Mobile App Accessibility for Visually Impaired

Abstract

Technological innovation and breakthroughs in Android and IoS operating systems have made our daily life to be centered on the smart phones. The measure of success of mobile technologies and its applications is based on its ability to meet the needs of individuals within an entire population including visually impaired people. The creative innovation in current Mobile Technology allows Mobile Apps to be efficiently distributed and run on Mobile devices. Such as Text-to-Speech, navigation assistance, object identification, color identification, speech recognitions facilities are integrated with basic mobile services. It also providing the user-friendly user interfaces which includes fully automated speech recognition system for support of visually impaired users. Hence, the aim of this paper is to focus on surveying the latest developments in mobile technologies and mobile apps which are targeted at bringing back the zest and joy in the life of visually impaired people. Using the overview gained over this study, an agenda is proposed for future research work in mobile application and interaction design with respect to visually impaired and blind users.