iOS 6: VoiceOver Compatiblity with Maps, Assistive Touch and Zoom

iOS 6 the latest operating system for iPhone , iPad and iPod Touch includes new VoiceOver enhancements. The enhancements allow VoiceOver ... Read more »

Assistive Touch Improvements in iOS 6

Apple's iOS 6 improves on the Assistive Touch feature that was originally introduced in iOS 5 . Assistive Touch allows people with phy... Read more »

Brand New iPod Touch Announced

Apple released a new version of the iPod Touch . The fifth generation device includes the same large screen as the iPhone 5 . In addition t... Read more »

iPhone 5 Announced

Apple announced the iPhone 5 at an event today in California. The iPhone 5 includes and bigger screen, better camera, faster processor, th... Read more »

iOS 6 To Be Released on September 19th With New Accessibility Features

Today, Apple  announced that iOS 6 , the software that runs iPhone , iPad and iPod Touch, will be released on September 19th. The free softw... Read more »

Create iOS Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard  shortcuts are a tool for improving typing speed on your iOS device. To create a keyboard shortcut go to Setting > General ... Read more »

iOS 6, iPhone 5 and iPad Mini Expected In Coming Weeks

Apple is widely rumored to be preparing to release a new iPhone , an all new smaller iPad Mini and iOS 6 with numerous accessibility impr... Read more »

Accessibility: Are You Serving All Your Users?

[This post is by Joe Fernandez , a technical writer for developer.android.com who cares about accessibility and usability. — Tim Bray.] We... Read more »

A Summer of Accessibility

Tekla (formerly mEADL) is a collection of open hardware and open source applications that may be used to enable access to mobile devices fo... Read more »

Changing the Look of the Web with Stylebot

Stylebot editing the Open Source Blog in advanced mode Stylebot editing the Open Source Blog in basic mode Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are... Read more »

London Open Source Jam 14

We held the 14th Google London Open Source Jam at our Victoria HQ on September 24th. The topic this time was "Video and Sound", a... Read more »

TalkBack: An Open Source Screenreader For Android

Earlier this year, we blogged about project Eyes-Free — a collection of Android applications that enable efficient eyes-free interaction w... Read more »

Talking RSS Reader for Android

Keeping informed in a fast moving world can be a challenge. What if you could use those moments when your body is busy but your mind is idle... Read more »

Writing Talking Applications for Android

Toward the end of last year, we released an Android binding to eSpeak , an Open Source Text To Speech (TTS) engine that provides support fo... Read more »

Announcing Eyes-Free Shell For Android

Project Eyes-Free aims to enable fluent eyes-free use of mobile devices running Android . Target uses range from eyes-busy environments... Read more »