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Is google's effort at accessibility up to par with apple's?

by avipars 5y ago

8fGTBjZxBcHq 5y ago
No not really. If you put them in a list of features and compare them it seems pretty close, they have most of the same stuff. But if you actually learn and use both the android one is much worse.
handrous 5y ago
Not sure about Android, but ChromeOS' a11y features are embarrassingly poor, which surprised the hell out of me considering its primary audience is kids (some crazy-high percentage of Chromebook use must be in schools as student laptops, from what I've seen) and old people who have trouble with computers. And the settings menus are so terrible that it took me quite a while to convince myself they were as limited as they seemed and I wasn't just missing something (god knows my dad could never have found what they did have, on his own) but that part's just typical Google UI. Wish I'd gotten my dad to spring for an iPad w/ keyboard instead. Modern iOS may not be anywhere near as intuitive as in, say, iOS 6, but I could have configured it to be really good for him.
techrat 5y ago
Knowing people who work with others in accessibility, the discussion tends to be that Android and iOS are more or less on par... with Android having the edge in customization and iOS having the edge in consistency. So pretty much the same for everyone else...
miki123211 5y ago
Nope. In Poland where I live, most sighted people use Android, but the proportion of iPhone users is much higher amongst the blind population, despite the enormously high unemployment and bad social security. Apple's stuff is just way better. Those who have to use Android often replace Talkback with a Chinese screen reader called Commentary. That program apparently sends god knows what god knows where, and a screen reader has access to almost everything, but that's the price you have to pay for blindness, I guess.

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Is google's effort at accessibility up to par with apple's?

by avipars 5y ago

Is google's effort at accessibility up to par with apple's?

8fGTBjZxBcHq 5y ago
No not really. If you put them in a list of features and compare them it seems pretty close, they have most of the same stuff. But if you actually learn and use both the android one is much worse.
handrous 5y ago
Not sure about Android, but ChromeOS' a11y features are embarrassingly poor, which surprised the hell out of me considering its primary audience is kids (some crazy-high percentage of Chromebook use must be in schools as student laptops, from what I've seen) and old people who have trouble with computers. And the settings menus are so terrible that it took me quite a while to convince myself they were as limited as they seemed and I wasn't just missing something (god knows my dad could never have found what they did have, on his own) but that part's just typical Google UI. Wish I'd gotten my dad to spring for an iPad w/ keyboard instead. Modern iOS may not be anywhere near as intuitive as in, say, iOS 6, but I could have configured it to be really good for him.
techrat 5y ago
Knowing people who work with others in accessibility, the discussion tends to be that Android and iOS are more or less on par... with Android having the edge in customization and iOS having the edge in consistency. So pretty much the same for everyone else...
miki123211 5y ago
Nope. In Poland where I live, most sighted people use Android, but the proportion of iPhone users is much higher amongst the blind population, despite the enormously high unemployment and bad social security. Apple's stuff is just way better. Those who have to use Android often replace Talkback with a Chinese screen reader called Commentary. That program apparently sends god knows what god knows where, and a screen reader has access to almost everything, but that's the price you have to pay for blindness, I guess.