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Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #69

Hey y'all, Happy new year! 🎉 Hope you're starting the year off well. As always, don't hesitate to reach out with any suggestions for the next issue. Would love to hear them! 🙂 Robin Robin Kanatzar | LinktreeAndroid + iOS + visionOS + Flutter Engineer | A11y | Speaker | Women in TechLinktreeAccessible

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #68

Hey y'all, Hope you're having a wonderful week. As always, don't hesitate to reach out with any suggestions for the next issue. Would love to hear them! 🙂 Robin Robin Kanatzar | LinktreeAndroid + iOS + visionOS + Flutter Engineer | A11y | Speaker | Women in TechLinktreeAccessible Mobile Apps | LinktreeGiving you

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #67

Hey y'all, Hope you're having a wonderful week. As always, don't hesitate to reach out with any suggestions for the next issue. Would love to hear them! 🙂 Robin Robin Kanatzar | LinktreeAndroid + iOS + visionOS + Flutter Engineer | A11y | Speaker | Women in TechLinktreeAccessible Mobile Apps | LinktreeGiving you

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #66

Hey y'all, Hope you're having a wonderful week. As always, don't hesitate to reach out with any suggestions for the next issue. Would love to hear them! 🙂 Robin Robin Kanatzar | LinktreeAndroid + iOS + visionOS + Flutter Engineer | A11y | Speaker | Women in TechLinktreeAccessible Mobile Apps | LinktreeGiving you

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #65

Hey y'all, Hope you're having a wonderful week. Earlier this month I gave a talk at iOSDevUK about how quickly you can transform an in-accessible iOS application into an accessible one. It was such a great crowd, and I would highly recommend you put this conference

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #64

Hey y'all, Hope you're having a wonderful week. If you're not having a great week, may I suggest jumping to the first article about AppleVis being saved from shutting down. That news should brighten your day! This next week is going to be a

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #63

Hey y'all, Hope you're having a wonderful week. This week was a bit busy for me, as I found myself at my favorite iOS conference, SwiftConf, where I gave a presentation on Accessibility on Apple Vision Pro. I personally had a blast researching this topic, so

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #62

Hello everyone, Hope you're having a great week. You may have noticed it's been a while since the last newsletter, but the good thing about that is I have a lot more resources than usual to share with you. 😃 As always, don't hesitate to

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #61

Hello everyone, Hope you're having a great week. As always, don't hesitate to reach out with any suggestions for the next issue (or sponsorship inquiries) via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter (or Mastodon). - Robin New Appt Accessibility Handbook The handbook contains guidance for disabilities,

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #60 - GAAD

Hello everyone, Thursday of this week is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)! In honor of that, today's newsletter is focused on how you can raise awareness and participate in GAAD 2024. What is GAAD? From their website, the purpose of GAAD is "to get everyone talking, thinking

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #59

Hello everyone, I'm excited to announce that we are now offering in-person workshops to prepare your team for the upcoming European Accessibility Act! Send us an email at hello@accessiblemobileapps.com to learn more, and discuss how we can help your team succeed. In other news, we'

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #58

Hello everyone, Hope you're having a great week. As always, don't hesitate to reach out with any suggestions for the next issue (or sponsorship inquiries) via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter (or Mastodon). - Robin Jakob Nielsen's Blog Jakob Neilsen's latest

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #57

Hello everyone, In case you missed it in February, axe-con 2024 had an awesome lineup of talks that you can re-watch online. I've referenced a few of my favorites in this issue, but you can see the entire schedule on their website deque.com. As always, don'

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #56

Hello everyone, Big news this week: Appt Foundation is sponsoring our newsletter! If you haven't checked out their site before, they're doing a lot of great work in the accessibility space: https://appt.org/en We've also merged our Slack Workspace into the Appt

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #55

Hello everyone, Hope you're having a good week, and starting off the new year well. Thanks to the form I posted in the last issue, we've got some great ideas for what we can add to the mobile accessibility community in 2024: * "A guideline/checklist

