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The BBC has created a fantastic resource for their own developers related to mobile web content as well as native and hybrid applications. They’re essentially a lists of do’s and don’ts, which makes them easy to follow and reference!
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Though this course is largely
about web accessibility concerns,
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there's a lot to cover in
terms of mobile accessibility.
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In this stage we'll cover responsive
techniques, as well as things to keep
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in mind when you consider users accessing
your content via mobile devices.
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The BBC has created a fantastic
resource for their own developers
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related to mobile web content,
as well as native and hybrid applications.
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They're essentially a list of dos and
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don'ts which makes them easy to follow and
reference.
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So the full name of this resource is
the BBC Standards and Guidelines for
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Mobile Accessibility.
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For some clarity on how
to read the standards and
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guidelines, we'll take
a look at the About page.
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The short version of this is that
everything is divided into eleven topics
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and takes into account the different
rules that come into play in any project.
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So you'll see information that will be
useful to UX designers, editors, and
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developers.
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Techniques and examples are included.
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A little further down under Definitions,
we see that Standards are defined
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as best practices that can easily
be tested with specific criteria.
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To make things even easier for us,
they've indicated with little Must or
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Must Not flags.
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Guidelines are less testable but
should still be part of an accessible app.
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They're marked with the words Should or
Should Not.
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We'll focus on
the Developers section here.
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As promised there are 11 different
topics beginning with Audio and
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video, and ending with Recommendations.
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Each has a sort of short hand version of
the relevant standards and guidelines.
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The first section, for example, lists
Autoplay Must Not and Metadata Should.
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Now, you might be able to guess
that this means your audio and
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video content must not play automatically
and you should provide metadata.
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But let's get some more detail on this.
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There's a nice, robust navigation menu
on the right-hand side of the screen
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that can take us a bit deeper.
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If we click on Audio and video,
we're given a few more options.
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The others, Subtitles, signing and
audio description, and Transcripts
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are considering part of the developer's
primary responsibilities by the BBC and
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so are listed in other sections.
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If we choose Autoplay though,
we get a much more detailed explanation
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of what the standard actually is and
how it can be implemented.
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What's really cool about this resource is
that it takes native mobile technologies
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into account.
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There are not only examples and
guidance for using HTML but
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there are iOS and
Android examples as well.
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There are also testing procedures
listed for each standard.
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The BBC Standards and Guidelines for
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Mobile Accessibility are another
great set of standards to use,
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especially if you're working on
the specifically mobile project.
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