
- Health
- Washington Post
Work Advice: Should you list a job you got fired from on a résumé?
Reader: My son was just fired after four months at a new job he had relocated for. It was pretty much his own fault. There was a long lapse in his health insurance and he didn't do what he needed to do to secure his ADHD meds. As a result, he made errors that cost the company money.
Hans India
14-05-2025
- Hans India
Apple Previews iOS 19 Accessibility Features Ahead of WWDC 2025
As anticipation builds for Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2025, the tech giant has offered a sneak peek at some of the standout features coming with iOS 19. Among the most noteworthy updates are a comprehensive suite of accessibility tools designed to enhance the user experience for individuals with disabilities. Set to roll out later this year, iOS 19 promises not just visual updates, but smarter, more inclusive innovations powered by Apple silicon and on-device intelligence. Apple's CEO Tim Cook emphasised the company's long-standing commitment to accessibility, stating, 'At Apple, accessibility is part of our DNA. We're proud of the innovations we're sharing this year. These tools are built to help people access essential information, explore the world around them, and engage more fully with what they love.' New 'Accessibility Nutrition Labels' on the App Store Leading the list of new features is the introduction of "Accessibility Nutrition Labels" on the App Store. These labels will appear on app product pages, giving users a detailed overview of each app's accessibility capabilities—such as support for VoiceOver, Voice Control, Larger Text, Captions, Reduced Motion, and sufficient contrast. The goal is to empower users with disabilities to make informed decisions about app compatibility before downloading. These labels will be available globally and are expected to significantly enhance digital accessibility across Apple's ecosystem. Introducing Braille Access: Full Braille Support Across Devices Another major highlight is the new Braille Access feature, which transforms iPhones, iPads, Macs, and even Apple Vision Pro into fully functional braille note-taking devices. With Braille Access, users can launch apps, take quick notes, and even work on technical documents using Nemeth Braille—all through Braille input. The feature also allows users to open Braille Ready Format (BRF) files directly and includes a built-in live captioning tool that transcribes conversations in real-time to connected braille displays. This makes communication and content consumption far more accessible to the visually impaired community. Accessibility Reader for Enhanced Text Customisation For users with reading disabilities or low vision, Apple is introducing the Accessibility Reader—an innovative system-wide tool that enhances text readability. Available across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro, this feature allows deep customisation of font type, background colour, text colour, line and character spacing, and line length. In addition to visual adjustments, the Accessibility Reader integrates Spoken Content support, enabling users to listen to the customised text aloud. It will also be accessible via the Magnifier app across supported platforms, offering a consistent experience. More Inclusive Features in iOS 19 In addition to these headline features, iOS 19 will introduce several smaller but impactful enhancements: • Background Sounds: Expanded with new equaliser settings, automatic stopping options, and additional Shortcuts automation capabilities. • Personal Voice: Now requires fewer voice recordings to generate a personalised voice and will support new languages, including Spanish (Mexico). • Eye Tracking Improvements: Eye tracking gets more powerful with support for switch and dwell selections and better keyboard interaction on iPhones and iPads. • Head Tracking: Users will be able to control their devices through head movement, adding another layer of touch-free accessibility. • Brain-Computer Interface (BCI): Apple is adding BCI support via Switch Control, expanding accessibility for users with limited motor control. • Music Haptics: Offers customizable haptic feedback for music, with options for full-song or vocal-only vibrations and intensity controls. • Sound Recognition: Gains a new 'Name Recognition' feature that alerts users when their name is spoken aloud—ideal for noisy environments or hearing-impaired users. • Voice Control Enhancements: Introduces a programming mode within Xcode, improves vocabulary syncing, and expands to new languages. • Live Captions Update: Adds support for multiple English dialects (including Indian and Singaporean English), Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish, French, Japanese, German, and Korean. • Share Accessibility Settings: A new tool that allows users to temporarily share their personalised accessibility settings with another Apple device.
