mHealth App Button Failure (IMAGE)

University of Washington

mHealth App Button Failure

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UW researchers found that developers of mobile health smartphone apps frequently overlooked the needs of low-visions users. In this case, button labels weren't programmed to work coherently with the iPhone's built-in screen reader.

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Lauren Milne, University of Washington

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