Google I/O 2012 - Making Android Apps Accessible

T.V. Raman, Charles Chen, Alan Viverette, Peter Lundblad

Android 4.0 introduced platform-level accessibility APIs so that you don't have to be an expert to make an app that's accessible to people with disabilities. Come learn how APIs for accessibility make your job easier. We'll provide code examples covering touch exploration, speech synthesis, multiplatform support through use of a DPAD, magnification for low vision, braille, and more.

For all I/O 2012 sessions, go to https://developers.google.com/io/

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  Science & Technology

[Gabriel Molter]

if you did not understand what was happening, then you are more blind than all the others.

[Gabriel Molter]

please watch the whole video before complaining

[fluoxiaoxi]

He is a blind engineer. Keep your attitude with yourself.

[jun jie jimmy]

and take the glasses off man

[jun jie jimmy]

omg his accent is so thick

[ayya manis]

android yeah

[blundellp]

Ok so there is a braille demo at 19:00 but it's completely incomprehendable, needed a split screen of the phone and a real explanation of what views where in focus / what was going on etc

[blundellp]

It seems the only people who watch these accessibility videos are people who develop whilst they need the accesibility themselves. For us developer who are interested in opening up our app for accessibility, it would have been nice if you first showed a demo of a blind person using an app and what they actually want from the app. Explaining the API's doesn't help me understand where to put accessibility and where not.

[Michael Duarte]

+1 for Google support!