One session of Google I / O this year was named for Enabling Blind and Low-Vision Accessibility on Android (in Spanish would be something like Enabling accessibility for the blind or partial Android total ). It is a talk that has gone unnoticed by many, and most attractive to other conferences in schedules and streamings, but has left essential improvements in accessibility.
In this case, and as you can tell by the title of the talk is about improvements accessibility for people with visual disabilities that will prevent or impair the normal use of an Android device. An area apparently dominated by Apple (they have the point of having the best accessibility options), but in which Google still has much to say about it.
chat, Google engineers have been explaining, in brief, how a developer can modify the code of your Android app to be compatible with applications like TalkBack (read the text that appears on screen, and is built into Android) and BrailleBack (converted to Braille emulators called Compatible with Android in a simple way, and is available in Google Play) in five steps . They explained several methods to optimize applications to Android accessibility system (so if you’re a developer you should take a look at the complete talk).
moreover, at Google I / O developers have attended do, with their applications, life easier for visually impaired people. For example, Xavi Martinez and Jose Luis Clemente Ametllé Code Factory (a Spanish company that develops products like Mobile Accessibility) were present, and although these features are presented Google incorporating features that carry their products long time, the application can make further progress in their development and evolution.
But what is clear is that accessibility is a big jerk, and words like those of Steve Jacobs (CEO of Apps 4 Android) confirm what we with 1.5 billion people with disabilities visual bet on this field is almost necessary to stay on the market today.
Anyway, I think we should never stop in this matter: people with all types of disabilities have the same rights as people without any disability to be able to have respect for all we have, despite this limitation. And thanks to improvements such as those Google implants, this is closer if possible. But we have to move forward …
Source | PhoneArena
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