Rob w

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I do native iOS 📱, macOS 🖥️, and Android 🤖 accessibility ♿️ and native iOS development 🛠️. I post my bad music taste regularly 🎶 Developing Inclusive Mobile Apps book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/979-8-8688-2809-6

Some big personal news The second edition of my book, Developing Inclusive Mobile Apps, is now available! It’s been completely updated with SwiftUI, Jetpack Compose, WCAG 2.2, new features, the EEA, and the latest research into building accessible mobile apps. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Developing Inclusive Mobile Apps

Developing Inclusive Mobile Apps shows how to build accessible iOS and Android apps with modern tools and guidance to support diverse user needs.

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I built a new app called Ribbon Tower. Every day it gives you a photo, a quote, or a memory from Glastonbury. It's the place that makes me happiest, and some days I need reminding of that. Think daily affirmations, but it's just Glastonbury Free on iOS: apps.apple.com/gb/app/ribbo... #Glastonbury

Ribbon Tower App - App Store

Download Ribbon Tower by Rob Whitaker on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips and more games like Ribbon Tower.

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New post: 10 tips for building iOS apps that handle Dynamic Type well. Supporting Dynamic Type isn't just making text bigger. These tips cover the layout, imagery, and edge cases your app needs to handle so text scaling actually works. mobilea11y.com/blog/good-dy... #a11y #accessibility #swiftui

10 Tips for Building iOS Apps That Handle Dynamic Type Well

Supporting Dynamic Type isn’t just about making text bigger. These 10 tips cover the layout, imagery, and edge cases your app needs to handle so text scaling actually works well in practice.

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New from Mobile A11y: Generating image description alt text with Foundation Models on iOS 27 iOS 27 adds the ability to generate image descriptions on-device using Foundation Models. Here’s how to use it as a fallback when alt text is missing. mobilea11y.com/blog/ai-alt-... #accessibility #wwdc

Generating image description alt text with Foundation Models on iOS 27

iOS 27 adds the ability to generate image descriptions on-device using Foundation Models. Here’s how to use it as a fallback when alt text is missing.

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@wai0937.bsky.social Fwiw I thought your conversation on the Theroux doc was better than the doc. The doc added nothing to the conversation other providing publicly for the subjects. The question about if Theroux was any better than HS summed it up for me. The two of you were much more nuanced.