Very interesting. I’d like to learn more.
Assuming accessibility is not built into the running application, which iOS
functions would you consider important to the accessibility of iPads?
Do you know if these functions can be made available via touch if the Home
button is covered?
Cheers,
tod
Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
> On Jun 23, 2016, at 5:12 PM, Sina Bahram <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> One thing I would like to bring awareness to is with these apps that lock out
> external functionality to make sure that they do allow for the enabling of
> VoiceOver or other triple-click-home accessibility feature mappings.
>
> There are very few feelings more frustrating to users than seeing an
> institution with iPads serving content that's mostly accessible but with the
> home button disabled and no awareness of VoiceOver.
>
> Take care,
> Sina
>
> President, Prime Access Consulting, Inc.
> Twitter: @SinaBahram
> Company Website: http://www.pac.bz
> Personal Website: http://www.sinabahram.com
> Blog: http://blog.sinabahram.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bryan
> Kennedy
> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 5:07 PM
> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] iPad Lockdown Help
>
> If your content is local HTML or a remote web resource, I would highly
> recommend* Kiosk Pro App:
>
> http://www.kioskproapp.com/
>
> It's about $40/iPad, but it's highly worth it. It does a great job of locking
> you into a specific web view, and you can force it into single app mode.
>
> bk
> ----------------------------------------------------
> bryan kennedy
> director, exhibit media
> science museum of minnesota
> [email protected] 651.221.2522
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
>
> * - Actually, I would recommend avoiding iPads like the plague, but that's a
> whole 'nother post.
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Steve Gemmel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> You may want to check out Apple Configurator which allows you to lock
>> your iPad to a single app so folks can't access the home screen and settings
>> app.
>>
>>
>> https://www.apple.com/support/education/apple-configurator/
>>
>> http://help.apple.com/configurator/mac/2.2.1/#/cadbf9c172
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> + + +
>>
>> Steven Gemmel
>> Digital Media Specialist, Interpretive Media J. Paul Getty Museum
>> 310.440.7203
>> [email protected]
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Laura
>> Huntimer <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 9:37 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: [MCN-L] iPad Lockdown Help
>>
>> Hi all First time poster here. We have iPads in an interactive
>> learning space here with artful apps for our visitors to use. Every so
>> often we have to restore the iPads after valiant efforts to ³break
>> into² the settings which changes the passcode. We¹ve placed
>> restrictions through the settings and researched to see if there¹s any
>> way to hide the settings/misc folder. Our iPads are in stationary
>> enclosures with access only to the home button.
>>
>> We¹re looking for an app or software that would make it possible for
>> our iPads to only allow visitors to use the apps we¹ve loaded and
>> restrict access to the settings is there such a thing? Has anyone
>> else experienced this and how did you resolve it?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Laura
>>
>>
>> Laura M Huntimer
>> Director of School Programs & Interactive Media Joslyn Art Museum |
>> 2200 Dodge Street | Omaha, NE 68104
>> (402) 661-3847 DL | www.joslyn.org<http://www.joslyn.org>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum
>> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu)
>>
>> To post to this list, send messages to: [email protected]
>>
>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit:
>> http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
>>
>> The MCN-L archives can be found at:
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum
>> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu)
>>
>> To post to this list, send messages to: [email protected]
>>
>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit:
>> http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
>>
>> The MCN-L archives can be found at:
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer
> Network (http://www.mcn.edu)
>
> To post to this list, send messages to: [email protected]
>
> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit:
> http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
>
> The MCN-L archives can be found at:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
_______________________________________________
You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer
Network (http://www.mcn.edu)
To post to this list, send messages to: [email protected]
To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit:
http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
The MCN-L archives can be found at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
