Accessibility with Kim Arnett

Guest Kim Arnett (kimarnett.com) Twitter @kaydacode DEV.TO @kaydacode Related Episodes Episode 31: Future Proofing Your Apps with Gui Rambo Related Links The Curb Cut Effect: How Making Public Spaces Accessible to People With Disabilities Helps Everyone Deque Chris DeMars Nathan Loding a11y with lindsey Sponsors BrightDigit Specialize in helping businesses build apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch 10 years of experience developing for a variety of Apple platform Helping dev shops which lack experience with Apple platforms and Swift Contact me if you need help today. We have an opening for sponsors Do you have a product or service which can target our ever growing community of developers as well as technology and business leaders? Contact me today if you are interested in sponsoring or go to our Patreon page. What is Accessibility Accessibility is more than just permanent disabilities Considering text size, color blindness, screen readers, touch issues What Can Developers Do Now? Making fonts scalable with Dynamic Text Consider text size based on other languages Apple makes it simple to include accessibility Using built-in controls over third-party tools Using accessibility labels Don't forget Dark Mode Why Accessibility is important? Includes a larger audience which depends on it 20% report having disabilities Fear of Lawsuit 😱 Make Sure Everyone Has A Voice The Curb Cut Effect: How Making Public Spaces Accessible to People With Disabilities Helps Everyone What can managers do? The importance of diversity in your team Practice using the app without sight and only screen readers Using iPhone Accessibility settings to test your app Social Media Email [email protected] Twitter BrightDigit - @brightdigit Leo - @leogdion LinkedIn BrightDigit Leo Instagram - @brightdigit Patreon - empowerappshow Credits Music from https://filmmusic.io "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Thanks to our monthly supporters work design Steven Lipton ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★