June 08, 2020

30: It's Like Playing Jazz

1 hour 15 minutes

Here's where you learn about developing inclusive apps – not why it's a good thing, but how developers can get started doing it. We talk about addressing a variety of disabilities, and doing user testing to achieve accessibility in more than name only

This episode of Parallel is sponsored by:

The Uptake, from Microsoft: A new show on all things tech and community from Microsoft

Tuparev Technologies: Make Your Apps Accessible.

Guest Starring:

Rob Whitaker

Links and Show Notes:

In addition to links based on the main topic of this episode, I've included a number of links to the work of black creators, many of whom are people with disabilities, too. I encourage you to seek out their work and follow them on social.

Transcript

This is a rough transcript of the episode.

#BlackDisabledLivesMatter snobOS Podcast

The podcast for Apple snobs

The Triple Cripples

Increasing visibility and highlighting the narratives of Black and non-Black Women, Femmes and Non-Binary People of Colour, living with disabilities

Keah Brown (@keah_maria) • Instagram photos and videos Andrea Dalzell (@theseatednurse) • Instagram photos and videos Crutches&Spice ♿️ : Rude For A Disabled Person / Twitter Tinu (@Tinu) / Twitter Riah Person / Twitter "Developing Inclusive Mobile Apps"

Rob Whitaker's book, covering development for iOS and Android platforms.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview | Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) | W3C Apple Human Interface Guidelines: Accessibility Android Developers: Build more accessible apps Apple WWDC Accessibility Videos Google I/O 2019: New in Android Accessibility Jordyn Castor’s Writing Great Accessibility Labels Apple’s UIKit IAccessibilityAPI documentation Apple Platform State of the Union Mobile A11y Resources Accessibility Getting Started tutorial for iOS Accessibility Getting Started tutorial for Android