An iPhone Feature Helping Deaf/Hard of Hearing People: Live Captions

My friend Lainey Feingold showed her 91-year-old dad how to turn on Live Captions on his iPhone, and now he loves how much easier phone calls are for him. How many other elders don't know about Live Captions? Everyone, including our elders, should have communication tools that help facilitate connection. Share accessibility features with elders in your communities. #ShowYourElders
More great ideas from Lainey on how to increase accessibility for elders: www.lflegal.co...
Video transcript: habengirma.com...

[@wobweger]

thanks a lot 🥰

[@TheAutisticPhD]

Ah! I don't have an iPhone but this looks like such an awesome thing for iPhone users. Nice video, Haben, and Lainey, friend of Haben.

[@haben_girma]

Android has something similar, but even with Android a lot of people who could benefit don’t know about the feature. Thanks for taking a few minutes to learn about Live Captions!

[@brittnar]

I have an Android and I have "Live Transcribe" saved in my pull down shade so I have quick access to it. If I ever meet someone who is hard of hearing or Deaf or English Language Learner, I can do a swipe down and tap then that way we can start to communicate in a jiffy. Thanks for getting the word out, Haben.

[@haben_girma]

Thanks for sharing that! Those on iPhone can set up a shortcut to turn on and off Live Captions quickly. Meryl Evans has a great tutorial: equalentry.com/ios-live-captions-accessibility/

[@robindunford]

This will be useful to a lot of people Haben.

[@haben_girma]

I’m glad you think so too!