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The Discussion
Accessibility for Apps
Neem and Darryl
Advocates for blind, deaf want more from Apple
Power of Selective Quoting
Marco Arment's response: Apple’s App Review Should Test Accessibility
xScope 4 - A powerful set of tools that are ideal for measuring, inspecting & testing on-screen graphics and layouts. (Including tools for testing for color blindness issues)
Craig Hockenberry's comments on Twitter@gruber Doing VoiceOver in Twitterrific wasn't easy/cheap, but was the right thing to do. The only "profit" is hearing how it helps people.https://twitter.com/chockenberry/status/487281074863497217@gruber As making a profit with apps gets harder every day, doing the extra accessibilty work is the first thing to get chopped.https://twitter.com/chockenberry/status/487281329323528194@gruber Apple CAN do something about making it profitable to implement accessibilty. Surprising that there's no App Store section for it…https://twitter.com/chockenberry/status/487281751153057793
Maccessibility PodcastMaccessibility is devoted to connecting, compiling, and providing easy access to the best resources for blind, visually impaired, and other disability groups using Apple products. It is maintained by a dedicated group of visually impaired volunteers, who are Apple enthusiasts themselves.
Apple: Accessibility for Developers
Jason and John
The categories of disablement
Sight (Blindness, low visibility, color blindness)
Hearing
Touch Interaction
Voice Interaction
Neem says, “People don’t care about accessibility.” Is that true? What factors affect our caring?
Should we really put accessibility of apps into the same category as wheelchair ramps, mother’s nursing rooms and other legislation driven solutions?
Why is this different from making applications on computers accessible? Is it different?
Are there apps that should be required to be “accessible”?
Should Apple enforce accessibility for these apps?
What about a self rating system allowing a developer to indicate a yes/no for accessibility.
Picks
John (@johnsextro)
HiRise, Twelve South
Free Training, Effective Agile Coaching with John Sextro
Jason (@jak)
Realm (http://realm.io) - mobile, soon-to-be cross platform, database
Not built on SQLite
Migrations, thread-safety, querying
Standalone desktop app for browsing /updating DBs
Android coming soon
