RE: NPR News App Not Accessible? was Re: App Reviews -- it appears the Developers can censor them
It's M PR, not N PR. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Arnold Schmidt Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2014 9:24 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: NPR News App Not Accessible? was Re: App Reviews -- it appears the Developers can censor them Perhaps there is more than one NPR news app, but the one I have is called NPR news and is quite accessible. I use it several times a week to read, and listen to stories and listen to the hourly news broadcast. Just before writing this reply, I checked to see if a new update had changed it in some way. For me, it is still very accessible. Arnold Schmidt - Original Message - From: Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2014 12:17 PM Subject: RE: App Reviews -- it appears the Developers can censor them Hi Mark, The 2 apps were The Great Courses app and the MPRNews app. I don't have copies. Basically, both reviews were about the same. The title of the reviews were something like this: This app is not accessible to or usable by the blind. The content of the reviews were something like this: Buttons on this site are not labelled for reading by VoiceOver, the onboard iOS screen reading software. Links are labeled by image title, such as 1050 jpg image which do not provide meaningful information for blind users to determine the nature of the link. These issues could likely be corrected without a great deal of time or effort. Please refer to the Developers App toolkit information regarding accessibility at Apple. Please give serious consideration to making your website accessible to the blind. For the Great Courses app, I also included the following at the beginning of the review content: I have been in phone contact and email contact with customer service on 4 occasions since October 2013. I received an email message today from customer service indicating they had no plans to make their app accessible to the blind. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 8:36 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: App Reviews -- it appears the Developers can censor them Hello Keith, I, too, have experienced this phenomenon. If I may ask, what are the names of the two apps you reviewed? Also, if you saved a copy of the reviews, would you consider posting them on this list? I, for one, would like to read them. Mark From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 6:20 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: App Reviews -- it appears the Developers can censor them Hi, I've sent reviews on 2 different apps this past week, but neither were posted. I've written iTunes Store Support about this. They confirmed my reviews were sent but that apparently they were not posted as the Developers Review Boards must not have allowed that. Here is the comment from the iTunes Store Support message: Keith, as I investigate. There are several reason why your reviews are not posted, actually your reviews have bent sent but it depends on the developers review boards to approve it. I'm sorry I can't provide you details regarding this because we are just for billing, downloading and purchasing. I hope you understand us. Does this sound right? Seems like it would defeat the purpose of App Reviews if Developers can have Review Boards to determine if they'll approve the review before allowing it to be posted. By the way, both of my reviews of apps were negative, as neither app was accessible. Thanks, Keith -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at
Re: NPR News App Not Accessible? was Re: App Reviews -- it appears the Developers can censor them
Hi Arnold and All, I can second your experience with the NPR News App. I use it often as well, and I have had no difficulty in doing so. I am totally blind and rely on VoiceOver completely! I have had trouble using the NPR Music App. The news one works beautifully though! Desi On May 3, 2014, at 7:24 PM, Arnold Schmidt arno...@mindspring.com wrote: Perhaps there is more than one NPR news app, but the one I have is called NPR news and is quite accessible. I use it several times a week to read, and listen to stories and listen to the hourly news broadcast. Just before writing this reply, I checked to see if a new update had changed it in some way. For me, it is still very accessible. Arnold Schmidt - Original Message - From: Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2014 12:17 PM Subject: RE: App Reviews -- it appears the Developers can censor them Hi Mark, The 2 apps were The Great Courses app and the MPRNews app. I don't have copies. Basically, both reviews were about the same. The title of the reviews were something like this: This app is not accessible to or usable by the blind. The content of the reviews were something like this: Buttons on this site are not labelled for reading by VoiceOver, the onboard iOS screen reading software. Links are labeled by image title, such as 1050 jpg image which do not provide meaningful information for blind users to determine the nature of the link. These issues could likely be corrected without a great deal of time or effort. Please refer to the Developers App toolkit information regarding accessibility at Apple. Please give serious consideration to making your website accessible to the blind. For the Great Courses app, I also included the following at the beginning of the review content: I have been in phone contact and email contact with customer service on 4 occasions since October 2013. I received an email message today from customer service indicating they had no plans to make their app accessible to the blind. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 8:36 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: App Reviews -- it appears the Developers can censor them Hello Keith, I, too, have experienced this phenomenon. If I may ask, what are the names of the two apps you reviewed? Also, if you saved a copy of the reviews, would you consider posting them on this list? I, for one, would like to read them. Mark From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 6:20 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: App Reviews -- it appears the Developers can censor them Hi, I've sent reviews on 2 different apps this past week, but neither were posted. I've written iTunes Store Support about this. They confirmed my reviews were sent but that apparently they were not posted as the Developers Review Boards must not have allowed that. Here is the comment from the iTunes Store Support message: Keith, as I investigate. There are several reason why your reviews are not posted, actually your reviews have bent sent but it depends on the developers review boards to approve it. I'm sorry I can't provide you details regarding this because we are just for billing, downloading and purchasing. I hope you understand us. Does this sound right? Seems like it would defeat the purpose of App Reviews if Developers can have Review Boards to determine if they'll approve the review before allowing it to be posted. By the way, both of my reviews of apps were negative, as neither app was accessible. Thanks, Keith -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is
