I had similar issues to cherry but that was like you, m lacing patience lol. I find the app store/ibooks problem but then I never knew what it was previously. On 2013-02-16, at 10:53 AM, Kirsten Edmondson <kirsten.edmond...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> Cherree I have to agree with Ricardo and others. I'm not totally sure what > you're talking about here, but I think you're getting to head up. I have to > admit, I struggled to use the iBookstore for a long time, but that was just > because I didn't give it the time to work it out. There are no problems, > except that sometimes it jumps and stops reading and jumped off the page, but > that is easy to solve the two or three fingers swipe usually does the trick. > As for finding books that's easy, and yes you do have to double tap to find > more information, but why is that a problem? Similar with the App Store, if > you want more info you double tap on the heading, but why is that a problem, > perhaps you have to go back a page to be able to access the results but so > be it. It's still a lot more accessible than it was when iOS six first came > out. It's still a lot more accessible than if we didn't have voice-over at > all! I'm not saying Apple accessibility aren't without their issues, but as > others have said, email their accessibility people. They are very helpful, > and they try to make amends. Yes, I am very annoyed currently about the > jumping in Safari which continues, and which I find on both my iPhone and > iPad. I'm not sure who to report that too, as I'm not sure it'll > accessibilityan thing, And I think it has been reported before, but still, I > will report it and hope that in the next release it is updated and improved. > I'm sorry to say, but you seem to be having a nonsensical rant about, well, > nothing here… > > Kirsten > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 16 Feb 2013, at 14:56, Cheree Heppe <che...@dogsc4me.com> wrote: > >> Cheree Heppe here: >> This fascinates me. Whenever a change in accessibility is made that impairs >> us, somebody always apologizes for us by saying that we have to make >> allowances for the visuals among us. Does that strike anyone as backward >> thinking? >> >> Hanging accessibility on the visual appeal perceptions of a blind observer >> implies that we as blind people have no idea of what is easy to use or what >> is useful. Universal design does not mean me firster design, unless I'm >> seriously misunderstanding the intent of the English language. >> >> The previous iteration worked. This iteration is convoluted and restrictive. >> >> Earlier, Apple made the choice to ignor accessibility and ended up losing >> the contract for the State of New York's schools because their newest >> version of accessibility had narrowed the access so badly that those needing >> the access couldn't use it and the Windows camp took precedence. >> >> I would hate to think that sort of slippage is re-asserting itself. >> >> My srance: The current iteration of IOS it flawed and moving farther into >> that area. My thinking is that somebody in Apple is embarrassed to be >> compared to a charity group pandoring to the disabled and, why don't the >> Apple people realize that they have a normal public to satisfy, etc. >> >> Well, the fact remains that anyone has the potential to require disability >> features. An accident, a careless inattention by our fellow man and we have >> the accessibility paradigm staring us in the face. There are always those >> pesky wars, where whole people come back with less than they left with. >> >> Accessibility features aid everyone. There should not be a stigma in how >> accessibility is introduced into a product. If there is doubt, the >> accessibility tab in the IOS devices is way at the bottom of the list of >> other modalities,. Accessibility should be intuitive and simple, so that >> somebody newly faced with issues that already cloud their emothins and >> judgment can just reach out and keep going with a slightly new form. >> >> The App Store isn't easy and isn't accessible. The IBooks store is iffy and >> tedious to navigate as a blind user now and it didn't act that way before > > -- > 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?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- 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?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
