Hello everyone
Today I would like to campaign to make an app more accessible to Australian blind and visually impaired
It is the 9News app by the nine network
Unfortunately some parts of the app on but not things accessible enough to become completely and totally accessible
For example, when you select what notifications you want to receive and switch buttons on it doesn’t tell you if you have selected or unselected the notification type, There was nothing to indicate the VoiceOver users if you have selected an item, it doesn’t say button, switch button or anything
And the news.com.au application would say
Sports switch button off double tap to activate but not in the 90s app sport, but it doesn’t tell me anything
Please help me make this app completely accessible again
By Dominic, 20 September, 2023
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Accessibility Advocacy
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I'm not sure how receptive Nine will be to feedback, but for what it's worth, some other websites operated by Fairfax Media also have accessibility issues. That being said, it never hurts to try advocating.
One of my preferred ways to access news content is through the News app. As well as viewing top stories, you can also view stories from particular outlets (such as 9 News) or on topics of interest (such as sport, with articles aggregated from lots of sources). The app is very customisable and also has a widget I like.
Hopefully the News app meets your needs.