Issue #4 of Inclusive Android Apps is live! 🚀

This one tackles time-based actions: why they exclude users who need more time, and how to support Android's "Time to Take Action" accessibility setting, with code examples.

Read it: https://buttondown.com/inclusive-android-apps/archive/inclusive-android-apps-4-the-problem-of-time-based-actions

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Issue #3 of Inclusive Android Apps is live! 🚀

This one covers the problem of color-only indicators: why relying on color alone excludes users. As always, the issue includes code examples for fixing the issue with text, icons, and/or patterns.

Read it: https://buttondown.com/inclusive-android-apps/archive/inclusive-android-apps-3-the-problem-of-color-as-the-only-indicator/

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Issue #3 of Inclusive Android Apps drops Tuesday! 📬

This one's about color-only indicators: why relying on color alone excludes users, and how to fix it with text, icons, and patterns. Code included.

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I have a low vision student that uses android with large text. He doesn't use TalkBack.

We used the system setting to enlage teh text to a comfortable size for him.

For some reason, in the Gmail app the text is much larger than on the rest of the phone. Very large, about 8 letters can be displayed per line.

In some emails the text is cut off.

Pinching can only increase the text size, and doesn't reveal the truncated text.

I cannot find a setting within the Gmail app to control the size of the text.

Am I missing a setting?

If there is no solution, what is a good mail app that handles the system text size setting better?

Thanks,

#AndroidAccessibility #LowVision #android #accessibility

I'm having a very strange TalkBack issue with a new student.

She has a Samsung A54. When I tried tuning TalkBack on it worked in a very strange manner. A single tap activated buttons. (Not a tap to select an then a single tap to activate). The first tap activates the button. Talkback also doesn't read text when you select it. It does read the text of the a button as you touch it, but as I mentioned the button is instantly activated, so we don't have a chance to know what the button is before it activates.

I tried installing google's accessibility suit, it didn't make a difference.
I made sure the activate with a single tap option is off.

There are other accessibility option that are grayed out.

Has anyone else seen such weird behavior andis there a way to get TalkBack to work normally?

#AndroidAccessibility #TalkBack #blind
@accessibleandroid

Here's an accessibility tip for Fedilab, an Android app for Mastodon, Pixelfed, Friendica, and GoToSocial.

There are two settings that hide the top bar and compose button when a timeline is scrolled down. This helps to make the UI less cluttered for sighted users. But it makes these controls unavailable to screen readers. (Continued in reply.)

#Android #Accessibility #AndroidAccessibility #Fedilab

Two years ago at #CSUN I learned about what became my favorite browser extension, BeeLine Reader. I've been a subscriber ever since.

It's easy to set up on desktop, but has been some struggle to get working on Android. But this week I discovered it works with Microsoft's Edge Canary mobile browser, which has experimental support for extensions. Instructions are here: https://u.osu.edu/keck.60/2023/03/26/beeline-reader-android

#AndroidAccessibility #Accessibility #Readability #Legibility

When listening to an ebook with TalkBack, if I get a regular notification, the ebook resumes after the notification.

But if I get a charging notification, the reading does not resume. Sometimes when my phone is on the charger, it will announce the charging level at random times, and TalkBack just stops.

Does anyone have any experience with disabling charging notifications or getting the screen reader to resume automatically?

#TalkBack #Android #AndroidAccessibility #AndroidA11y

The @thunderbird team just released the first beta of their email client for Android. I've filed two accessibility bugs on GitHub, and within hours one is addressed and will be in the next beta release (with a pleasant thank you note to boot).

If you feel so inclined, please consider downloading the app and reporting accessibility problems. Especially if you're a native TalkBack user.

#a11y #Accessibility #AndroidAccessibility #Android #TalkBack #ScreenReader #Thunderbird