In this Blind Vet Tech Quick Guides, News and Reviews podcast, we demonstrate how to use the new QR Code reader in the Camera app, explore facial features in Photos, and recognize text in images through Voice Over. Apple continuously improves features for the blind and visually impaired with each update, and these three new features simply make iOS the goto device for us. Here is how to preform these features:

* QR Code Reading through the Camera App

Open the Camera app and place it over a Qr Code

* Wait for Voice Over to announce that a QR Code was recognized

* Navigate to the Notification banner at the top of the screen that allows you to read the QR Code and navigate to the embedded link in Safari (if available)

* Find facial features in the Photos app

* Find a picture with a face in it by doing a three finger single tap on a photo in the Photos app

* With the photo opened, place Voice Over on the picture and do a one finger swipe down to locate Show Facial Features (if this is not available use the rotor to find Actions)

* Double tap on Show Facial Features and then explore by touch or swipe to find the facial features,/li>

* Recognize text in images with Voice Over

* Find an image in Safari, emails, social media or wherever that might have images with text

* Place Voice Over’s focus on the image and do a three finger single tap

* You will hear details about the photo, and if text is identified Voice Over will say “Possible Recognized Text”

Thank you for listening to this Blind Vet Tech tutorial on how to use the new features in iOS 11 for QR Code Reading in Camera, finding facial features in Photos, and recognizing text in images with Voice Over.

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