RE: Some experiments in mobile accessibility for low vision

Hi Jeanne,

Just an FYI that the iPhone has a universal "Zoom" feature under Settings>General>Accessibility...
More info here: http://www.apple.com/ca/accessibility/iphone/vision.html
(Under "Zoom" heading)

Cheers,
Jan


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeanne Spellman [mailto:jeanne@w3.org]
> Sent: January-22-13 9:35 PM
> To: UAWG
> Subject: Some experiments in mobile accessibility for low vision
> 
> As part of drafting the use cases, Jim and I discussed how platform affects
> the mobile app.  We have been discussing iOS having a zoom feature, when it
> actually only has zoom in web browsing, and not in apps unless the app
> developer made it that way.
> 
> That sent me looking at increasing font sizes in the platform settings.
> With the cooperation of my husband (owner of an Android and a business
> Blackberry), we did a comparison of apps that supported the large font
> settings.
> 
> iOS
> 
> Increase font size to 32 pts
> Settings font change? No
> Email font change? No
> Messages font change? Yes
> Contact List? Yes (but not the detail page, the favorites list, or recent caller
> list) Calendar? No, but yes in the detail page Facebook app? No LinkedIn
> app? No Music player? No
> 
> Android
> Increased font size to Large  (Note: size Huge gave a warning it was not
> supported in all apps.) Settings font change? Yes Email font change? Yes
> Messages font change? Yes Contact List? Yes Facebook app? No LinkedIn
> app? No Music player? NA
> 
> Blackberry
> Increased fontsize to 14
> Settings font change? Yes
> Email font change? Yes
> Messages font change? Yes
> Contact List? Yes
> Calendar? Yes
> Facebook app? NA, but tried several other custom apps which did NOT
> support the font size change.
> LinkedIn app? NA
> Music player? NA

Received on Wednesday, 23 January 2013 13:56:14 UTC