The app is great
Sent from my iPhone On Sep 11, 2012, at 7:24 PM, "Raul A. Gallegos" <r...@raulgallegos.com> wrote: > I think this boils down to accessible verses usable. Some feel that if an app > doesn't conform 100% to Voice Over standards then it's not accessible. Others > feel that if they can use the app with minimal fuss, then it's accessible. > Then comes that grey area of defining what is minimal fuss. > > For example, I would term the downcast app as both accessible and usable. Yet > the Netflix app is just usable to me while not being very accessible. This is > because I have to do things in a certain way in Netflix app to get what I > want and sometimes that's not very convenient. The reason the things have to > be done are due to their lack of accessibility features. > > Now an app like Google Places isn't either accessible or usable to me. This > is because it shows unlabeled buttons in many areas and sometimes the labels > work and sometimes they do not. This is how it was last year when I tried it > out anyway. If things have changed I can revisit the app and see what's up > with it. However when all I hear is button button button button for things I > want to do, it doesn't sound like it's very usable or accessible to me. > > Lastly, an app like MotionX GPS Drive is considered accessible, but I don't > find it very useful. Whether it's because of my mode of thinking or because > I'm used to Navigon I don't know. I just can't get myself to like it. I gave > it a fair try during the free trial of the voice guidance and found it to be > clunky at best when trying to find a destination or to cancel a route or to > do other things which I find easy with Navigon. The only thing it had going > for it is that it loaded faster than Navigon. > > So, there's my usable cents on accessibility. > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > The best time to make friends is before you need them. ~ Ether Barrymore > Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com > Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 > Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 > > On 9/11/2012 12:22 PM, Scott Davert wrote: >> Hmm. From what I've been reading on AppleVis, it is accessible, but >> not in the conventional method. Which begs the question of what >> defines accessibility? is something not accessible if you cannot >> accessit using the standard functions of your screen reader? As I >> understand it, the Sign in process can work without disabling >> VoiceOver. Essentially, the app is divided in to columns, and the >> standard flicking left and right gesture does not work. However, if >> you touch the screen in the appropriate place, VoiceOver is able to >> give the info to you. But to get to the other column on the screen, >> you have to tap something on the right side of it, and then tap the >> left side to get back to that series of columns. I'll have to play >> around with this when I get the time, but as I understand it, this is >> how it can be done. >> >> Scott > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
