Developer Assistance Tools for Creating Native Mobile Applications Accessible to Visually Impaired People

Abstract

Many people with visual impairments, users of screen readers, use mobile devices to interact with daily information. Despite the growing number of guidelines, standards, and recommendations for accessibility on mobile devices, there are still accessibility issues in mobile applications. Although guidelines, standards and recommendations contribute to educate developers towards universal design, difficulties in the development process discourage developers implementing accessible applications. In addition to directives, tools are needed to automate the process of integrating accessibility in the applications. Through a systematic review of the literature, this work seeks to identify the state of the art in tools for developers in the creation of native mobile applications accessible to people with visual impairment, characterizing when to use them in the development process and its degree of technological maturity.