I do not think that the VO plus H fix should be acceptable as run-of-
themill solution for what is really a problem with address book. If
fields are not recognised properly as what they are, or if buttons are
not labelled in the way that would eliminate the use of VO plus h then
things obviously have to be improved. Maybe I'm just a purist but I
think that to recognise room for improvement is not necessarily bad
but to accept a second-rate fix is certainly not good enough.
With best wishes
Simon
On 3 Apr 2008, at 17:04, Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
I agree there are some minor issues, but they are not show
stoppers. VO-H is your friend in lots of programs, and that solves
99% of the problems with Address Book. I love the program with VO.
In fact, it's the first address book program I've liked well enough
to actually keep up to date and use regularly. The biggest problem
is the editing of some of the textual info, which is flakey
sometimes, and definitely a problem, but the program overall is
quite good and I am surprised to see a few here giving it such harsh
criticism. Problems with far more access issues are Skype,
Interface Builder, the iWork suite, Logic, and plenty of others both
from third-parties and from Apple.
I do think the problems should be addressed, and I have reported
them to Apple as well, but they do not prevent you from using the
program by any stretch. THey are minor annoyances.
Josh de Lioncourt
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On 3 Apr, 2008, at 8:26 AM, Chuck Reichel wrote:
Hi List,
Yes address book has been very poor at best! How many of us have
reported this to Accessibility? I have not yet but have been
watching and waiting for address book to get its act together!
Accessibility has been responsive for me so far. most recently when
I reported the Preview bug about how you can not annotate pdfs,
they said that bug would be submitted to engineering .
"The squeeky wheel gets the grease! So lets politely speak up!
Chuck Reichel Phone "954"742-0019 or
http://www.soundpicturerecording.com/
"
I have found the following bug in the address book with VoiceOver:
Field types are not voiced. When you navigate over a field the
information expected is not voiced. For example in the Email field
you will hear Work, Edit text blank but not the fact that the edit
text field is expecting an email address. How would a blind person
know what this field expected for content? This is true with all
fields that have visual but not audible indications of the type of
information expected.
Inconsistent voicing of text being entered. In a phone field for
example it is common that VoiceOver will not voice the first
number entered. Sometimes it fails to voice other letters or
numbers.
Greg Kearney
535 S. Jackson St.
Casper, Wyoming 82601
307-224-4022
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