Google makes it easier for people with disabilities to find suitable apps in the Play Store. They now get a label like: ‘Help with motor impairments’ or ‘Assist with visual impairments’. This allows you to easily search for other accessible apps.
Accessibility and apps
For people with visual impairments, Google Talkback is built into many apps. With this, Google reads the menus in a certain app so that you can navigate through the interface more easily. To make it easier to find these types of accessible apps, the Play Store will receive special accessibility labels, which Google announces in a Google Play Help-message.
The labels appear under the heading About this app on the Play Store. You can find the following labels there:
- Help with motor disabilities
- Help with visual impairments
- Cognitive Impairments
- Hearing Impaired Help
- Accessible communication
- Screen reader support
That is how it works
Google further explains that the labels each time collect apps in two ways. These may be apps that support people with disabilities, such as Google Live Transcription for people with hearing disabilities. On the other hand, it can also be any app that contains accessibility features, for example a game that works with a screen reader.
KPN recently announced that its app is now more accessible to users with visual impairments thanks to Talkback support. Still, it’s noticeable that the app – and many other accessible apps – have not yet been labeled. In addition, there does not seem to be an easy way to find an overview of the different labels in the Play Store. In other words, you must first encounter a label in a certain app before you can search other apps with that label.
Google also states that not all apps have been labeled yet, but that the selection will be expanded in the future. Are you satisfied now that accessible apps are now easier to find in the Play Store? Let us know in the comments.
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Thanks for the tip, Katty!
– Thanks for information from Androidworld. Source