1. Mobile Accessibility
iOS Accessibility
January 29, 2014
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2. The Accessibility Experts TM
Kathy Wahlbin
Email: KathyW@ia11y.com
Phone: 978-443-0798
http://www.interactiveaccessibility.com
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3. What is mobile?
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4. What is Mobile?
• Collective term used to describe the various types of
devices used for cellular communication
• Typically have features built into OS
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Email, calendar
Web browsing
Instant messaging, voice dialing
Multimedia
Editing, note taking
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5. Current Platforms
Manufacturer
Platform
Device Type
Apple
iOS
Phone, Tablet
RIM
Blackberry
Phone, Tablet
Microsoft
Windows
Phone, Tablet
Nokia
Symbian /Windows
Phone
Google
Android
Phone, Tablet
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6. Is this mobile or desktop?
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7. What is Mobile Accessibility?
Ability to use device
and applications
effectively despite
situational or physical
challenges
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8. Mobile Challenges All of Us
• Smaller everything!
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Screens (iPhone is 1/12th size of typical desktop screen)
Keyboards
Fonts
Touch areas
No mouse - reliant on touch
One handed
Noisy environments
Hands free
Still bandwidth issues
Data limitations
Always changing…
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9. It Also Enables Us
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Cheaper
Portable
Connect anywhere – WIFI and cellular coverage
Reach a network of people easily
Key assistive technology built in
Custom experiences – location, camera, light and
motion sensors etc.
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10. So, Who Needs Assistive Technology?
We all do!
One handed
Outside light
Aging Eyes
Busy Eyes and Hands
Noisy, public spaces
Fat fingers
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11. Factors Effecting Mobile Accessibility
• Capabilities of the mobile device
• Assistive technology availability and robustness
• Underlying code in the application or website
• Mobile browsers and mobile application APIs
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12. Is this Accessible?
1. Can it be read with the built-in screen reader?
2. Can you use gestures with the screen reader to
navigate to the links, buttons and other interactive
areas?
3. Can the website be magnified with pinch zoom and
magnification settings?
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13. iOS Devices
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14. Quick Access to Accessibility Settings
• Triple click home (accessibility shortcut in iOS 7) turns
on and off accessibility settings
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15. iOS Accessibility Feature: Vision
• Tools to reach screen content
– VoiceOver
– Speak selection
– Speak auto-text
• Tools to change display
– Zoom
– Large text
– Invert Colors
• New in iOS6
– VoiceOver and Zoom together
– VoiceOver and Maps
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16. VoiceOver
• Reads the contents of the
screen
• Changes the gestures used
to control the device
• Supports 36 languages
• Adjust the speaking rate
• Lowers the background
sounds when VoiceOver is
speaking
• Turn on and off hints
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17. Gestures
• Use gestures to move around
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Drag over the screen - Select and speak each item as you touch it
Tap - Speak the selected item
Two-finger tap - Stop speaking the current item
Flick right or left - Select the next or previous item
Flick up or down – Select the next item based on rotor setting
Double tap - Activate the selected item
Two-finger flick up - Read all accessible items from the top of the screen
Two-finger flick down - Read all accessible items from the current position
Scroll a list or area of the screen - Flick up or down with three fingers
Adjust a slider - Flick up or down (with a single finger) to increase or
decrease the setting
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18. Rotor
• Allows you to
change what will
be read by the
screen reader when
moving from item
to item
• Landmarks not on
by default
• iOS7 added
handwriting to the
list
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19. Screen Curtain
• Turn off the display while using VoiceOver with tripletap with three fingers
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20. Bluetooth Keyboard
• Quick navigation keys
– Turn on by pressing right and left arrow simultaneously
– Provides easy access to the rotor and mimics swipes in
VoiceOver
• Useful keys
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Down arrow + up arrow
Left arrow
Right arrow
Left arrow + up arrow
Right arrow + up arrow
Activate item
Select previous item
Select next item
Move rotor to the left
Move rotor to the right
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21. VoiceOver Practice
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Navigate to WAI homepage (www.w3.org/WAI)
Turn on screen curtain
Use the rotor and change it to headings
Swipe right and left
Swipe up and down
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22. Zoom
• This is different from regular pinch /
expand gesture
• Accessibility option to magnify the entire
screen
– Works everywhere – home, lock and
spotlight screens
• Works with VoiceOver in iOS 6
• Works with Assistive Touch in iOS 7
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23. Zoom Exercise
• Activate Zoom using gestures
– Double-tap 3 fingers: zoom
– Drag 3 fingers: move around screen
– Drag 3 fingers: zoom between 100 to 500%
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24. Large Text
• Options to change the default
font size up to 56-point
• Does not apply to all
applications or menus
• Large text changes text size in:
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Mail
Contacts
Calendar
Messages
Notes
• Dynamic text (iOS 7) works with
any application
– Controlled using a slider rather
than specific sizes
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25. Inverted Colors
• High contrast setting
• Changes white
background to black
• Works in all applications
• Poor color contrast items
will still have poor color
contrast
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26. Increasing Color Contrast in iOS7
• iOS7 has lower color contrast
• New options for increasing readability
– Large cursor for VoiceOver provides bigger and thicker cursor
– Bold type and other visual appearance adjustments
– Increase contrast
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27. Speak Selection
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Alternative to VoiceOver
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Reads text
Option to highlight text as it reads
Change dialects
Change speaking rate
Works in
– Websites
– Email
– Messages
• iOS7 has enhanced language support
• Built-in dictionary feature now supports
additional languages
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28. iOS Accessibility Feature: Mobility
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29. Assistive Touch
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30. Demo
• Turn on Assistive Touch
• Select Create New Gesture
• Follow the on-screen directions to create a new
gesture
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31. Siri
Siri on the iPhone 4S
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNsrl86inpo
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32. Switch Control Demo
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33. Questions?
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34. Kathy Wahlbin
Email: KathyW@ia11y.com
Phone: 978-443-0798
http://www.interactiveaccessibility.com
@wahlbin
Are you accessible?
Thank you!