There was absolutely no mention of new accessibility features in the keynote this year. That's not alltogether bad given how much they added last time which needed to be improved upon. Looking at the cessions scheduled over the week which have been revealed so far, pickings are slim for accessibility. There's a cession on using the VoiceOver custom rotor capability. A couple of others deal with accessibility including one dedicated to creating accessible apps on Big Sur. I have yet to see full release notes on the various operating systems. That can often reveal VoiceOver improvements not mentionned.
There was nothing accessibility related in the state of the platform speech. That doesn't mean that there are no substantial accessibility improvements. I suppose it does mean that there's unlikely to be any major mind-blowing accessibility upgrades this time around. However, a number of the new features discussed would certainly be of help to blind users. Nothing struck me as particularly likely to be inaccessible to VoiceOver. iOS13 saw a number of pretty largescale accessibility features added but also saw a marked dip in quality control. Frankly, I'd be delighted if things just worked and we weren't faced with any nasty bugs this time around. I think it's actually pretty likely that iOS14 will be a much smoother ride in that regard. The game's not over yet. Often, more videos and cessions get added as these things progress. Also, there are the Apple Design awards on June 29th. Quite often, I've heard about accessible apps during those presentations. There are also a ton of labs and appointments with Apple engineers with nosy non-developers like me don't have accesss to. Those behind the scenes discussions might well result in apps being made accessible after the event. I intend to keep a close ear on things. On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 8:09 PM Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> wrote: > I have not listened, but Jonathan Mosen did his normal review. Technology > experts Anna Dresner and Michael Feir join Jonathan Mosen and Heidi Taylor > to discuss the WWDC keynote from a blindness perspective. > https://overcast.fm/+E0zDaachs > > > > > Richard > "He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass > himself,” and we forget that only grace can break the cycle of ancient > hatreds among peoples. (It is notable that while I have regretted not > granting grace to others, I’ve never once regretted extending it.)" - > Edward Herbert > > On Jun 22, 2020, at 4:39 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In all the coverage of the online event today, I have seen absolutely > nothing about anything new for Accessibility, voiceover or otherwise. > That’s not unusual. But sometimes they show stuff on the slides that they > don’t announce. I haven’t seen anything about Accessibility and any of the > tech articles I have read. I wonder if anybody saw this with a sighted > person, and if anyone knows of anything publicly shown at the event > regarding voiceover accessibility. 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