Overall, iTunes 11 is certainly no worse than iTunes 10 on the Mac when it comes to accessibility. However, Apple could do more to improve Voiceover support (I can't comment on Windows, as not tested it there yet).
The first item/button Voiceover lands on is the rewind button, and there is a play button and a next button. So we have a rewind and a next button, so some people might be confused by the lack of a previous button or a forward button. So perhaps the rewind and next buttons should be labelled as "previous/rewind button and a next/forward button. The next item which puzzles me is the "iCloud button", what does this actually do? When pressing it with voiceover, it does not indicate if it is on or off or if anything has happened when it is pressed. My next issue relates to the 7 radio buttons, the last radio button is read out as "Radio radio button 7 of 7". Hearing the words Radio radio button is not exactly intuitive, and I am sure these buttons are actually tabs and not web page style radio buttons. So would it not be better if Voiceover read out these 7 buttons as tabs? then the last tab could be read out as "Radio tab 7 of 7". Note: the iTunes store uses tabs, so replacing radio buttons with tabs would give iTunes 11 a more consistent look and feel when it comes to navigating with a screen reader. Finally there is a iTunes Store button, I think it would be more intuitive if the button was read out as "Go to iTunes Store button" Then when you are in the iTunes Store, the button is read out as "Go back to Library button", instead of "Library menu button". Calling this a menu button gives the impression a menu is about to appear if you press it. After opening the iTunes Store I am greeted with a back and next button for the store navigation, then there are a series of menu buttons (as voiceover describes them) which are My iTunes Account, iTunes Store home menu button, Music menu button, Films menu button etc. Would it not be better to have these menu buttons labelled as tabs? I also think the home page of the iTunes store is a bit of a mess for screen reader users. For starters the HTML does not follow W3C web accessibility guidelines when it comes to heading structure. For example there are heading 3 items, and heading 5, but there are no heading 1 or 2. It breaks accessibility when heading levels are skipped. The document structure does not follow how it is laid out visually either. The screen reader user hears the headings in the following sequence: Heading 3 Music (this should be a heading 2, and there should be a heading 1 prior to it labelled iTunes Store Home") Heading 3 Films (this should be a heading 2) TV programmes (this should be a heading 2) Heading 3 Apps (this should be a heading 2) Heading 3 Late Night Music on TV (should this not be listed under Music or under Feature?) Heading 3 Genius Recommendations (should this not be a heading 2?) Heading 3 Books (should this not be a heading 2? Heading 3 Quick Links (should this not be a heading 2?) Heading 3 Top Singles (should this not be a sub heading under Music? and the see all link appears to have gone) Heading 3 Top Albums ((should this not be a sub heading under Music? and the see all link appears to have gone) Heading 3 Top Films (should this not be listed under Films? see all has gone) Heading 3 TOP TV (voiceover reads this as T O P instead of top, and should it not be listed as a sub heading under TV programmes? see all has gone) Heading 3 Top Paid Apps (should this not be listed as a sub heading under Apps?) Heading 3 Top Free Apps (should this not be a sub heading under Apps?) Heading 3 Top Books (Should this not be listed as a sub heading under Books?) The above is just a few examples, if you work your way through the iTunes store, you will find many other. I feel the order of the headings does not match how the layout works visually. Chris On 30 Nov 2012, at 03:50, amy gilbert <we.are.born.innoc...@googlemail.com> wrote: > hi all, i've got too many emails to check if there's already been a topic > posted on this, but what do you all think of itunes 11? it's going to take me > a while to get used to the new layout, but the layout is better, more > simplified, and it seems a bit more responsive or is that me? amy > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. 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