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For Users With Disabilities, Paid Apps Lag Behind Free Ones in Accessibility, Report Shows

Advocates say they expect the discrepancies found in testing to lessen over time as digital accessibility becomes more familiar to developers

Eighty percent of leading free apps in the App Store were accessible by screen reader, compared with 65% of the biggest Android apps, according to an examination by accessibility agency Diamond.

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Dec. 20, 2021 1:58 pm ET

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