VoiceOver: App Testing Beyond The Visuals

WWDC 2018

Why Support VoiceOver ?

• Supporting VoiceOver makes your app more inclusive
• VoiceOver users are more likely to choose your app
• And recommend it to other VoiceOver users

How VoiceOver Helps Your App

• Testing with VoiceOver can give you a new perspective
• VoiceOver goes beyond how your application looks
• Discover new challenges and insights
• VoiceOver gets to the heart of what we do

Enabling VoiceOver in Settings

2 Ways to Navigation

Pausing VoiceOver Speech

Activating a Button with VoiceOver

Go Home with VoiceOver

3 Finger Flick

2 Finger Scrub

Setting the Rotor

Adjust the Rotor Value

Rotor Options in Settings

Screen Curtain 👍👍👍

The screen curtain blacks out your entire screen. 3-finger & triple tap

In Review

• VoiceOver is an alternative way of using your app
• You can navigate and activate elements based on how they are labeled
• You can explore other apps to learn expected behavior
• And rediscover your app by hearing it to help identify issues

Steps After You Leave

• Close your eyes and test your app
• Open your eyes and confirm the experience
• Make VoiceOver apart of your regular testing
• Teach others what you know