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Accessibility with Kim Arnett
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What is Accessibility
- Accessibility is more than just permanent disabilities
- Considering text size, color blindness, screen readers, touch issues
What Can Developers Do Now?
- Making fonts scalable with Dynamic TextΒ
- Consider text size based on other languages
- Apple makes it simple to include accessibility
- Using built-in controls over third-party tools
- Using accessibility labels
- Don't forget Dark Mode
Why Accessibility is important?
- Includes a larger audience which depends on it
- 20% report having disabilities
- Fear of Lawsuit π±
- Make Sure Everyone Has A Voice
- The Curb Cut Effect: How Making Public Spaces Accessible to People With Disabilities Helps Everyone
What can managers do?
- The importance of diversity in your team
- Practice using the app without sight and only screen readers
- Using iPhone Accessibility settings to test your app
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Credits
Music from https://filmmusic.io"Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)