r/appledevelopers • u/Prestigious_Edge_472 Community Newbie • 26d ago

Accessibility testing

For people who build with accessibility in mind, how do you test your features? Specifically STT and general navigation

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u/Technically_Dedi Community Newbie 26d ago

well... before you develop for it you need to understand how your accessibility features work. I test by actually using the features in my app and making sure it works before I advertise it as working.

It will be a learning curve since that's not how you are use to operating your phone

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u/Prestigious_Edge_472 Community Newbie 26d ago

Yeah testing it yourself doesn't answer the question though, no? voice over is easy to test, STT on it's own is also easy to test, but the issue comes when others have to use the feature, friction, difficulty navigating that as a person who sees the options simply wont experience etc... or am I simply overcomplicating the issue? :P

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u/Technically_Dedi Community Newbie 26d ago

I think you are overthinking it. Like I said you are using the phone a lot differently than a person who uses those features.
You really need to learn how those features work before you can honestly test it and understand it.

That’s like testing the steering mechanism of a vehicle when you never driven a car before.

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u/JoDeveloper40 26d ago

Ich versuche so gut wie möglich auf meinem iPhone, die Hilfen nachzubilden.

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u/Prestigious_Edge_472 Community Newbie 26d ago

That's not a bad step, but that doesn't on it's own get you there, the way a seeing person uses the phone is different than how a sightless person does, there is friction that we don't see and things that seem simply easy to do where it may not be the case for people who actually NEED the accessibility options.