Mobile Site and Native App Accessibility

The one-day course goes into detail about the ICT Accessibility Symposium’s Mobile Site and Native App Accessibility Guidelines.

The methodology will be discussed in detail including:

• Testing methods for mobile sites (including how to capture errors)

• Types of mobile sites (desktop, m dot and responsive)

• Identifying variations of a page in responsive sites

• Testing methods for native apps (including how to capture errors)

• Defining application functionality in native apps to identify what needs to be tested

• How to identify what devices to test on

• Usefulness of mobile simulators and automated accessibility testing tools

• Assistive technologies and how to test with them

The methodology will be covered in detail, including issues such as:

• Traps that feature in mobile sites and native apps

• Accessible name, role, value

• Touch gestures

• Geolocation

• Change of state

• Use of colour and colour contrast

• Indicating functionality

• Use of standard elements

• Consistency across Android and iOS apps

Assistive technologies will be demonstrated, and attendees will have an opportunity to test with these assistive technologies, such as:

• VoiceOver / TalkBack

• Keyboard

• Invert Colours

• Magnification / Zoom

• Voice Control

• iOS Reader

• Android Simplified View