{"id":528,"date":"2022-09-01T14:37:28","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T14:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/?page_id=528"},"modified":"2023-08-09T12:05:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T15:05:49","slug":"accessible-mobile-devices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/blindness-basics\/reading-and-writing\/accessible-mobile-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessible Mobile Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since \u201cClearing Our Path\u201d was first published in 1999, the mobile landscape has developed dramatically. Operating systems that provide text to speech, large-print and other augmentive input\/output apps have opened a new world for people with vision loss.<\/p>\n

With respect to the built environment, accessible mobile devices can offer a variety of navigation and wayfinding apps that can greatly facilitate independent travel. However, if these apps are not developed to be accessible, people relying on assistive technology, such as large-print or text-to-speech output, will not be able to realize the benefits afforded through these systems.<\/p>\n

Some general accessibility design guidelines are:<\/p>\n

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  1. Make sure built in screen reading tools like VoiceOver (iOS) and TalkBack (Android) operate well with the app<\/li>\n
  2. Label buttons and loading states<\/li>\n
  3. Provide clear ways to exit modals and dialogs<\/li>\n
  4. Use descriptive language<\/li>\n
  5. Make use of a logical hierarchy shown through headings<\/li>\n
  6. Use alt-text for images<\/li>\n
  7. Use sound to indicate actions and messaging<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These guidelines are a minimum but should provide a sense of how accessible a mobile app would be to anyone relying on this technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Since \u201cClearing Our Path\u201d was first published in 1999, the mobile landscape has developed dramatically. Operating systems that provide text to speech, large-print and other augmentive input\/output apps have opened a new world for people with vision loss. With respect to the built environment, accessible […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":468,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-528","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1563,"href":"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/528\/revisions\/1563"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clearingourpath.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}