Someone who can't see may still want to share photos with family, friends, and connections who can. That's why offering a Camera app that's accessible to those with limited or no vision is so important. Everyone should have the option of taking pictures of the people and places that matter to them. And yes, in the age of social media, everyone should have the option of taking a selfie. That's the essence of inclusivity. Embarrassingly, before it was pointed out to me a couple of weeks ago, it hasn't occurred to me that Apple had added VoiceOver, the company's screen reader technology, to the camera. I hadn't even considered that aspect of accessibility. But Apple had, and they'd taken steps to make it work. Get an iPhone SE with Mint Mobile service for $30/mo Making the camera accessible

The first step in making the Camera app accessible is making Camera.app accessible. In other words, making sure everyone can get to it whenever they need it. You can navigate to Camera using VoiceOver, but Apple's made it even easier. Simply tell Siri "Open the camera". Even "Siri, take a selfie" works. It doesn't automagically switch it to the front-facing mode or take a picture, though—at least not yet—but it gets you where you want to be. When VoiceOver is enabled, not only will it read out the buttons, controls, and options available to you, but it will tell you the settings and the orientation of the camera. That might sound redundant, because we know how we're holding it, but sometimes the interface doesn't switch when the phone switches and sideways pictures result. Having a voice confirmation is not just the equivalent of looking at the camera icon and making sure it's pointing up, it's a proactive protection. Same with high dynamic range and flash settings. Camera. HDR. Automatic. Landscape. VoiceOver will then use face detection to tell you how many people are in the frame. It will also say if a face is small, and where in the frame a face or faces are located incase you want to try and better center them. When you move, it will tell you the new framing, so you can figure out if you're getting closer to the shot you want. One face. Small face. Bottom left corner. Making photos accessible