Can a disabled person use Apple Vision Pro with only her eye movement?

My friend's mom has a serious paralysis condition where she can only move her eyes and make very weak sound. Mentally she's fine so she's trapped in her own body. She's been like that for years now. The first time I saw Apple Vision Pro, I was wondering if she can use it with her eye movement to type messages (or select pre-written messages? maybe there's an app like that?) so my friend can finally communicate with her mom....

Posted on Jan 21, 2024 11:28 AM

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Posted on Jan 22, 2024 11:23 AM

It's already too late to edit my previous post, so I just wanted to give an update.

With Apple Vision Pro's accessibility features, you don't need any other input other than your eyes. So your friend's mom can indeed use Vision Pro using AssistiveTouch and Dwell Control to create an 100% hands-free experience.


How to Use AssistiveTouch

With Apple's accessibility technology AssistiveTouch on Apple Vision Pro, an always-accessible menu appears. It lets a user perform actions such as opening Control Center, Notification Center, and the Home View. With Dwell Control on, you can go 100% hands free by giving you options such as tap, scroll, long press, and drag. To enter any one of these modes, simply perform an extended gaze at the Assistive touch menu, and select the mode you need. When you are in this mode, a user can perform an extended gaze to use any one of these actions. For instance, on a webpage, a user can click on a link in by gazing at it in tap mode and continue reading an article in by switching to scroll mode and long gazing at the area to scroll in. You can even drag and drop an image by performing an extended gaze at an image in long press mode, switching to drag mode, extended gaze at the selected image, move your eyes to the desired final position, and performing an extended gaze at the image again.

I hope you understand how to use AssistiveTouch on Apple Vision Pro now! Tell your friend's mom about it. The price is worth it.

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Jan 22, 2024 11:23 AM in response to paulinechoi0817

It's already too late to edit my previous post, so I just wanted to give an update.

With Apple Vision Pro's accessibility features, you don't need any other input other than your eyes. So your friend's mom can indeed use Vision Pro using AssistiveTouch and Dwell Control to create an 100% hands-free experience.


How to Use AssistiveTouch

With Apple's accessibility technology AssistiveTouch on Apple Vision Pro, an always-accessible menu appears. It lets a user perform actions such as opening Control Center, Notification Center, and the Home View. With Dwell Control on, you can go 100% hands free by giving you options such as tap, scroll, long press, and drag. To enter any one of these modes, simply perform an extended gaze at the Assistive touch menu, and select the mode you need. When you are in this mode, a user can perform an extended gaze to use any one of these actions. For instance, on a webpage, a user can click on a link in by gazing at it in tap mode and continue reading an article in by switching to scroll mode and long gazing at the area to scroll in. You can even drag and drop an image by performing an extended gaze at an image in long press mode, switching to drag mode, extended gaze at the selected image, move your eyes to the desired final position, and performing an extended gaze at the image again.

I hope you understand how to use AssistiveTouch on Apple Vision Pro now! Tell your friend's mom about it. The price is worth it.

Jan 21, 2024 5:44 PM in response to paulinechoi0817

Hi paulinechoi0817,

welcome to the Apple (user-to-user) Community!


Re: Can a disabled person use Apple Vision Pro with only her eye movement?


Until the release date, 2nd February, likely no-one in the community knows much more than you do about Apple Vision Pro ... Apple's released information is available online at Apple Vision Pro - Apple

You can view an overview, a 10 minute video- introduction, and the Technical specifications.

Seems you generally navigate Vision Pro by using your eyes, hands, and voice …


Another avenue may be for those who care for your friend's mom to contact Apple for accessibility support:

See: How to contact Apple for accessibility support - Apple Support

or

Try Apple's Accessibility Support Website

(NB: You can "Get Support" from the link at the bottom of their website:)

Accessibility Support - Official Apple Support

or

See: How to: Control iPad with an eye-tracking device - Apple Support


All the best :-)

Jan 22, 2024 9:03 AM in response to paulinechoi0817

I'm very excited to report that, yes! With Dwell Control, your friend's mom can use Apple Vision Pro without the use of her her hands! I learned about it from this video: Create accessible spatial experiences - WWDC23. Unfortunately, though, I'm not sure if Dwell Control requires voice input. You can ask an Apple specialist about this on the Buy Apple Vision Pro page.


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