I'm a senior iOS Engineer and native Mac and iOS accessibility specialist. Currently I'm working on macOS and iOS accessibility at Apple. Previous I've worked iOS at Cuvva and Capital One and accessibility at Reveal and many others. (He/Him)

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• Senior iOS Engineer
• Self-taught career changer
• Mobile accessibility specialist
• Author: Developing Inclusive Mobile Apps: Building Accessible Apps for iOS and Android published by Apress, 2020
• Invited Expert W3C Mobile Accessibility Task Force

I'm currently looking for something new in either iOS engineering or native mobile accessibility. If you think I can help you out please let me know - [email protected]

• From Zero to accessible - Making your app accessible from the ground up
  Interactive workshop at ARCTIC conference
  Oulu, Finland Wednesday, 12th March 2025

• Touch-Free Touch Screens
  Talk at APPDEVCON conference
  Amsterdam, Netherlands
  Friday, 21st March 2025

• From Zero to accessible - Making your app accessible from the ground up
  Interactive workshop at SwiftCraft conference
  Folkstone, UK
  Monday, 19th May 2025

If you think your confernce, meetup, or organisation could benefit from a talk or workshop on mobile accessibility, please contact me at [email protected]

• Mobile Accessibility Testing: Making it effective and efficient for everyone
  Remote talk for A11yCamp
  Video
  November 2022

• Identifying & Fixing iOS Accessibility Issues
  Workshop for iOSDevUK
  Aberystwyth, Wales
  September 2022

• Identifying & Fixing iOS Accessibility Issues
  Workshop for 360iDev
  Denver, Colorado
  September 2022

• Mobile Accessibility Testing
  Remote talk/workshop for Spotify
  May 2022

• Next Level iOS Accessibility
  Remote workshop for Try! Swift World
  May 2022

• Next Level iOS Accessibility
  Remote talk for Sydney CocoaHeads
  Video
  slides
  May 2022
  

• Identifying & Fixing iOS Accessibility Issues
  Remote workshop
  June 2021

• Mobile Accessibility Testing Tools
  Remote talk held for Funka
  May 2021

• Accessibility in Mobile
  Remote workshop held for Ecosia
  July 2020

• Accessibility in SwiftUI
  CSUN Assistive Technology Conference, Anaheim, CA
  Video
  March 2020

• The Route to an RNIB Certified iOS App
  CSUN Assistive Technology Conference, Anaheim, CA
  March 2020

• Accessibility Without the ‘V’ Word
  NSManchester, Manchester, England
  October 2019

• Accessibility Without the ‘V’ Word
  SWMobile, Bristol, England
  Video
  September 2019

• Accessibility in SwiftUI
  iOSDevUK, Aberystwyth, Wales
  September 2019

• Panel member, iOS development Q&A
  iOSCon, McLean, VA
  August 2019

• Accessibility Without the ‘V’ Word
  NSLondon
  July 2019

• Accessibility Without the ‘V’ Word
  CodeMobile, Chester, England
  Video
  Slides
  April 2019

• A Swift Testing Journey
  CodeMobile, Chester, England
  April 2019

• A Swift Testing Journey
  iOSDevUK, Aberystwyth, Wales
  September 2018

• I used to blog at MobileA11y.com about mobile accessibility
• Wrote a book Developing Inclusive Mobile Apps: Building Accessible Apps for iOS and Android published by Apress
• A selection of old blogs is available on Medium

Here's a selection of my favorite/most popular blogs

• SwiftUI Accessibility
  A series of guides covering all the accessibility APIs in SwiftUI.

• Writing Great iOS Accessibility Labels
  This is part of a series on iOS accessibility labels, this part gives you all the tips you need to write the most useful labels you can.

• Baking Digital Inclusion Into Your Mobile Apps
  Why making accessibility part of your regular development flow is the right thing to do, for Capital One Tech

• Robot Pattern Testing for XCUITest
  Using the Robot pattern for writing composable UI tests for iOS, for Capital One Tech

I love talking about mobile accessibility get in touch if you think your listeners would like to know more.

• Parallel 81: Tools and Tips for Mobile App Developers
• The Engineering Leader: Rob Whitaker on Developing Inclusive Mobile Apps
• AppForce1: Rob Whitaker accessibilty author and workshop host
• Parallel 30: It's Like Playing Jazz
• iPhreaks 274: iOS Accessibility with Rob Whitaker

Some old projects I've worked on, none of these are currently maintained.

• A11yUITests
  An extension for XCTestCase to add common accessibility checks to XCUITests.

• A11y Box Android
  An app highlighting the Android accessibility APIs.

• A11y Box iOS
  An app highlighting the iOS accessibility APIs.

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