The Verge
13-05-2025
- The Verge
Apple's new Accessibility Reader can customize text across apps — and in real life
Apple has revealed a new reading mode 'designed to make text easier to read for users with a wide range of disabilities, such as dyslexia or low vision,' the company announced on Tuesday. The feature, called Accessibility Reader, is coming later this year and will allow users to customize a text's font, color, and spacing in any app on the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro, as well as have it read aloud. Users can even use Accessibility Reader to change the appearance of text on physical objects, such as menus or books. That's because Apple is building the feature into its Magnifier app, which already lets users use the camera on their device to zoom in on and detect the objects around them. With the integration, users should be able to use the Magnifer app to modify text in the real world, too. In addition to iOS and iPadOS, Apple has announced that it's bringing Magnifier to macOS as well. This will let users use their Mac's camera — or connected devices like an iPhone or webcam — to zoom in on surroundings and modify text. The update is coming as part of a wider rollout of accessibility tools, which includes 'Accessibility Nutrition Labels' that highlight accessibility features in apps and games on the App Store, along with a new way for users to take notes in Braille.
South Wales Argus
11-05-2025
- Business
- South Wales Argus
Farmers and NFU Cymru voices concerns about US-UK trade deal
NFU Cymru deputy president Abi Reader has said the trade deal was made due to tariffs put in place in April. She said: "This is not something anybody wanted. "Since then, we have worked tirelessly on behalf of Welsh and British agriculture, engaging closely with the UK Government to ensure our farmers receive a fair and balanced outcome within this deal and that the public is not exposed to lower standard produce." She said they appreciated the efforts made by the government to listen to concerns around the high standards, protecting sensitive agricultural sectors and ensuring access for beef. The deputy president praised Welsh farmers, saying: "Here in Wales, we produce beef to some of the highest animal welfare and environmental standards in the world and this is a credit to farmers across the country. "Our PGI Welsh Beef is second to none and by sourcing Welsh, consumers can be confident they are getting the best product possible for their money." However, Ms Reader highlighted serious worries for the arable sector. She said: "The inclusion of a significant volume of bioethanol in the deal raises concerns for Welsh and British arable farmers. "We are working through what this means for the viability of domestic bioethanol production and therefore the potential impact on our members. "Our biggest concern is that two agricultural sectors have been singled out to shoulder the heavy burden of the removal of tariffs for other industries in the economy."
New York Times
04-05-2025
- Health
- New York Times
Daniel Kahneman's Decision: A Debate About Choice in Dying
Image Credit... Kelli Anderson To the Editor: Re 'The Lesson From a Nobel Laureate's Chosen Death,' by Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek and Peter Singer (Opinion guest essay, April 20): I admire and respect Daniel Kahneman's decision to end his life at 90 and hope I am able to be as clearheaded and resolute in another decade or two, when my time comes. I understand our culture's knee-jerk pushback against the notion of assisted suicide when there is no imminent threat of death. However, as someone who has cared for elderly relatives suffering 'the miseries and indignities of the last years of life' that Professor Kahneman feared, I think his decision makes perfect sense. I witnessed the awful reality of a loved one, sick and infirm, with no prospect for returning to an independent life, suffer for three long years. Regardless of age or accomplishment, all that each of us has in life is this precious moment — now. Seeing those moments reduced to nothing more than waiting to die and the misery that prospect elicits reveals the wisdom of Professor Kahneman's decision. G. Steve Jordan New York To the Editor: You don't have to be a Nobel laureate to understand Daniel Kahneman's concept of a 'complete' life and his decision to go to Switzerland. I believe that our freedoms include the right to die with dignity. If an individual who is cogent and psychologically stable believes that she has lived life well, that her life is complete and that her future will not bring improvement or joy, she should have the right to make the decision to terminate her life. Period. I am 77 years old, and I have talked with my husband and two adult children about my wishes. While I am not ready to make the decision today, I want them to understand my choices when the time is right. I truly hope there are states in this country, including my own, that will follow Switzerland's lead in time for my decision. Thank you for publishing this important essay. Joan Temko Anyon San Francisco To the Editor: Daniel Kahneman's decision to end his life through assisted suicide in Switzerland raises troubling questions about the normalization of such practices. Professor Kahneman was not terminally ill, which is what most American proponents of assisted suicide say it is for. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. Already a subscriber? Log in. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
