Adobe announced on Tuesday that the latest version of Adobe XD will support macOS Voice Control, making the user experience design platform more accessible to people with physical disabilities.
Apple introduced Voice Control on macOS with the release of Catalina last year, allowing users to control their Mac entirely with their voice. The feature uses Siri voice recognition technology on the device, which Apple says guarantees the privacy of personal data.
Now with enhanced labeling of Adobe XD, users of Apple’s voice control feature will be able to use their voices to launch the platform, access all of its basic design features, create prototype interactions in Prototype and more.
Once a user has activated voice control, they can simply say “Open XD” to launch the tool. Users can create custom commands in their voice control settings for quick access to menu items in XD. For example, you can create a command to say “Create a component”, which would group the selected objects and convert them into a component.
“Innovative technologies such as voice control help us enable an entirely new group of creatives like never before, some of whom may not have had the opportunity to express their creativity with existing tools before,” wrote Cameron Cundiff, Adobe software engineer, in a blog post.
Accessibility features have become an increasingly important consideration for designers and developers, as digital tools become an essential and ubiquitous part of everyday life. According to the CDC, about 16% of adults in the United States have a physical disability.
Earlier this month, UBank released an open source accessibility kit on Github to help iOS developers make sure their apps are more accessible to people with certain disabilities. In addition, software quality testing company Applause has just released its new Accessause accessibility tool, which automatically detects and corrects accessibility issues.
Last year, the Supreme Court opened the door to prosecutions of websites and mobile applications that are not accessible to people with disabilities.
Adobe announced on Tuesday that the latest version of Adobe XD will support macOS Voice Control, making the user experience design platform more accessible to people with physical disabilities.
Apple introduced Voice Control on macOS with the release of Catalina last year, allowing users to control their Mac entirely with their voice. The feature uses Siri voice recognition technology on the device, which Apple says guarantees the privacy of personal data.
Now with enhanced labeling of Adobe XD, users of Apple’s voice control feature will be able to use their voices to launch the platform, access all of its basic design features, create prototype interactions in Prototype and more.
Once a user has activated voice control, they can simply say “Open XD” to launch the tool. Users can create custom commands in their voice control settings for quick access to menu items in XD. For example, you can create a command to say “Create a component”, which would group the selected objects and convert them into a component.
“Innovative technologies such as voice control help us enable an entirely new group of creatives like never before, some of whom may not have had the opportunity to express their creativity with existing tools before,” wrote Cameron Cundiff, Adobe software engineer, in a blog post.
Accessibility features have become an increasingly important consideration for designers and developers, as digital tools become an essential and ubiquitous part of everyday life. According to the CDC, about 16% of adults in the United States have a physical disability.
Earlier this month, UBank released an open source accessibility kit on Github to help iOS developers make sure their apps are more accessible to people with certain disabilities. In addition, software quality testing company Applause has just released its new Accessause accessibility tool, which automatically detects and corrects accessibility issues.
Last year, the Supreme Court opened the door to prosecutions of websites and mobile applications that are not accessible to people with disabilities.