Thanks, this is extremely helpful! I've already submitted an update based on earlier feedback, and will add this.
On Wednesday, May 29, 2013 8:35:13 AM UTC-4, Cara wrote: > > Thanks very much Thom, for this info. > > Todd, once the new screen is loaded, one thing you might do to have > Voiceover access this new screen properly is to issue the command: > > UIAccessibilityPostNotification(UIAccessibilityScreenChangedNotification, > theNewView); > > or > > UIAccessibilityPostNotification(UIAccessibilityLayoutChangedNotification, > theNewView); > > Where theNewView is the view with the restaurant elements in it. The first > statement is meant for when an entire view changes and the second is meant > when a portion of a view changes or if a view is rearranged. Does this make > sense? > > this way Voiceover should stop seeing the list of restaurants that are not > actually being shown on-screen visually. > > HTH > > Cara :)On May 29, 2013, at 5:02 AM, "Thom" <thom...@gmail.com<javascript:>> > wrote: > > Hi Listers, > I've played around with the app and here are some things that I've found. > > When double tapping on the nearby icon, it brings up a list of businesses. > If I double tap one of those businesses, a new screen comes up with 4 > icons > on it. > The first either says Map, or Menu. I bet it would depend on if the menu > was > available. > The second icon is phone. > The third icon is web. I would think that this is to bring up a website > for > the business. When I do this, it starts talking in japanese. > And the fourth icon is weather. > > Menu: > When the menu is double tapped it brings up the restaurant's menu. > > > Suggestions: > I can get aroung with the way that the icons show up, but I think that it > would be more efficient to use a list. If it were in a list, I could slide > my finger down the left side, like I do with contacts. > > I think there is a bug. When in the icon view, whether it be just after > double tapping a business, or in a menu, when I get to the end and I flick > right, it starts saying the list of businesses again. I have limited > sight, > but don't see any listings. > > I know that when nearby is chosen, a list of businesses is populated. > Would > there be a way to hide businesses that I would never want to see on the > list > again? I think that this would cut down on the clutter, since not all > businesses are restaurants. Would these non restaurant businesses have > menus > to offer? (IE price of services) > > Todd, all in all, a very good start for something that is needed in our > blind community. > > Thanks for all you do. > > Thom Spittle > thom...@gmail.com <javascript:> > > -- > 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 vip...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > 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 Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- 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 Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.