App developers, what resources helped you make your apps accessible?
I ask both as I would like to reach out to a couple devs and would like to be able to give them actionable feedback and meaningful suggestions of where they can go to learn about accessibility, and also because AppleVis maintains a page of developer resources, and I would like to ensure what we have is updated and helpful.
Any and all suggestions are welcome and would be gratefully appreciated.
Thanks!
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Testing and learning from users
Thank you for asking, Michael! Testing with screen curtain, Voice Over and a Braille terminal seems most important.
AppleVis offers huge value for studying user problems and feedback, that otherwise would be very hard to achieve. Mastodon is another platform for following discussions about accessibility and getting involved. Technical problems are rarely an issue. Sometimes I still would like to get even more information about what works for users, what doesn’t and why in situations I am developing for.
Using standard operating system solutions
Using standard operating system solutions, including iOS.
There’s a nice app where you can check out many components and see how they’re implemented.
https://apps.apple.com/app/id6474141089
conferences
Honestly conference talks have been a huge source of inspiration and knowledge for me.
As an example, here's some talks my friend Bas gave:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXLzeiS57vE (Swift Leeds channel: https://www.youtube.com/@swiftleeds)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpFbid-pwU8
My friend Ben giving What People Get Wrong with Accessibility (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iZ_9haeiyI) from Swift Connection (https://www.youtube.com/@ZTechConnection)
This is bookmarked to watch later:
accessibility that engineers actually love to build (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkFAcy0l72E) from iOS Conf SG (https://www.youtube.com/@iOSConfSG)