See everything up close on your phone’s screen by magnifying all of the visible content.

You can also change the font size for text messaging on some devices and choose a phone with a larger screen.

Raised tactile markers on specific keys keep your fingers oriented on the phone’s keypad so you can be confident you’re always pressing the right key.

Audible or tactile feedback, such as vibration, triggered by your actions replaces visual confirmations to help you feel confident you are doing what you want to do.

Tell your phone to call a friend, send a message, find information for you, schedule meetings and much more.

Access your phone's features using an external braille display connected to your phone and let your fingers do the talking.

Use speech-to-text functionality to remove the need to type as you dictate emails, text messages and search for information using your phone.

Phones with a built-in screen reader announce what is displayed on the screen for you, making two-way communication much easier.

If brightness levels or certain colours can impact your ability to read what’s on your phone screen, you can adjust the brightness and contrast to make text and images clearer. Invert colours, for example changing from white on black to black on white, can transform your experience.

An alternate input device lets you operate and control your phone without needing to use the phone’s built-in interface.

An auto-answer feature enables you to set your phone to answer all calls automatically. It can answer various types of call, including regular calls and Facetime video and voice calls.

Hands-free Bluetooth technology lets you use a wireless headset or earbuds to make and answer calls.

Phones with a built-in screen reader read out what is displayed on the screen for you, making two-way communication much easier.

A physical number pad, also known as a 123 dial pad, has three columns and four rows that let you type numbers and letters. It is built in to the phone, unlike a touch dial pad that appears on screen when you want to make a call. It’s a much more tactile way of operating a phone.

Most phones let you do everything faster by setting your own shortcuts, such as abbreviated words for common words or phrases you use, so you don’t have to type each character.

Set up visual or audio alerts, at the volume of your choice, to tell you when your phone is ringing.

If you find it easier to remember faces than numbers, you can attach photos of your friends, family and other contacts with their telephone number to help you keep in touch.

Phones with a physical keypad (raised keys instead of a touch screen) that matches a full QWERTY computer keyboard mean you don’t need to learn your way around a new keyboard layout.

Audible or tactile feedback, such as vibration, triggered by your actions replaces visual confirmations to help you feel confident you are doing what you want to do.

Some phones are designed to be especially simple to use with keys and a display that are easy to operate and see.

Phones with a built-in screen reader read out what is displayed on the screen for you. This makes two-way communication much easier.

A physical number pad with raised keys, also known as a 123 dial pad, has three columns and four rows. It is built in to the phone, unlike a touch dial pad that appears on screen when you want to make a call.

Most phones let you do everything faster by setting your own shortcuts, eg abbreviated words for common words or phrases you use, so you don’t have to type each character.