Streamlined Accessibility in SwiftUI

Making software accessible involves designing it so that it can be used by everyone, including people with disabilities. This means ensuring that the software can be operated, understood, and navigated by users with various physical or cognitive challenges. Different platform-provided accessibility tools enable people to access variety of software features with ease.

Today, we’re focusing on how people with visual impairments can read the content displayed on their screens.

Reading what’s on the screen is made possible through features like VoiceOver on iOS devices. VoiceOver is a screen reader tool that audibly describes what is happening on the screen, from text content to button labels and even complex visual elements like graphs and images.

When a user with vision impairment interacts with an app, VoiceOver reads the elements on the screen in a systematic way. The user can swipe to navigate through items and tap to select options. VoiceOver provides feedback in a synthesized voice, describing everything from basic navigation cues to detailed descriptions of visual content.