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #54

Hello everyone, Hope you're having a good week, and a great holiday season. ⛄️ Going into the new year, we'd love to know what you think is missing from the mobile accessibility community. So if you have a minute, tell "Santa" what you want for

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #53

Hello everyone, Hope you're having a great week. As always, don't hesitate to reach out with any suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter (or Mastodon). - Robin European Accessibility Act Are you ready for 2025? Check out this resource from

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #52

Hello everyone, Hope you're having a great week. In case you missed the replay of my talk at Swift Leeds, you can find it here: youtube.com. Let me know what you think! Feedback is always welcome. 😄 As always, don't hesitate to reach out with any

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #51

Hello everyone, Hope you're having a great week. As always, don't hesitate to reach out with any suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter (or Mastodon). - Robin Persona Profiles and Accessibility Testing Do you use personas when thinking about how

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #50

Hello everyone, Hope you're having a great week. This one will be a busy one for me as I'm travelling to Leeds, UK to speak about accessible maps at Swift Leeds. If you'll be there, too, come say hi! October is also dyslexia awareness

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #49

Hello everyone, Hope you're having a great week. This one will be a busy one for me as I'm travelling to Paris, France to speak about accessible maps at Swift Connection. If you'll be there, too, come say hi! As always, don't

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #48

Hello everyone, Hope you're having a great week. If you're curious about the presentation I gave at SwiftConf about accessible maps and navigation, you can check out the slides here. It was a great crowd and I had lots of good questions, so don't

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #47

Hello everyone, Hope you're having a great week. This week's a bit busy for me as I'm travelling to Germany to speak about accessible maps on iOS at SwiftConf. If you'll be there, too, let me know and we can grab a

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #46

Hello everyone, Hope you're having a great week. As always, don't hesitate to reach out with any suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter (or Mastodon). - Robin Reddit (again) Reddit has been under heavy criticism lately with its new API

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #45

Hello everyone, Hope you're having a great week. As always, don't hesitate to reach out with any suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter (or Mastodon). - Robin Threads Who has tested out the new app Threads by Instagram? I'

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #44

Hello everyone, Hope you're having a great week. As always, don't hesitate to reach out with any suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter (or Mastodon). - Robin Reddit is going to introduce accessibility changes to its iOS app In the

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #43

Hello everyone, Hope you're having a great week. As always, don't hesitate to reach out with any suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter (or Mastodon). - Robin Reddit In April, Reddit decided to start charging third-party developers for access to

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #42

Hello everyone, Can you believe this newsletter is one year old? Thanks for all of your support over these last 41 issues! Your kind words go a long way, and I can't wait to see how this newsletter evolves over the next year. :) As always, don't

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #41

Hello everyone, This was a busy past two weeks with Google I/O and lots of announcements on Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). Did you do something special to celebrate GAAD? Let me know what you did if you'd like it featured in a future edition of this

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #40

Hey everyone, Mark your calendars for May 18th because it's Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)! If you're unfamiliar, this is a day is meant "to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion, and the more than One Billion people with disabilities/

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #39

Hey everyone, Hope you're having a great week. Unfortunately, this newsletter didn't win a Swift Community Award this year. But, please reach out and congratulate the winner of the "Rising Star" category, Danijela Vrzan! "Danijela only got into app development in 2020, and

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #38

Hey everyone, I hope you're having a great week. If you haven't already heard, this newsletter has been nominated as a "Rising Star" in the Hacking with Swift Community Awards! If you feel like this newsletter is adding value, you can vote until April

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #37

Hey everyone, I hope you're having a great week. As always, don't hesitate to reach out with any suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter (or Mastodon). - Robin Microsoft Inclusive Design: Cognitive Exclusion "Microsoft launched the Inclusive Design Toolkit

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #36

Hey everyone, I hope you're having a great week. As always, don't hesitate to reach out with any suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter (or Mastodon). - Robin Accessible but never boring "Rebranding the Wise design system for everyone

