iOS Accessibility

A brief overview of accessibility on iOS: what it is, the challenges, and the rewards.

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1. Accessibility
   Ash Furrow
   iOS
   Lead iOS Developer,
   

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2. Matters
   Accessibility
   

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4. Ontario Citizens
   1 in 7
   

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5. Ontario Citizens
   Broader
   1 in 7
   Appeal
   Market
   

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6. Legislation
   Ontario Citizens
   Broader
   AODA
   1 in 7
   Appeal
   Market
   

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7. Legislation
   Ontario Citizens
   Broader
   Low Cost in iOS
   AODA
   Relatively
   1 in 7
   Appeal
   Market
   

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8. iOS is
   and
   visual
   aural
   

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9. You wouldn’t ship a
   shitty visual interface
   Why would you ship a
   shitty aural one?
   

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10. Accessibility is
    HARD
    

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11. WHY?
    

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12. TURN VoiceOver ON
    (seriously)
    

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13. Accessibility is
    EASY
    

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14. UIAccessibility
    

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15. Part of UIKit Built in
    UIAccessibility
    

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16. Part of UIKit Built in
    UIAccessibility
    Conformed to by UIView Built in
    

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17. Part of UIKit Built in
    UIAccessibility
    Conformed to by UIView Built in
    You can roll your own Built in
    

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18. UIAccessibilityTraits
    Causes
    Page
    Turn
    Starts
    Media
    Session
    None
    Button
    Link
    Search Field
    Image
    Plays Sound
    Keyboard Key
    Static Text
    Summary
    Element
    Not Enabled Updates Frequently
    Adjustable
    Allow Direct Interaction
    Header
    Selected
    

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19. invisible
    THE
    BUTTON
    

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20. Using
    as
    button
    labels
    

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21. drawRect:
    UITableViewCell
    

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22. Localization
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    lokalisatie
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    localisation
    localización
    lokalisering
    localização
    

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23. Honour
    Building quality software
    is a measure of
    Quality
    Building accessible software
    is a measure of
    

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24. Book
    Buy My
    

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