Stevie Wonder praises Steve Jobs for handicap-friendly Apple

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I know that a lot of you have probably already seen this awesome awesome video, but for some reason I missed out on it probably because I’ve been asleep all weekend so I’m reposting it again, in case you guys were also preoccupied with you know, stuff. Here is singer songwriter Stevie Wonder, who happens to be blind from childhood, singing the praises of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs for making the iPhone and the iPad handicap-friendly.

I’m going to assume that Wonder, who made a surprise appearance at the WONDERFULL event at the Echoplex in Echo Park where the above video was taken, is referring specifically to the VoiceOver function of iOS where blind users can touch the device screen to hear a description of the item under their fingers as well as optional iOS features like the Bluetooth braille keyboard and already existent services like Facetime, which makes it easier for deaf people to communicate in Sign via video.

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