A Must-Read for Developers and the Scared-of-Losing-Their-Sight Crowd: Accessibility for iPhone and iPad apps | Matt Legend Gemmell
Until recently, I didn’t fit into the former category but landed squarely in the latter. As an avid Mac user, I do have a fear of losing my sight. But this article by Matt Gemmell gave me a new perspective.
The bit that did it for me:
When you first enable VoiceOver on a Mac, you’re asked if you’d like to take a brief tutorial; I did. After the first couple of minutes, I closed my eyes, and really used it. I wept.
Yes, it will be different. But all is not lost.
And now, as an iOS developer (or at least a student developer, anyway), this article provided a significant insight into the realities of the assistive technologies of Mac OS and iOS.
I will read and heed.
Go read it, no matter which category you’re in.
[Via DaringFireball.net. I swear, it must be incredible to be paid to surf the web and produce the occasional highly-insightful article as John Gruber is.]
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