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #35

Hey everyone, I hope you're having a great week. As always, don't hesitate to reach out with any suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter (or Mastodon). - Robin Axe-Con March 15-16 (Free, online conference) "Axe-con is the world’s

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #34

Hey everyone, I hope you're having a great week. As always, don't hesitate to reach out with any suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter (or Mastodon). - Robin Automated accessibility testing of Android and iOS apps "It is essential

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #33

Hey everyone, I hope you're having a great week. As always, don't hesitate to reach out with any suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter (or Mastodon). - Robin Understanding accessibility: A guide for engineering leaders "In this panel, engineering

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #32

Hey everyone, I hope you're having a great week. As always, don't hesitate to reach out with any suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter (or Mastodon). - Robin Axe-con 2023 (March 15-16, 2023) The full schedule for Deque's

Accessible Mobile Apps - Issue #31

Hey everyone, I hope you're having a great week, and a great holiday. To make each issue more valuable and "full" in terms of content, we're moving from a weekly publication to a bi-weekly publication. As always, don't hesitate to reach out

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #30

Hey everyone, Hope you’re having a great week. You can send me suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter (or Mastodon). - Robin New Project: Open Source Accessible Mastodon App for #GAAD2023 There's only 150 days left until Global Accessibility Awareness Day

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #29

Hey everyone, Hope you’re having a great week. You can send me suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter (or Mastodon). - Robin Accessibility Acceptance Criteria "Automatically generate test cases for Web, iOS and Android components" - MagentaA11y.com Colorblindly Chrome Extension

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #28

Hey everyone, Hope you’re having a great week. You can send me suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter (or Mastodon). - Robin Building Design Systems with Accessibility in Mind Sight Tech Global - December 7-8 “Sight Tech Global is the first global, virtual

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #27

Hey everyone, Hope you’re having a great week. You can send me suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter (or Mastodon). - Robin Webinar: Why Accessibility is So Important for Native Mobile Apps "Join this live webinar on Thursday, December 1st from 2:

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #26

Hey everyone, Hope you’re having a great week. You can send me suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter (or Mastodon). - Robin The History of Digital Accessibility "The internet can seem like a wonderland of connectivity, and the importance of being part

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #25

Hey everyone, After all the news about Twitter this past week, I'll be moving this newsletter to a new platform in the next few weeks. Stay tuned! You can also bookmark the Accessible Mobile Apps Mastodon account: @accessiblemobileapps@mastodon.green As usual, you can send me suggestions for

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #24

Hey everyone, Hope you’re having a great week. You can send me suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter. - Robin A11y Camp 2022 - 3 & 10 November 2022 Online "Australia’s premier conference on accessibility and inclusion Two days full of

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #23

Hey everyone, Hope you’re having a great week. You can send me suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter. - Robin Braille Trends to Look Out For "Is Braille still relevant in 2022? We ask ourselves that question and discuss some of the

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #22

Hey everyone, Hope you’re having a great week. You can send me suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter. - Robin Dyslexia friendly style guide "This Style Guide provides principles that can help ensure that written material considers the difficulties experienced by some

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #21

Hey everyone, Hope you’re having a great week. You can send me suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter. - Robin How to Make Your Website Accessible for People Who Are Deaf (Although it talks about websites, this are still things we should think

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #20

Hey everyone, Hope you’re having a great week. I can't believe we've made it to week #20 already! It's been a busy week for me speaking at FrenchKit about accessibility, but I had a blast. Keep your ears open for when the videos

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #19

Hey everyone! Hope you’re having a great week. You can send me suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter. - Robin Appt Beta "The beta version of the Appt platform was launched on 22 September. Read articles about accessibility features and their usage,

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #18

Hey everyone! Hope you're having a great week. You can send me suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter. - Robin Accessibility is for Every One "Back when I worked at Apple, on the Accessibility Team, we’d often receive bug reports

