FWIW, they didn't talk about getting content (books) much, but I did like the fact they mentioned pinch to zoom, which iirc works even with voiceover turned on, thus allowing for zooming in text apps, along with VO. Again I might be wrong on using pinch to zoom with vo but pinch to zoom is really handy when you don't need the whole os magnified.
On Apr 20, 2010, at 4:30 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Nic, > > Yes, it was a pretty good article for the RNIB, but I had the same reaction > as you did about it being a pity it wasn't accessible out of the box. They > just can't admit that Apple has really got it right! > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On Apr 20, 2010, at 10:19 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm a bit confused here. >> >> "It is just a shame that VoiceOver is switched off by default, meaning it >> has to be activated before the iPad can be used." and "It would have been a >> real bonus had the iPad been accessible out of the box. Unfortunately, this >> was not quite the case." >> >> These views are kind of strange and puzzling to me. It seems a weird >> definition of "out of the box". It's a mainstream product. That'd make it >> too confusing for a sighted user using the iPad if VoiceOver was on by >> default. And, by all rights, it shouldn't be on by default, as it is a >> product not geared "specifically" towards blind people. That's the only >> thing I found kind of odd, but otherwise, pretty nice. >> >> Regards, >> Nic >> Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com >> Skype: Kvalme >> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >> AIM: cincinster >> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >> Facebook Profile >> My Twitter >> >> On Apr 20, 2010, at 6:46 PM, marie Howarth wrote: >> >>> I would agree with you John. as a total VI user of an IPhone, I don't think >>> they praised the screen reader enough. And its that point of the >>> accessibility out of the box that has wound me up. I think that could put >>> users off entirely and let's see, how many products are accessible out of >>> the box that rNIB promotes readily? >>> I'll post a link to my blog I'm writing for you guys to agree or disagree >>> with me but on the whole, I think its a fair first impressions. >>> >>> On 20 Apr 2010, at 17:33, John J Herzog wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks for passing this article along. I think that, for the most part, >>>> this article was fair. They seem to point out both positives and negatives >>>> of the product which is good. >>>> The only area where I have some problems with the article, is that they >>>> made to big of a deal about activating voiceover through Itunes. This is >>>> not that hard since it is accessible on both mac and windows, and requires >>>> all of two seconds to do. Other than that, it's pretty good. >>>> >>>> John >>>> >>>> On Apr 20, 2010, at 12:18 PM, marie Howarth wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi guys, >>>>> Thought I'd put this article out there for everyone to discuss. I will be >>>>> writing a blog on my opinions of this article shortly. But here it is for >>>>> you all to read. >>>>> >>>>> It's an article done by the RNIB which is the national charity for the >>>>> blind in the UK. You need to download the article, its in word format but >>>>> will read on text edit and such on the mac. >>>>> thanks >>>>> http://www.rnib.org.uk/livingwithsightloss/computersphones/Pages/technology_news_reports.aspx >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > Egun On, Lagunak! 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