Accessibility

Issues to address: low near point vision, low light difficulty, memory difficulties

Recommendations for mobile accessibility app:

  • Include a tablet version of the app that has a larger screen
  • Break down each main category into a separate page of the app
  • list most used pages first in the app
  • Within each page, create separate areas for each bit of information
  • Fit content for each page onto one screen to avoid having to swipe or scroll while flying
  • Use large bullet points to highlight important points
  • Use minimal colours and shades on each page with a consistent design and layout
  • Include a day/night display
  • Should have sufficient backlight to help with reading when necessary
  • Include a built-in zoom feature for a text size scaling
  • Avoid allow any fonts to be smaller than 1.5 mm
  • Keep words and phrases on the app as simple as possible
  • Use large and bolded fonts with looser than average tracking to increase legibility
  • App should have a screen reader that will use voice synthesis to read aloud
  • Use of a semantic markup to give a structure. This should include the purpose of each page element, the reading order, the hierarchical structure of the content and the content.