Accessible iOS Apps

Apple’s iPhone and iPad are beautiful minimalist devices that eschew lots of physical buttons for a single pane of touch-sensitive glass. This may not seem like the description of a particularly accessible device, but iOS includes many features to make these devices more accessible.
In this presentation, Jake discusses the accessibility features of iOS and the tools that developers of iOS apps can use to make their apps more accessible. He’ll also describe how these tools were used in developing the upcoming iview for the iPhone.

Transcript

1. Accessible iOS Apps Jake MacMullin
2. Jake MacMullin
4. Accessibility features of iOS
5. Accessibility APIs
6. Design (How we did it)
7. Q&A
8. Accessibility features of iOS
13. ...a palm-sized slab of glass onto which you ... impose whatever interface you might dream up. Josh Clark, Tapworthy “ ”
18. Zoom
19. Double-tap with 3 fingers Slide up to zoom in down to zoom out Pan around with 3 fingers whilst zoomed in
20. Large Text
21. Large text in: Calendar Contacts Mail Messages Notes
22. White on Black
24. LED Flash
25. Custom Vibrations
26. Assistive Touch
31. VoiceOver
32. Speaks to you Swipe right to select the next item Swipe left to select the previous item Touch an item to select it Double-tap to activate
33. Swipe right to select the next item
34. Double-tap to activate
35. Accessibility APIs
36. Requires the cooperation of developers
37. Button, Button, Button (One of these deletes your content)
38. It’s Easy
39. [myButton setAccessibilityLabel:@"Save"]; [myButton setAccessibilityLabel:@"Delete"];
40. UIAccessibility
41. Design (How we did it)
42. Try something
43. Try something Test it
44. Try something Test it
45. Test as best as you can
46. Turn on VoiceOver
47. Close your eyes
48. Give it to someone who hasn’t seen your app
49. Ask someone who has impaired vision to test it
50. What did we learn?
62. Q&A
63. Q&A Jake MacMullin, ABC @jmacmullin macmullin.jake@abc.net.au