AppleVis Extra #31: Ari Weinstein and Conrad Kramer, 2 of the Creators of the Workflow iOS App
Summary: <p>In this edition of the AppleVis Extra, Alex Hall and Jamie Pauls meet with Ari Weinstein and Conrad Kramer, two of the creators of the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/workflow-powerful-automation/id915249334?uo=8&at=11l4LS">Workflow iOS app</a>.</p> <p>Every year at its Worldwide Developers’ Conference (WWDC), Apple celebrates and acknowledges through its Apple Design Awards the mobile and desktop apps which raise the bar in design, technology and innovation. This year, Workflow won one of these prestigious awards because of its accessibility with VoiceOver. In fact, two members of Apple’s Accessibility Team were invited onto stage to demonstrate just how well the app works with VoiceOver.</p> <p>According to <a href="https://developer.apple.com/design/awards/">Apple’s own report on the 2015 Design Awards</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Workflow is a powerful automation tool, available exclusively for iPhone and Apple Watch, that connect apps and actions together to automate things you do every day. Selected as an Apple Design Award winner for its outstanding use of iOS accessibility features, Workflow delivers an excellent implementation for VoiceOver with clearly labeled items, thoughtful hints, and drag/drop announcements, all of which make the app usable and quickly accessible to those who are blind or low-vision. The creators of Workflow understand that true accessibility is not just a technical task, it also requires design and usability consideration.</p> </blockquote> <p>Ari and Conrad explain the history of Workflow, and how a few requests on Twitter for VoiceOver support started them on a journey which ended up on stage at WWDC.</p> <p>Workflow: Powerful Automation Made Simple is <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/workflow-powerful-automation/id915249334?uo=8&at=11l4LS">a US$4.99 download from the iTunes App Store</a>.</p>
