0401

Accessibility for Mobile App and Map

Specification: A mobile app that helps pilots plan their travel itinerary prior to booking their landing times, along with a printed map to reference airplanes current location and weather conditions.

Accessibility issues to address: Visual impairments

Recommendations:

Pattern recognition of visual structure layout of website of similar images and/ or text format
Tonal contrast of black text on a cream colored background (App)
Insert 12-24 points (pt) font size (Use wider apertures)
Inserting user for easy access vertical writing
Inserting a swiping option (for easy access scrolling) up and down
Use appropriate typeface, in this case New Times Roman
Limit the amount of text on the app causing less distraction
Use voice recognition or voice commands in replace of typing features
Avoid underlining
Text contrast ratio 3:1

Accessibility issues to address: Cognitive impairment

Recommendations:

Break up large content of information (text/writing) into smaller portions (map directions)
Consistency helps decrease distraction as well as increased predictability in a design layout (meaning colors of the map) blue the ocean, green is land, etc.
Allowing swiping options (easy access scrolling) up and down
Use voice recognition or voice commands in replace of typing features
Insert 8-12 points (pt) font size
Tonal contrast black text on colored background
Avoid hyphenating
Size of target for pointer inputs should be 44 x 44 css pixels
Minimum viewpoint size of 320 css pixels wide, by 256 pixels high