Jordyn Zimmerman Uses the iPad's Accessibility Tool to Give Her a Voice (Source: CBS)
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A woman with non-verbal autism received an iPad when she was 18 and now uses it to speak in schools through an app — and I work for the government.
Apple introduced Live Speech in iOS 17 in 2023, but back in 2014 there were iPad apps that could speak out anything you typed into them. Then the iPad radically changed the life of Jordyn Zimmerman, then 18 and suffering from non-verbal autism.
“[The iPad] gave me the confidence to really connect with people,” she told CBS Mornings. “No matter where I am on the iPad, I can double-tap this secondary touch button, which will allow me to open the live speech accessibility feature.”
Zimmerman says the iPad has changed her family life, especially with her brother. My brother and I have an amazing, ever-evolving relationship that started 10 years ago,” she said.
It also gave her the opportunity to pursue a career in advocacy for Americans with disabilities, which led to her attending schools. She also serves on the Committee on People with Intellectual Disabilities in the Biden Administration.
Apple Senior Director of Global Accessibility Policy and Senior Director Sarah Herrlinger; said that what Zimmerman has done with the iPad “just makes me happy.”
“I mean, Jordan has one of the best senses of humor, and watching the look on her face is because she has that thing.” she wants to express it and then she types it and she gets this crooked smile on her face,” Herrlinger said.
“And I love the fact that our technology is really just helping her show the world exactly as she is,” she continued.
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