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Re: accessibilityLabel for app name?
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Re: accessibilityLabel for app name?


  • Subject: Re: accessibilityLabel for app name?
  • From: Scott McCormack <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:06:48 -0700

Hi Mark,

No you got the idea but for the iPad versions of Angry Birds (I can't see well enough to play them on the iPhone :)) they are all called Angry Birds which is why I used them as an example. I can change CFBundleDisplayName but that also affects the title under the icon which you want to keep short. I'm thinking they could use CFBundleName for the icon name (and read CFBundleDisplayName for VoiceOver) as iOS really doesn't show long names well on the home screen.

On Jun 5, 2013, at 1:56 PM, Mark Lapole <email@hidden> wrote:

> Maybe i'm misunderstanding the issue but i expect the app names are created specific enough and get picked up by VoiceOver naturally, no?
> In the examples Scott mentions i'm actually hearing full app name -- "Angry Birds, Seasons HD" or "Angry Birds, Star Wars" etc. through VO as expected.
>
> For those naming apps, this [specific yet succinct naming] should be good practice especially for those companies putting out multiple apps with the same 'parent' name as a prefix.  Even though it's very effective for sighted users, of course we should never rely on app icon imagery to distinguish among installed apps.
>
> Apologies if i misunderstood.


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 >Re: accessibilityLabel for app name? (From: Mark Lapole <email@hidden>)

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