Day 133
28 Sep 2022
@NSSpain has a great history of having amazing accessibility talks in their schedule!
“Accessibility in the Real World”, by @Sommer: https://vimeo.com/235317172
“How to build an app for everyone”, by @NovallSwift: https://vimeo.com/362163043
The super fun "Choose your own SwiftUI adventure - 3 Accessibility", by @twostraws and @PinkerStraws: https://vimeo.com/481768105
And, of course, this year's great "Bas: My Accessibility Story", by @basthomas: https://vimeo.com/751176747
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All the accessibility capabilities you can check for, have counterpart notification names you can observe in case the user changes its preferences while using your app. https://x.com/dadederk/status/1577435144129892352
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.
Too much data can overwhelm users. Very little is an incomplete experience. It is hard to find a balance on verbosity and the users may have different preferences. To help with this issue, the AXCustomContent APIs let you mark data as optional.
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