More than half of global Internet traffic comes from mobile devices.Īpple iOS started to implement out-of-the-box accessibility features fairly early on, and VoiceOver was introduced with the iPhone 3GS in 2009. It has been several years since sales of smartphones and other mobile devices first surpassed sales of traditional desktop computers. Welcome aboard, and we hope you enjoy the ride! TalkBack vs. Next, we’ll cover the basics of mobile accessibility for fonts and colors, then mobile switch controls, followed by a mobile testing method for each popular operating system.
We’re kicking off our mobile accessibility series with a comparison of the TalkBack (Android) and VoiceOver (iOS) screen readers.