Accessibility

Some tips and best practices to test a11y of Android apps

Some tips and best practices for a11y testing of Android apps

Some tips and best practices for a11y testing of iOS apps

The first draft of WCAG 2.2 applied to Mobile Applications (WCAG2Mobile) has just been released!

New features include Accessibility Nutrition Labels on the App Store, Magnifier for Mac, Braille Access, and Accessibility Reader; plus innovative updates to Live Listen, visionOS, Personal Voice, and more!

When man says overlays are bullshit…

It replicates Protanopia, Deuteranopia, and Tritanopia filters over the game screen, helping users flag accessibility concerns in real-time.

Breaking change in Android!

Some details about improvements in accessibility features embedded within iOS 18

A small publication with a Swift gist about a *SwiftUI* custom *View* which will swing to *HStack* or *VStack* dependent to the *dynamic type* size.

Tota11ylost ― the escape game that aims to offer you an immersive experience, raising your awareness of the challenges faced by people with digital disabilities

Be My Eyes connects people needing sighted support with volunteers and companies through live video around the world. The Android and iOS apps now embed pictures analysis with chatGPT4.

Sony has released a new PlayStation 5 controller called the Access Controller, which is designed to be customizable for disabled gamers. It allows users to configure different buttons, triggers and sticks to suit their individual needs. The kit aims to help people who struggle with thumbsticks, pressing buttons, or holding a controller. Feedback from disabled gamers was incorporated into the design. While a step forward, some find issues like the lack of a right stick limits gameplay in certain genres. Overall though, the product and others like Microsoft's Adaptive Controller are helping make gaming more inclusive for disabled players.

Crossposting the original post here as this seems relevant to improving accessibility!

Here are some tips about how you can make accessibility tests for your iOS apps with some screen shots and code samples

Here are some tips to know so as to build accessible iOS apps in SwiftUI and UIKit, e.g. use of traits, notifications and zoom, with code samples.

I found this article fascinating, and wasn't expecting the initial part of it to talk about climate change, something I'd never considered about different filetypes. I kind of knew what I would expect to read about PDF vs HTML when it comes to accessibility, but interesting nonetheless.

Orange group keeps alive and available an interesting and very rich web site providing plenty of rules and advices about accessibility. The content targets iOS, Android, web and also other mediums.

The article discusses why developers commonly disable form buttons during submission to prevent duplicate requests, but how this creates accessibility issues. While disabling buttons may seem to prevent resubmission, users can still submit the form via keyboard. A better approach is to add a "data-submitting" attribute to the form during submission processing as this preserves focus without breaking functionality or accessibility.

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