Daniel Devesa Derksen-StaatsJun 11
It’s WWDC time! I’ve been browsing what’s new in accessibility and here’s a thread with what I’ve found so far 🧵
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- Accessibility Nutrition Labels:
Session: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/224
Overview documentation: https://developer.apple.com/help/app-store-connect/manage-app-accessibility/overview-of-accessibility-nutrition-labels
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Self-reported and, for now, voluntary. Over time, it will become a requirement. Define primary tasks, and users should be able to complete those tasks with a specific setting. Specify supported settings in App Store Connect for the nutrition labels to show on your app’s page.
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The session includes some great pointers on how to make your app more accessible: design for everyone, learn accessibility features, and connect with the disability community whenever possible.
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Color contrast, dark mode, Dynamic Type (at least 200%), avoiding color-only communication, Reduce Motion for problematic animations, Voice Control, VoiceOver, and Captions and Audio Descriptions (when applicable). Don’t add features that aren’t applicable.
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“When you design your app with Accessibility, you open it up to so many more people.”

“When you build in support for assistive technologies like VoiceOver and Voice Control, you unblock access to your app.”

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- Assistive Access:
Session: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/238
New Assistive Access Scene API documentation: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/SwiftUI/AssistiveAccess
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Assistive Access provides a “streamlined experience for cognitive disabilities.” Add support by including the UISupportsAssistiveAccess key in your Info.plist. Create a tailored experience by adding an Assistive Access scene. Distill your app down to essential features.
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- Settings:
There was already an API to open settings for a given feature: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/Accessibility/AccessibilitySettings/openSettings(for:)

This year, you can now open:
AssistiveTouch: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/Accessibility/AccessibilitySettings/Feature/assistiveTouch
AssistiveTouch Devices: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/Accessibility/AccessibilitySettings/Feature/assistiveTouchDevices
Dwell Control: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/Accessibility/AccessibilitySettings/Feature/dwellControl

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- Braille:
There is now an API to translate from print text to Braille and vice versa: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/Accessibility/AXBrailleTranslator
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- Inclusive Design:
I loved this session: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/316

The action plan: “Support multiple senses”, “Provide customization”, “Adopt Accessibility API”, “Track Inclusion Debt”.

Check out some great apps highlighted in the session: Crouton, CARROT Weather, and Blackbox!

Principles of inclusive app design - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer

Discover how understanding disability can help you create better apps for everyone. Find out how to make your apps more inclusive by...

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“Disability (…) depends a lot on the environment, and many limitations only exist when there’s a gap between what a body can do and what society expects.”

"Nothing about us, without us" on not making decisions that impact people with disabilities without them being a part of it.

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- Accessibility on the Mac:
Session: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/229/
Make your Mac app more accessible to everyone - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer

Learn how to integrate accessibility features that take full advantage of the power and flexibility of macOS. Go beyond the basics to...

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- Accessibility Settings:
If you dive into your accessibility settings, you’ll now see an option to sync your settings across devices.
Show threadMindaugas RudokasJun 18
@dadederk The Braille board (or whatever the hardware reader is called) was featured in the WWCD talk this year: https://youtu.be/FyP9zLKD3PA?si=6u9X3g_URjymKWzr&t=7
WWDC25: Make your Mac app more accessible to everyone | Apple

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Show threadfruitcoder 🍒🍉Jun 12
@dadederk I really hope Apple provides a good example with their Podcast app. Currently, there are no adaptions for Assistive Access ☹️