为残疾人发声 苹果提交13款新emoji

Apple wants its emojis to be more inclusive. The tech giant has proposed adding 13 new emojis that represent people with disabilities, including guide dogs, people in wheelchairs and a hearing aid.

The proposal was filed to the Unicorn Consortium and if it goes through, the emojis could be coming to your iPhone soon.

“Currently, emoji provide a wide range of options, but may not represent the experiences of those with disabilities,” Apple wrote in its proposal.

“Diversifying the options available helps fill a significant gap and provides inclusive experiences for all.”

Apple noted that the emojis aren’t meant to be a “comprehensive list” of all possible disabilities, but are meant to serve as a “starting point” for greater diversity in the emoji universe.

The firm said it consulted with the American Council of the Blind, the Cerebral Palsy* Foundation and the National Association of the Deaf to develop the emojis.

The emojis depict people who experience blindness, low vision, physical disabilities, deafness, as well as hidden disabilities, such as autism*, seizures* and anxiety.

For one emoji, which includes a man or woman making the sign for “deaf,” Apple noted that “no sign is 100 percent universal,” but this iteration of the sign is most widely used as representation.

Now that Apple’s proposal has been submitted, the Unicode Technical Committee has to meet up and approve the emojis.

Unicode is slated to meet next month and if they get approved, they’ll appear in Emoji 12.0, which is expected to come out in March 2019.(SD-Agencies)