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From: glen walker
Date: Feb 28, 2023 9:55AM

My guess on the zoom and contrast question was more about "large text"
requiring 3:1.

No, the zoom feature on the iphone does not change the font size of the
text. It just magnifies it. So zooming does not allow you to have a lower
contrast.


> I don't understand your question about Zoom because you seem to be mixing
> up text sizing with colour contrast.
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> Apple has a built-in feature “Zoom” so that a user can double-tap with
> three fingers to zoom in on a part of the screen. Is “zoom” considered as
> an acceptable solution for rule 1.4.3 where scaling of 4.5:1 is required on
> example text?
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