Alexander Hoffmann

Freelance Android Developer

Freelance Android developer that worked in a wide range of industries for 10 years. Has a passion for (retro) video games.

Tell, don't show - Optimize the Text-To-Speech experience for blind users

With the European Accessibility Act coming into action, making your apps accessible to more users isn't just "a good thing to do" anymore, it becomes law. In this lightning talk I will show some best practices when working with TalkBack, a built in accessibility tool or blind users. The best practices are what I learned over the past year while refactoring a big app of a German telco company. Learn how you can improve the text-to-speech experience and help blind users to navigate your apps. Topics I will cover: - How to group information - How to make it clear what actions are available - Providing context to UI elements - Change how TalkBack reads text to improve clarity - How to highlight changes in the UI - Improve manual testing - TalkBack bugs - and more Tags: Accessibility