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Last week I was fortunate enough to be invited to do a Mobile Accessibility full day workshop in Austin Texas. AccessU, run by Knowbility, is one of the best conferences I’ve had the pleasure at being at in a long time. Focused on learning classes are very hands on and practical with a range of students from all sectors.

I presented on Mobile Accessibility covering:

  • Disability in the mobile context
  • Pulling together a mobile accessibility strategy
  • Responsive web design
  • iOS app development
  • Android app development
  • Testing and QA

Big thanks to my hosts Sharron Rush, Jayne Schurick and Kimberly Leno.

Mobile Accessibility Survey

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If you have a disability, are a mobile user and have 5 minutes to spare please take a moment to fill out this online survey on mobile accessibility hosted on the The Paciello Group (TPG) site.

The data gathered will be a useful insight into mobile usage and help us  inform mobile accessibility strategy and development.

Obviously the more people filling it in the better to please pass this on to any other mailing lists, blogs or lists you might feel appropriate.

Big thank you to TPG and Kevin Chao for kick starting this.

Update February 1st, 2013

The preliminary results are in and available on the TPG website. It looks like more analysis is to come but I’d say there are few surprises.

Tutorial: making Android apps voice output accessible

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I published my first tutorial in .Net Magazine this week: Making Android apps voice output accessible. Android accessibility get’s less press than iOS accessibility so it’s nice to see it get an airing alongside the lovely Leonie Watson’s tutorial on making your iOS app accessible with VoiceOver.

Big thank you to .Net.

Mobile accessibility tests

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Inspired by Al Duggin’s browser based tests for accessibility in his kick ass post building a web page with accessibility and interoperability in mind, I thought I’d put some tests together for mobile. This is intended as a guide you can use in day-to-day testing – you should be able to answer ‘yes’ to each question.

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Mobile UX 4 Accessibility – UXPA meetup slides

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Thank you to Caleb Tang, Kath Moonan, Veronika Jermolina for inviting me to speak at their Mobile Inclusive Design event in London last night, held by the Usability Experience Professional’s Association. It was a lovely crowd and good to see some old faces.Continue Reading Mobile UX 4 Accessibility – UXPA meetup slides

Breaking Development Podcasts: Mobile Accessibility

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Huge thanks to Tim Kadlec and the Breaking Development team for interviewing me for their Freshly Squeezed podcast series about mobile accessibility (including a transcript).

In it we chat about being caught with your pants down, choosing your own chocolate biscuits and staying employable as a web developer. All important stuff.  Oh, and bit about mobile and responsive design too.

For more information about how people with disabilities use the web check out the Web Accessibility Initiative’s freshly updated mobile accessibility resources.

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