Apple Watch Accessibility - VoiceOver And Zoom

This is the first in a new series looking at Apple Watch accessibility. In this video, we take a first look at VoiceOver and the Zoom magnifier. How to turn them on and use them.
In future videos, we will look at other accessibility settings on the Apple watch.
Watch used in this video, Apple Watch SE.

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[ABlindStoner]

As a person who's blind myself and is looking to get a apple watch.
Just gotta say thanks for uploading stuff like this very helpful.

[ernestorodriguez]

There’s a blind life I am Emely Rodriguez and I am blind and I watched your video a few minutes ago and it was cool because I use VoiceOver on my iPad and I’ve never used it on an Apple Watch because I can’t have one and I have I’m nine years old and I have an iPad and when I’m 16 I’m gonna get a Apple Watch and I watch your videos and I’m gonna watch this video that I watch now so I could save my so I could save my memory and I could remember all the amazing videos that you made thank you thank you for making thank you for making all these amazing videos for your fans and me too

[Michelle-ke]

Thank you so much, this was really helpful!

[mattphilipenko]

Great video! I’d use air pods along with zoom and voice over! I never knew there was so much accessibility in the watch. I always wrote it off for sighted people but maybe I should pick one up!

[comancheviperrrr]

You can also go into accessibility and turn on the crown button so that you can throw through your menus using the crown button while using voice over. That way you don’t have to do all the gestures if you do not wish to.

[jaynunes]

Thanks for putting this video together. Is there a gesture/finger tap command to turn voiceover on and off as there is on the iPhone? Is there a way to silence and activate voice mode using a gesture as well? For example, I turned on voiceover on my iPhone and pretty much keep it on all the time but don’t necessarily want the phone to talk and announce things all the time so I use the three finger double tap to turn voiceover on and off. Is there equivalent for the Apple Watch? Thanks so much for doing these videos for the visually impaired. It’s greatly appreciated.

[koomaj]

Do you think the new Apple Watch Ultra with it's bigger screen will be much better concerning the fat fingering? I am seriously considering to buy one.

[KonjikiKonjiki]

Thanks to Mike and also to you! I just kitted myself out with a bunch of Apple tech because I've reached my limit with Samsung. I'm at the point in vision loss that it's equally hard to learn how to do things the way I did before, or change to a totally different way like Apple. I'm getting the iphone 13 mini, the apple watch 7, air pod pro, and a base model ipad. You've already got me off to a great start even though nothing has been delivered yet. Thanks!

[GBLoops]

You have a Galaxy phone right? Can you review the accessibility for the Galaxy Watch?

[erniewinchester]

I have discovered that the side of your thumb will do the same 02 finger tapping

[hajaralbattah]

Hello, do you think the accessibility voiceover setting typing style touch typing is available on the Apple Watch? I’m asking because I did not see it on my Apple Watch voiceover accessibility settings

[haazk]

So the sound of the voice over comes from the phone or from the iWatch? Thanks in advance for the answer

[chandugurubasappa]

Sir I’m in India my father in blind from 2 yr can u suggest him a good AI watch

[Calves]

Thinking of getting an Apple Watch from a well-known friend, who is also blind. It is going to be a back up for whenever my current watch dies, not Apple related by the way. Does the “water walk? “work well on the Apple Watch. How to get in and out of that mode, and how to automatically set it up.

[Blindwolfmg]

I’m thinking about getting an Apple Watch. Is it worth it? I am visually impaired.

[PurfectRelaxation]

What series of Apple Watch are you demoing? I recently purchased the Apple Watch seven and my menu doesn’t have voiceover on it and I would love to know how to change the little old lady voice that I’m seem to be stuck with lol never mind! I did some tinkering and figured it out! Thank you for reviewing the watch I didn’t realize it even had other voices!

[krisztinahunyadi]

I’m a totally blind person. How to turn voiceover on on the watch without a sighted helper? Thanks a lot.

[saiharisaikripa]

Sir I am Sai hari from india.
I would like to ask 1 doubt that, which voice you used in your Apple Watch while you are recording this video?

[patrickdavies]

I am thinking of getting an apple watch i have looked quite different ones and the series4 is perhaps tye one I will go for

[susanwilliams]

I'm super excited for haptic time, it's one of the main reasons I just bought an apple watch. So I will be able to tell the time discretely, with haptic feedback, during a meeting, onstage, etc, I will just double tap the watch face and it will vibrate the time on my wrist! It'll be the first time in six years I'll be able to tell the time without it shouting it for the whole room to hear, or having to use headphones