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I created a small white noise/nature sounds app to help me sleep. I did my best to make it accessible for the blind and low vision community. It has high contrast support and screen reader support. I would really love to get your feedback on it. It's free and no ads. (self.Blind)
submitted by kid_jenius
Mods, I hope this post is okay. If not, please let me know. I'm just sharing something small I built and I want to make it better for the blind and low vision community. The app is free, no ads, and open source, and I just want to get feedback on it.
Download link: $1
For any developers, feel free to check out the source code: $1
Download link: $1
For any developers, feel free to check out the source code: $1
dunktheball 2 points 2y ago
I wish my neighbor had a white noise machine. She thinks she can tell me what time to run water in the middle of the night instead of taking it upon herself to have something of her own to try to block out the noise...
Anyway, on topic, that's cool you wanted to make it accessible. I am legally blind and there is still so much tech where the devs don't seem to think at all that some people may not see well. lol.
Anyway, on topic, that's cool you wanted to make it accessible. I am legally blind and there is still so much tech where the devs don't seem to think at all that some people may not see well. lol.
bradley22 1 points 2y ago
This apppp is great for blind accessibility, well done!
jage9 1 points 2y ago
Very cool, and also thanks for the source code. There isn't a lot of discussion on Windows 10 apps, so I'm curious how hard it was for you to make things accessible? I assume using standard controls helps.
The only minor thing I'd change is removing the "click here to", since you already defined the controls as buttons, the action doesn't need to be specified. So just "view more options" "view app info", etc. If there is already visual text on these buttons, the accessibility label can just mirror that - it doesn't need to be more verbose.
Thanks for sharing.
The only minor thing I'd change is removing the "click here to", since you already defined the controls as buttons, the action doesn't need to be specified. So just "view more options" "view app info", etc. If there is already visual text on these buttons, the accessibility label can just mirror that - it doesn't need to be more verbose.
Thanks for sharing.
kid_jenius [OP] 1 points 2y ago
> removing the "click here to", since you already defined the controls as buttons, the action doesn't need to be specified. So just "view more options" "view app info", etc
Great feedback, thank you!
I'm not sure about legacy windows apps, but modern windows apps like Ambie are actually fairly easy to make more accessible. All the built-in components provided by Microsoft is already accessible. Most of the work I have to do is just add proper screen reader descriptions for buttons and other clickable elements. Also, I have to make sure the tabbing order makes sense, and lastly, I have to not break high contrast mode. Modern windows apps support high contrast by default, and most devs end up breaking that support by hardcoding colours. Anyway, to put it short, making modern windows apps accessible is relatively easy.
Great feedback, thank you!
I'm not sure about legacy windows apps, but modern windows apps like Ambie are actually fairly easy to make more accessible. All the built-in components provided by Microsoft is already accessible. Most of the work I have to do is just add proper screen reader descriptions for buttons and other clickable elements. Also, I have to make sure the tabbing order makes sense, and lastly, I have to not break high contrast mode. Modern windows apps support high contrast by default, and most devs end up breaking that support by hardcoding colours. Anyway, to put it short, making modern windows apps accessible is relatively easy.
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