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Do any of the web accessibility issues come up for other platforms as well? How does the iOS screenreader handle Flutter-generated views on iOS?

Unfortunately I haven't done much accessiblity-focused work with Flutter yet, however the docs do mention there are some capabilities but the amount of info there seems slim: https://docs.flutter.dev/accessibility-and-localization/acce...

I'm not sure I understand the distinction between web apps and web sites. Don't both of those experiences need to be accessible?

The distinction as I understand is websites are usually more document-orientated focused mostly on reading (e.g. a blog, or even Hacker News), whereas web apps are more focused on user-interaction (e.g. spreadsheet apps, email apps).

Due to Flutter's large bundle size and long initial load time it's definitely not suitable for things like news sites or blogs where initial load, SEO, and readability are all important.

I would agree they both need to be accessible, but there's also extra cons to Flutter Web that make it not the best choice for websites even if it did accessbility perfectly.

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