{"id":51689,"date":"2026-04-22T21:21:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=51689"},"modified":"2026-04-22T21:21:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:21:56","slug":"2025-apple-vision-accessibility-report-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/22\/2025-apple-vision-accessibility-report-card\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Apple Vision Accessibility Report Card"},"content":{"rendered":"

AppleVis<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

Our survey results indicate that across almost all categories, satisfaction with Apple’s accessibility offerings for blind, DeafBlind, and low vision users decreased when compared to 2024. (You can see all 2025 ratings in the “Ratings At-a-Glance” section below, as well as in the sections for each category.) Many categories saw their lowest individual ratings since we began this survey for the 2022 year, including both VoiceOver features and VoiceOver user experience on iOS and iPadOS, among several others. Satisfaction with the braille user experience on iPadOS and macOS, and the low vision user experience on tvOS, increased when compared to 2024.<\/p>\n

For VoiceOver and braille users, dissatisfaction with software quality and the presence of long-standing accessibility bugs were overarching themes throughout participant comments. For low vision users, participant comments show that Apple’s 2025 Liquid Glass user interface redesign had a significant negative impact on the user experience for many.<\/p>\n

Overall, user comments reflected a mixture of frustration with the state of vision accessibility on Apple’s platforms and appreciation for Apple’s work in this space. Many participants called on Apple to prioritize fixing bugs over adding new features.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Shelly Brisbin<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

AppleVis users believe Apple continues to struggle when it comes to fixing bugs in VoiceOver and Braille, giving the company a C – a 3.0 rating – in this category, which covers all platforms. Also at the bottom of the ratings were macOS VoiceOver user experience, with a 3.1, and three tvOS categories, which scored between 3.2 and 3.5. Low-vision features in tvOS took the greatest ratings tumble, from 2024, slipping from 4.1 to 3.2.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Sebby<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

Tahoe broke VMware Fusion for VoiceOver users; some restricted API that’s no longer available in setuid helper programs. Causes any VM to crash the moment VoiceOver starts (or is running when the VM starts). The bug is a rehash of a similar bug in Sonoma. Unlike last time, it still<\/em> isn’t fixed in the .4 release of Tahoe. Remember this when Apple tells you how much accessibility means to them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n