Checklist for Increasing Mobile Application Accessibility in 6 Steps

Having a mobile application for your business is good. But it should be able to cover all the targeted and potential customers. The term ‘All’ includes persons with disabilities; in proper words, challenged people. 

Most of the mobile applications didn’t have the options which are helpful for challenged people. But a mobile application should be included with the features to help people who have challenges with auditory, cognitive, neurological, physical, speech, and visual. Such applications have more productivity than other apps.  

Through this blog, you can check the six effective mobile app development ways to increase the accessibility of your mobile application. 

What is Meant by Accessibility of a Mobile App?

Is a mobile application without any accessibility tools, efficient to cover all the potential customers? You may say confidently, “yes’. But, it is not; because some people are with us on the planet who couldn’t. They can also be your target audience and potential customers of your business. 

So, consider their comfortability while developing a mobile application for your business. The accessibility of a mobile application is nothing but a set of tools that can be included while the app development and design process are to help the person with challenges (disabilities). 

For example, providing a tool to convert text-to-speech within your application will benefit users with low vision challenges. You may get an additional question at this point: why should you spend your money to include such a feature to cover a small number of people? Let’s check 

Importance of  Mobile App Accessibility and How it can Benefit Your Business?

First of all the number of disabled persons is not a granular amount to neglect. According to the WHO report, nearly 15% of the world’s population are having a form of disability. So, if your mobile application needs to cover such a huge number of people then it should be accessible. 

Another important thing that suggests accessibility in mobile applications strongly is the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines  (WCAG). The WCAG 2.0 usually known as WCAG20 is the guidelines and criteria that can be applied to mobile web content, mobile web apps, native apps, and hybrid apps that are using web components. 

Beyond the challenged people, the elders also need accessibility tools in a mobile application to access it without any barriers. As per ScienceDirect, 85% of elder people (age range 65+ years) are using a mobile phone and 46% of the old people are using a smartphone. So, it is advisable to develop a mobile application with accessibility.

Checklist for Increasing Accessibility of a Mobile App

As far now you explored the importance of accessibility in a mobile application. In this part, you can understand how to increase the accessibility of a mobile application. 

1. Screen Size – A web application is a little bit different from a mobile application. A web application needs a responsive design as it should be accessible through PC and mobile. While displaying the web app on the mobile, its design should be simple and easy to navigate the options, read, and do the actions also. 

If it does not fit the screen size or shows the small text, it is not accessible to people with low vision and elders. So, while the web app development process, you should ensure its responsive design. It’ll help you to avoid a high bounce rate due to a lack of accessibility. 

2. Touch Targets and Placement – The term ‘Touch Target’ refers to a part of the screen that responds to user input (touch). When elders use applications through their smartphones, they need larger touch targets. Hence, they can easily use the touch targets and do their needed things. 

At the same time, it should be placed in the right place where it is visible. Touch-friendly is the proper term that denotes comfortability during the interaction with the devices through touch targets. So, ensure your mobile application is touch-friendly.

3. Gestures – In recent times, accessibility tools are not only used by challenged people but also by all users. Gestures are the best example of this. Despite being an accessibility tool, it is used as a shortcut by all users. So, your business application should support the gestures of the mobile phone. 

4. Layouts and Templates – Few elements like heading, logo, or any others are the same for all windows of a mobile application. That means it should be presented in a consistent layout. It contains repeated and navigational elements with it. This is a technical part that should be handled during the app development process by an expert. By doing this, your application can provide a seamless user experience and it helps the users with difficulties navigating the pages in the app easily.  

5. Input Methods – A mobile application has multiple methods of input. Usually, a user can interact with the application through touch. In which the keyboard is the primary method of input. But a person with some challenges couldn’t access the input method. But they can easily access other kinds of inputs like voices. 

So, empower your mobile application with voice recognition, auto-filling, and other methods of input to help people with challenges.

6. Color Contrast – It is nothing but the difference between the background and text on it. By following the perfect color contrast combination ratio in the application, you can engage the readers with challenges. By doing this, they can easily interact with your mobile application and avail of your service or products online. 

Through these steps, you can increase the accessibility of your mobile application. But these can be done by only the IT experts while the app development process. So, you need to choose the best app development company to develop your application with accessibility. 

How Uplogic Technologies Help a Billion of People to Find Your Business?

Nearly 1 billion people on our planet are having disabilities with a spending power of 6.9 Trillion USD. 

This report shows that investing money in developing a mobile application with accessibility for your business can help you to reach these billions of people. 

Uplogic Technologies is the right place to develop a mobile application with accessibility tools. We have a resourceful team of developers who can develop your custom mobile application with tailor-made features. 

With this application, all kinds of users including people with challenges can easily interact with your app. So, it can reach your business to all without any discrimination. 

To Wrap it All Up

Having a mobile application for your business can ensure the online presence of the business. But, when you are availing of a mobile application with accessibility features, you can improve your values and customer base.

Uplogic Technologies has been providing custom app development solutions to various kinds of businesses for years. From our eminent developer team, you can get an operational and accessible mobile application.