You may have noticed that navigation/tool/tab bars don't scale with large Dynamic Type sizes. It would take too much space from the screen leaving very little real estate for the actual content. A tap and hold will show the Large Content Viewer.

Apple TV app with the AX5 Dynamic Type configuration. The navigation bar and the tab bar look just the same as with the default configuration. A tap and hold to one of the tabs or the title in the navigation bar, though, will show a big square in the middle of the screen with a large icon or/and text previewing what we are touching.

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Make sure you support Dynamic Type up to the largest text size available. Take into account that there are five extra accessibility sizes available from the Accessibility Settings. It can make a huge difference for lots of users.

When implementing the large content viewer, UIKit components will usually have a large content title and image configured for you. But if you are developing a custom component, or you want to add info to a native component, you can do so.

Today I want to share something I use a lot. You can convert any article into a “podcast” by enabling Speak Screen in Accessibility Settings, switching to Safari’s Reader Mode and swiping down with two fingers from the top of the screen. I think it is a good example of how if we all knew more about how to use the assistive tech available in iOS, we would find ourselves using more of them, more often, exemplifying quite well that accessibility benefits everyone.

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