4. 1. The World When You’re Blind
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5. 1. The World When You’re Blind
2. iPhone in VoiceOver Mode
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6. 1. The World When You’re Blind
2. iPhone in VoiceOver Mode
3. Two Easy to Solve Issues
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7. 1. The World When You’re Blind
2. iPhone in VoiceOver Mode
3. Two Easy to Solve Issues
4. Trickier Issues
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8. 1. The World When You’re Blind
2. iPhone in VoiceOver Mode
3. Two Easy to Solve Issues
4. Trickier Issues
5. Why Should I Care?
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15. Source:‘Don’t follow them, look at me!’: Contemplating a haptic digital prototype to bridge the conductor and visually impaired performer; https://doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2019.1605344
When You’re Blind
16. Source:‘Don’t follow them, look at me!’: Contemplating a haptic digital prototype to bridge the conductor and visually impaired performer; https://doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2019.1605344
When You’re Blind
17. Translating what we see into another
sense doesn’t work, because the
mental model for that experience
doesn’t exist.
Insight II
56. Source:‘Don’t follow them, look at me!’: Contemplating a haptic digital prototype to bridge the conductor and visually impaired performer; https://doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2019.1605344
VoiceOver
57. Translating what we see into another
sense doesn’t work, because the
mental model for that experience
doesn’t exist.
Insight II
100. 1. Use VoiceOver + Screen Curtain to evaluate
your accessibility
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101. 1. Use VoiceOver + Screen Curtain to evaluate
your accessibility
2. Describe elements using a nonvisual, action-
based, language
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102. 1. Use VoiceOver + Screen Curtain to evaluate
your accessibility
2. Describe elements using a nonvisual, action-
based, language
3. Write precise AppStore descriptions for every
update to reassure your users
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103. 1. Use VoiceOver + Screen Curtain to evaluate
your accessibility
2. Describe elements using a nonvisual, action-
based, language
3. Write precise AppStore descriptions for every
update to reassure your users
4. Communicate system status changes through
VoiceOver instead of just visuals
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119. 1. AppleVis general purpose site that posts app reviews, teaches blind users how to use
Apple software where you can talk to real users
2. Laura Savino’s Interactive Accessibility Talk at Layers 2015
3. John Fox, Doing Well by Doing Good Mobius 2019
4. Build Accessible iOS Apps; Podfeet Podcast hosting Donald Burr 2017
5. Paul Hudson’s Checklist on making apps more accessible 2018
6. Mobile Accessibility Talk by Chris McMeeking
7. Stanford Lecture on Accessibility by Skylar Peterson
8. Apple's UI Accessiblity Documentation
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