Technology improves for people with disabilities as firms respond to moral, legal demands

Xbox's latest release, the Adaptive Controller, allows compatibility external joysticks, pedals, switches and buttons. Microsoft's Seeing AI for the iPhone tries to identify a person's gender, approximate age and mood. Retiree Douglas Wakefield is a tech enthusiast. The 76-year-old begins a typical day by donning his Apple Watch and listening to its synthesized voice deliver the weather. Over coffee, the Arlington, Virginia, resident catches up on overnight news on his iPhone X and consumes books read out loud on topics like coding – his goal is to write apps for the iPhone.