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How to Build and Test Accessible Apps
AbilityNet Webinar
1pm BST, 20 September 2014
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Welcome
Robin Christopherson, AbilityNet
Raphael Clegg-Vinell, AbilityNet
Mark Walker, AbilityNet
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• Accessibility Testing
• User Testing
• Design Reviews
• Desktop, Mobile and Tablet Integration
• Accessibility Accreditation
• Service Agreements
• My Computer My Way
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Build and Test Accessible Apps
Build accessibility in to your design processes
Choose the right guidelines
Remember that accessible design delivers better UX
Don’t break what’s already fixed
Testing apps
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www.boostmediaentertainment.com
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Are you using the right guidelines?
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App guidelines specific to each OS
Start with the guidelines for each platform
iOS Guidelines
Android developer guidelines
Windows 8 Phone
Blackberry Accessibility
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Good accessibility is good usability
Mobile users may be ‘temporarily disabled’
• Visual impairment/sunny day
• Test it yourself with VoiceOver/TalkBack
• Colour contrast and invert colours
• Font size
Think about accessibility when devising your personas + user journeys
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Don’t break what’s already fixed
Accessibility features are built into every operating system
Find a list of links in the blog post for this webinarat www.abilitynet.org.uk/blog
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Testing apps
Start with the same checklist as web content
• Colour contrast
• User testing
Add test to reflect usage
• Button proximity
• How busy it is
• Clickable areas/size/proximity
Can’t be tested at code level outside the developer tool
• Apple does test for ‘quality’ but not ‘accessibility’
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Testing colour contrast
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snook.ca/technical/colour_contrast/colour.html
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Build and Test Accessible Apps
Build accessibility in to your design processes
Choose the right guidelines
Remember that accessible design delivers better UX
Don’t break what’s already fixed
Testing apps is not quite the same as testing mobile web
Read more: www.abilitynet.org.uk/blog
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Contact Us
Talk to us about our Accessibility Services
www.abilitynet.org.uk/accessibility-services
[email protected] +44 1926 465 247
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Next AbilityNet webinar:
What every HR Director needs to know about disability and technology in the workplace, 1pm BST, 14 October
How Barclays Made the Business Case for Accessibility1pm BST 21 October, 2014
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