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Accessibility on Android

Victoria Gonda
April 18, 2018
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Accessibility on Android

In this talk, we learn about some of the basics of accessibility on Android, and how we can improve the Buffer app.

Victoria Gonda

April 18, 2018
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  1. ACCESSIBILITY ON ANDROID
    With mentions of hedgehogs

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  2. WHY ACCESSIBILITY
    ➤ Make our app usable for more people
    ➤ Make the app more usable for people in everyday situations
    ➤ DO THE RIGHT THING!
    ➤ IMPROVE CONSISTENTLY
    ➤ ACT BEYOND YOURSELF

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  4. WHAT HELPS
    ➤ Content description for screen readers
    ➤ Increased contrast
    ➤ Large touch targets
    ➤ Meaningful ordering
    ➤ Announce visual changes

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  5. WHAT WE’VE DONE
    ➤ Content descriptions for screen readers

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  6. Unlabeled Button

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  7. Compose update

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  8. WHAT WE’VE DONE
    ➤ Content descriptions for screen readers
    ➤ Being mindful as we work on new things

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  10. WHAT WE CAN DO?
    ➤ Add tests to prevent accessibility regression
    ➤ Ensure we’re always using
    ➤ Content descriptions
    ➤ High contrast
    ➤ Large touch targets
    ➤ Try out the app with a screen reader
    ➤ Ability to add image descriptions for Twitter posts

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  11. Let’s change the narrative “heroic
    disabled person overcomes obstacles”
    to “society is inclusive, all can
    succeed”.
    -Haben Girma

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