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #17

Hey everyone! Hope you're having a great week. You can send me suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter. - Robin 6 Helpful Accessibility Features in the Amazon Kindle "These Kindle features help people with dyslexia, vision impairments, and other disabilities experience

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #16

Hello everyone! Hope you're having a good week. This week our Slack group got off to a good start, and I published my first video in a new series about accessibility testing. Not much was new in the Android world this week, so give me a shout if

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #15

Hi everyone! Hope you're having a great week. As much fun as it is to interact on Twitter and through this newsletter, what if we had a Slack Workspace where we could chat even more about mobile accessibility?! In my head, this is a great idea, but I&

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #14

Hey everyone! Hope you're having a great week. This week I had the opportunity to speak about testing for accessibility at SwiftConf. In this two-day conference, there were not one but THREE talks about accessibility! All talks were recorded, so I'll share the Youtube links with

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #13

Hey everyone and welcome to lucky issue #13! As always, feel free to send me suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter. - Robin Figma Figma has launched a "prototype screen reader beta that includes support for text notes, alt text for images, and

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #12

Hi everyone, and welcome to issue #12! As always, feel free to send me suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter. - Robin App Spotlight: Envision AI You've probably already heard about Envision and the Envision app, but did you know it'

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #11

Hello everyone! Are there any React Native developers in the house? Formidable, has recently announced an open-source library and guidelines to help build accessible mobile apps using React Native. React Native AMA can be found on GitHub, with accompanying guidelines and introductory blog post here. Thank you, Alessandro for putting

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #10

Hey everyone, We've made it all the way to issue #10 (wahoo!). This week I was chatting with some people from Fable, and wanted to share a quote they use all the time: "What we have are a few people who know a lot about Accessibility. What

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #9

Hello everyone, Hope you're having a great week. As always, feel free to send me suggestions for the next issue via email (hello@accessiblemobileapps.com) or Twitter. - Robin GAAD Hear the co-founder of GAAD, Jennison Asuncion, talk about GAAD and the new GAAD foundation at the NFB

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #8

Hello everyone, Today I learned that July is Disability Pride Month, a month to "celebrate disability as an identity by sharing the experiences of the disabled community." Take a moment this month to like, share, or just say "thank you" to any teams you see making

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #7

Hello everyone, This week, while doing my research for this newsletter, I came across an article about an organization in the UK giving away iPads to children with low vision. In my head, I always thought about adults using assistive technology, and I never thought about all the kids using

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #6

Hello and welcome to issue #6 of Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly! Over these past six issues, I've really been enjoying the process of collecting resources for you. Sometimes, though, I find WAY more iOS content than Android. Who do you follow for Android content? Send me an email

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #5

Hello everyone, and welcome to issue #5 of Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly! This week, I've found a few blogs, videos, and job postings for you. As always, send me an email if you’ve got something to share for issue #6: hello@accessiblemobileapps.com - Robin Accessibility Personas

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #4

Hello everyone ! This was a big week for iOS developers because of WWDC. In case you missed some of the accessibility announcements, there was a coding challenge "Learn Switch Control through gaming", and an interesting session on Single App Mode, one on accessible charts, and much more. Now

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #3

Hello everyone and welcome to issue #3 of Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly! I know all the iOS developers out there have WWDC on the brain. Don't forget to sign up for their accessibility lounge, and keep your fingers crossed they announce great things for iOS accessibility next week.

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #2

Hello everyone and welcome to issue #2 of Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly! This week I've got a few articles to share with you about iOS and Android, one job opportunity as a director of accessibility (if you're feeling ambitious), and a podcast about an accessible startup.

Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly - Issue #1

Hello everyone! Welcome to the first issue of Accessible Mobile Apps Weekly. My name is Robin and I'm an Android and iOS engineer with a passion for creating accessible mobile apps. In this weekly newsletter, I'll send you news from the accessibility community, links to developer