Cheree Heppe here: Even with the problems listed over a wide range of applications, I updated one of my iOS devices last night. If what I am learning about 8.1 is symptomatic, I think blind users can kiss good Apple access good-bye. One area: I remember getting my first iPhone and, in extreme skepticism and with the half-done, JAWS and PC based accessibility as a precursor experience, decided to find out whether the Wallpapers section gave access, or merely lip service to Universal Design. How amazed and delight I felt when each photo featured an artistic and pleasing description of the photo. The description didnt just say photo dot png or stick in woods dot whatever, these descriptions went that extra step that separates accessibility wannabees from practitioners of Universal Design. In 8.1, I opened the Brightness and Wallpapers section on my iPad 2. Every photo gave those hald done, cursury, non-descriptive labels characterized by no info, ugly word choice to mirror the photo and the png ending, just to make sure anybody who cant see the png knows this isnt for them. It is my intention to cancel my order for an upgraded iPhone 6 and not to upgrade to iOS 8 point anything. The voices on iOS 8 point whatever sound modified. They sound artificial and there is no longer the ease of switching between voices. Switching between voices has now become a secret process, or, at least, unavailable to me, a blind user. My thoughts, but, I am leaning toward making a change before the whole archology goes south.
Sad and very disappointed. Aple has had access to some really discerning, brilliant blind users who could give really cogent advice in the best user mode. I guess that isnt who is being listened to. Careless, sloppy, inattention to detail. Disregard for user specific needs. Very sad. Bye-bye. Regards, Cheree Heppe Sent from my IPhone 4S On 25 Oct 2014, at 1:26, venky...@gmail.com wrote: Its disappointing to know that the issues are not fixed in 8.1. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone > On 23-Oct-2014, at 4:34 am, Jessica Moss <junglebookfa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I had those same issues with my 4S, which I unfortunately didn't realize I > was going to before I updated it, due to the fact that it's an older phone, > and actually had no idea you could downgrade again, so you did the right > thing doing that, sense you were going to have a rough time of it unless you > plan on upgrading your phone any time soon. >> On Oct 22, 2014, at 1:31 AM, Venkatesh Potluri <venky...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi list, >> I am using a 16GB iPhone 4S. I updated to iOs 8 and had a lot of >> issues so had to downgrade back to 7.1. My phone got a lot slower, >> apps like whatsapp and messenger kept constantly crashing and VO >> randomly restarts it self. i had many accidental touches, accidental >> calls, etc. I wish to know if these issues have been resolved in 8.1. >> Another major reason for me wanting to upgrade is the Flecksy >> keyboard. How good is it? I read that there are still problems using >> it. are there any show stopper bugs? Is the Looktel money reader >> working fine in 8.1? >> Thank you. >> Cheers, >> Venkatesh Potluri >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
