Eeva-Jonna Panula

Is This App Accessible? A Live Testing Demo

What happens when a user with a motor impairment tries to scroll your feed? This live accessibility demo reveals a common bug that traps them.

Is This App Accessible? A Live Testing Demo
#1about 2 minutes

Introduction to manual accessibility testing on Android

The speaker introduces the goal of the talk, which is to demonstrate live, manual accessibility testing on a real-world Android application.

#2about 5 minutes

Selecting the Blue Sky app and testing tools

The Blue Sky app, built with React Native, is chosen for the demo, and the testing tools are introduced, including Accessibility Scanner, large fonts, and Switch Access.

#3about 11 minutes

Using the Accessibility Scanner for automated checks

A live demonstration shows how to use the Accessibility Scanner app to record a user flow and identify issues like small touch targets and missing item descriptions.

#4about 5 minutes

Testing how the UI adapts to large font sizes

The app is tested with the largest font and display size settings to check for common UI problems like truncated text, revealing a minor issue on the profile page.

#5about 6 minutes

Navigating the app with Switch Access

The speaker demonstrates using Switch Access with physical buttons to navigate the app, identifying a focus management problem where users must tab through every element within a post.

#6about 3 minutes

Summary of accessibility testing findings

The talk concludes by summarizing the key accessibility issues found in the Blue Sky app using various manual and automated testing methods.

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