RubyMotion and Accessibility

on YouTube ↗26m

" summary

Claim: mainstream iOS plus RubyMotion makes accessibility practical and cheap; a set of mainstream apps replaces ~$3,600 of specialized devices for roughly $3,600 vs $300. Demonstration shows a MotionAccessibility gem (now motion-accessibility 2.0) plus REPL and simulator tooling that expose UI as text and accept commands like browse/touch/view REPL commands. It shows VoiceOver concepts (labels, hints, traits, activation point), unit tests using accessibility labels, and a live demo that mostly works despite simulator quirks.

AI-written summary · about

" chapters (6)

1. 0:00Start
2. 0:05Ruby Motion & Accessibility
3. 1:09Tused Windows
4. 6:49Accessibility programming
5. 8:05The challenge
6. 22:21Rubymotion & Accessibility

" related talks

• 26mRubyMotion And AccessibilityAustin Seraphin · RubyMotion #inspect 2014
• 33mRubyMotion: Rubyizing iOS developmentAmit Kumar · GoGaRuCo 2012
• 31mAccessibility for the App You're About to ShipAdrian Eves · Swift Rockies 2026
• 48mDevelopment for all the peopleFlorian Harr · 360iDev 2018
• 29mInclusive and Accessible App DevelopmentKaya Thomas · UIKonf 2019
• 44mCrafting Great Accessible ExperiencesSally Shepard · 360|iDev 2016
• 28mRubymotion - iOS and OSX development from a Ruby developer's perspectiveNelson Pascal · RubyFuza 2014
• 37mBuilding iOS Apps with RubyMotionRaymond T. Hightower · Aloha RubyConf 2012