Hello All, I am happy to report that as of the latest iOS Twitter app release, today, the imbedded link-activation bug appears to have been resolved.
Mark -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2017 7:10 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Join Me in Reporting Twitter for iOS v7.14 VoiceOver Bug: Cannot Activate Links via VoiceOver Hello Everyone, I am cross-posting this to both the V iPhone and Mac Visionaries mailing list. As of the latest Twitter for iOS app, v7.14, released Saturday, December 16, 2017, VoiceOver users cannot activate URL, @, or # links located inside tweets. Please join me in reporting this issue. The following is the review I posted in the App Store. You are welcome to use any or all of it in your feedback to Twitter: [BEGIN REVIEW] [SUBJECT]: As of Latest App Update, The Visually Impaired Cannot Activate Links Inside Tweets [BODY]: Hello, As of the latest Twitter for iOS app, v7.14, released Saturday, December 16, 2017, the visually impaired, using VoiceOver, Apple's software screen reading solution for the blind and low vision, cannot activate URL, @, or # links located inside tweets. STEPS TO REPRODUCE: 1. Make certain that VoiceOver is enabled. 2. Open a tweet containing a URL, @, or # link. 3. Attempt to activate the link using standard VoiceOver gestures. I am posting this review as a means of requesting that the Twitter developers address this problem as soon as possible. Thank you, [END REVIEW] Here is my tweet on this issue: [BEGIN TWEET]: In #iOS @Twitter v7.14 app, links located inside tweets are no longer accessible via #VoiceOver, Apple's software screen reading solution for the blind and #LowVision. Please fix. @Support. [END TWEET]: The following is the text of the feedback I submitted via Twitter's feedback tool, which has a 500-character limit: [BEGIN FEEDBACK] In the latest release of Twitter for iOS (v7.14), VoiceOver users cannot activate URL, @, or # links located inside tweets. Please fix as soon as possible. [END FEEDBACK] Post your request in the App Store, as a review, send a tweet to both @support and @Twitter, and Submit feedback to Twitter via the feedback form located at: https://support.twitter.com/forms/feature_report?feature=tweets. Thank you and I'll see you on Twitter, @MarkMarcus. Mark -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com 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 https://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 V iPhone list. 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. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com 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 https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
