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Re: insight re Android accessibility from a blind user

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From: Alastair Campbell
Date: Apr 8, 2013 3:53AM

Birkir R. Gunnarsson wrote:

> I can see how people have issues with their overly tight control over
> their interface


I agree for myself (I use both Android and iOS), however, it is worth
considering that Apple have made it easier to have
a holistically accessible platform by keeping it locked down.

The proscriptive approach means that developers are more likely to create
accessible apps (with less effort required) and OS level things like
keyboards can be more reliable.

Personally I love changing the keyboard on my Android phone to Swiftkey,
but that kind of flexibility means a lot more testing is required to keep
things accessible. IMHO a lot of the issues Marco raised can be traced back
to that.

Kind regards,

-Alastair