Section 6.3: Accessibility

We've tried to make use of Apple's accessibility APIs in Aji Annotate. To work, these require an iPhone 3GS running at least version 3.0 of the iPhone OS, and Aji Annotate version 2.5 or better.

Although we've done our best, by their nature some apps will be more accessible than others. In the case of Aji Annotate, a lot depends on the accessibility of the PDF document itself. To be accessible at all, the PDF document must include the text (as opposed to being just a scanned image). If so, Aji Annotate will make this available to VoiceOver. Furthermore, if the document has embedded metadata describing its structure, Aji Annotate can make use of that and allows document navigation via the Outline. (To get to this, go to the Navigation menu using the third button on the toolbar in the document viewing screen.)

On the UI front, almost all of the controls have labels and have been marked with the appropriate traits. However, in the current release, some of the toolbars make use of a less-than-100%-accessible Apple UI component called "UIBarButtonItem", which will currently show up merely as "Button" to VoiceOver. We are hopeful that in future versions of the iPhone OS (beyond 3.0), this can be improved. Finally, it is necessary in Version 2.5 to turn Off the "Auto-hide Interface" option.

Making our apps accessible is an ongoing effort. We are always happy to hear feedback on this; please let us know if you are finding something difficult to use.