Apple and Amazon reveal accessibility features for the vision-impaired

US tech giants Amazon and Apple have announced new accessibility features for their technology aimed to help people with impaired vision. Amazon's new feature, called Show and Tell, helps blind and partially sighted people identify common household grocery items. The feature, which launches in the UK today, works with Amazon's Echo Show range – devices that combine a camera and a screen with a smart speaker that's powered by its digital assistant Alexa. Apple, meanwhile, has redesigned its dedicated accessibility site to make it easier for iPhone and iPad owners to find vision, hearing and mobility tools for everyday life. These include People Detection, which uses the iPhone's built-in LiDAR scanner to prevent blind users colliding with other people or objects.