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This approximately one-hour podcast is an audio recording of a real-world demonstration for following a systematic plan that explores, evaluates and tests iOS apps for accessibility with Apple’s built-in VoiceOver screen reader for blind and low-vision users. The August 3, 2016 webinar was presented by Darrell Hilliker and hosted by the Arizona Technology Access Program. A video, including closed captioning, is also available.
Webinar Purpose: introduce and demonstrate a step-by-step plan that provides a straightforward way for advocates, developers, educators and others to quickly explore, learn and improve the accessibility of all apps in Apple’s iOS ecosystem.
What is a Screen Reader?
VoiceOver
Accessibility
Use Any of These Techniques To Activate VoiceOver Without Sight.
If you are a developer, using the notes obtained from testing, make all bug fixes necessary to deliver a fully accessible experience for users who rely on VoiceOver. Consider prioritizing the correction of accessibility bugs according to the order suggested in the plan. See the resources at the end of this presentation for details.
If you are reporting accessibility bugs to a developer, consider using the following format:
The following accessibility bug was recently filed with Facebook against an important feature in the company’s iOS app.
Description: The details of event invitations are inaccessible to VoiceOver.
Steps to reproduce:
Current behavior: In its current implementation, event invitations are inaccessible and virtually useless to blind people using Facebook’s iOS app.
Expected behavior: Blind Facebook users should be able to access event invitations on terms of equality with their sighted friends.
Facebook version 60.0.0.37.141 is running on an iPhone 6 with iOS version 9.3.3.
Accessibility TestingWe love hearing from our listeners! Please feel free to talk with us in the comments. What do you like? How could we make the show better? What topics would you like us to cover on future shows?
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This approximately one-hour podcast is an audio recording of a real-world demonstration for following a systematic plan that explores, evaluates and tests iOS apps for accessibility with Apple’s built-in VoiceOver screen reader for blind and low-vision users. The August 3, 2016 webinar was presented by Darrell Hilliker and hosted by the Arizona Technology Access Program. A video, including closed captioning, is also available.
Webinar Purpose: introduce and demonstrate a step-by-step plan that provides a straightforward way for advocates, developers, educators and others to quickly explore, learn and improve the accessibility of all apps in Apple’s iOS ecosystem.
What is a Screen Reader?
VoiceOver
Accessibility
Use Any of These Techniques To Activate VoiceOver Without Sight.
If you are a developer, using the notes obtained from testing, make all bug fixes necessary to deliver a fully accessible experience for users who rely on VoiceOver. Consider prioritizing the correction of accessibility bugs according to the order suggested in the plan. See the resources at the end of this presentation for details.
If you are reporting accessibility bugs to a developer, consider using the following format:
The following accessibility bug was recently filed with Facebook against an important feature in the company’s iOS app.
Description: The details of event invitations are inaccessible to VoiceOver.
Steps to reproduce:
Current behavior: In its current implementation, event invitations are inaccessible and virtually useless to blind people using Facebook’s iOS app.
Expected behavior: Blind Facebook users should be able to access event invitations on terms of equality with their sighted friends.
Facebook version 60.0.0.37.141 is running on an iPhone 6 with iOS version 9.3.3.
Accessibility TestingWe love hearing from our listeners! Please feel free to talk with us in the comments. What do you like? How could we make the show better? What topics would you like us to cover on future shows?
If you use Twitter, letâ€https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />s get connected! Please follow Allison (@AlliTalk) and Darrell (@darrell).
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