Accessibility in Android

In this section you can find references to accessibility information about Android, the operating system developed by Google, to power a very wide variety of devices including smartphones, tablets and smart TVs. Information on how to make iOS apps accessible and tools to help you in the process will be provided as well.

Resources

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Adee Comprehensive Accessibility Tool

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Available as a plugin for Adobe Xd and Figma (with support for Sketch coming soon), Adee is a “comprehensive accessibility tool” you can install to integrate accessibility directly in your design workflow.

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Design Considerations: One Size Fits All?

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When it comes to making a website or application accessible, sometimes it is tempting to elaborate different designs to accommodate people with different needs. In this guide from WebAIM you can find a brief overview how the pros and cons of this choice when compared to the available alternative: a single design, that tries to accommodate all needs of people with disabilities.

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Color Palette Contrast Analyzer

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Being developed by Deque Systems (the same company behind products such as axe-core and Axe Dev Tools), this color palette contrast analyzer is a web service that allows you to quickly check the contrast ratio between all colors in your color palette.

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Accessible Colors

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This minimal, easy to use web service allows you to quickly test wether the contrast ratio between two colors (foreground and background) is enough for your text to be accessible.

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WebAIM Contrast Checker

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This service provided by WebAIM (the same company behind the Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool (WAVE)) allows you to quickly check the contrast ratio between foreground and background colors.

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Open Dyslexic

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OpenDyslexic is an open source typeface that aims to help with some of the symptoms of dyslexia, as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM 5).

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Espeak NG

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Espeak is a lightweight, open source speech synthesizer that is available for many operating systems including Windows, Linux, Mac OS, and Android. It supports more than 100 languages and accents.

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Stanca Act (Italy)

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Also known as “Stanca Act”, In Italy Law n.4 of January 9, 2004, states that the government must protect the right of every individual to access information sources and services regardless of disability, in line with the principles of equality established by the Italian Constitution.

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DIRECTIVE (EU) 2019/882 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17 April 2019 – On the Accessibility Requirements for Products and Services

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Also known as “European Accessibility Act (EAA)”, directive (EU) 2019/882 is a directive passed by the European Parliament and the Council in 2019. It aims to improve the functioning of the internal market for accessible products and services, by removing barriers created by divergent rules in Member States.

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TalkBack User Guide

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This is the official guide for TalkBack, the screen reader for Android developed by Google. In this guide you can find information that explains how to interact with any Android device using TalkBack, as it illustrates all the gestures and features it provides.

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TalkBack

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Developed by Google, TalkBack is a screen reader that makes it possible for blind and visually impaired people to use devices running the Android operating system or any of its variations (such as Android TV): these include smart phones, tablets, and even smart TVs and a wide variety of different devices that serve an even wider variety of user’s needs.

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