VoiceOver announces "Tab bar" or "Toolbar", the first time you select an element in one of these components. If you are implementing your custom versions of these, you can mirror this behaviour, as seen in previous tweets.
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When something is focused with VoiceOver, if you double tap on the screen, it will be like interacting with the centre of the focused element. If you need to change that, you can customise the accessibilityActivationPoint. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/objectivec/nsobject-swift.class/accessibilityactivationpoint
Day 26
Meet the rotor. A menu that you activate (and change options) by rotating two fingers on the screen. It lets you select different navigation modes and customizations. Like navigating through headings or changing VoiceOver’s speaking rate.
You can check if VoiceOver is running but you can also get a notification to act in case that changes, while the user is using your app. As seen before, you rarely want to do significant changes in the experience when VoiceOver is on. But this use-case presented by @djembe from @NetflixEng at @appbuilders_ch is an excellent example of inclusive design. When VoiceOver is on, they bump the Audio Described "genre" to the top of the list. Brilliant! https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=981&v=N_QjBc_Zuts&feature=youtu.be These series of tweets tend to be fairly technical but as John says, a big part of creating great accessible user experiences is about "being kind", about caring about your users and customers to come up with great features like this one.
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