ARE YOU READY FOR YOUR iCAR?
Several sources have reported that Apple is jumping into the self-driving. Market by acquiring cash starved start-up talent. To many this would seem sort of like a “so what” event as Google has been in this a for years and this transportation sector has been filled. With mergers and buy-outs from the very beginning. Well maybe.
On the Other Hand— when it comes to disability access, Apple has, until recent improvements by Microsoft, far exceeded competitors in making things ready to use out of the box for people with disabilities.
In fact, the user experience is the platform upon which Apple builds all its products.
It is not hard to imagine a day in the next five years that you will pull your phone out and a vehicle will appear knowing who you are instantly upload your music playlists and your destination and maybe all the accesasaibility features you already use will pop on automatically on control screens in the ICar or on your mobile device.
Well, hopefully Apple Will continue its leadership in access as it moves into this market. This blog has already praised Microsoft for its recent development of accessible products and pleaded them to extend those into the car market. Perhaps this will prompt Microsoft to. Do just that. It would be great to have a three way battle between Apple, Microsoft, and Google to see how accessible and usable they could make this new form of transport for people with disabilities. And all others for that matter.
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