Accessibility and usability are two different things. Nobody could argue that the iPhone 3GS is inaccessible, because the screen reader ships installed on it and gives you access to every app that ships with it. There's even a more accessible way of enabling it for the first time than there is on Symbian and Android. Third party apps aren't 100% of course, but find me a platform where it is and I'll eat an iPhone.
What most people who argue it's not accessible mean is that they find it unusable, and what most of those people have done is spend 10 minutes noodling with it. In most cases, that means they've tried to take in an unfamiliar OS, unfamiliar UI's in each app without the typical menus and the like, a hugely alien way of interacting with that unfamiliar UI, and most often they do that 10 minute tinker without reading up on the jestures first. The "why do I have to learn jestures" argument is pointless too, seeing as you'd need to learn the button layout of any Symbian or Windows Mobile device to use it would you not. Your average iPhone hater would quite literally have palpitations if they took a look at Android, it's an even more alien method of interaction. I don't defend it so vigorously because I'm an owner of one, I'm not... the way blind people drag their heels at the prospect of a different method of interaction just gets my goat is all. Jason - do some research man, see if you can get your game up and running on the platform. It'd be a welcome addition I'm sure. Cheers Scott On 1/7/10, shaun everiss <shau...@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > depends on who's opinion you hit. > If you ask some on dolphinusers like onj louis etc it is but has issues that > well you wouldn't want, there are people saying how bad it is. > and well that it really is just inaccessible. > then you read sites like www.digitaldarragh.com > and www.blindcooltech.com and get podcasts touting its access and then > others saying how cool it is. > so opinion is devided. > At 11:27 p.m. 7/01/2010, you wrote: >>Is the iPhone accessible? Doing something with the game would be nice. It's >>collecting dust right now. >> >>Cheers! >>Jason >> >>On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Ryan Strunk <ryan.str...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Jason, >>> >>> I don't believe any of the three in existence have online scoreboards. >>> However, the fact there are already three in existence--Sudo-San, >>> Soundoku, >>> and BGSudoku--means you might not get much buck for your time, especially >>> considering that two of the three are free. >>> >>> If you could something together for the iPhone or pocket PC, however, you >>> might be on to something. >>> >>> Ryan >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On >>> Behalf Of Jason Allen >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:57 PM >>> To: Gamers Discussion list >>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Sudoku for newbies, possibly dummies >>> >>> Do these Sudoku games have infinite puzzles and online scoreboards? >>> >>> I created a random sudoku generator for a phone app and think it could be >>> adapted to an audiogame. I know it's a popular game, but maybe I can >>> offer >>> an alternative version. 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