I just tested this on iPad with ios 6 and the latest TOI app. The major problem is that VO failed to read text on main page and yes, this is an issue, but when I open any article, it works fine.
Overall, I see with some effort, they can make it usable. I'm writing to TOI team. Regards, Srinivasu http://srinivasu.org Twitter: @csrinivasu Sent from my iPad On Aug 7, 2013, at 12:47 PM, Sagar Sodah <[email protected]> wrote: > This is weird. The Times of India app on my iphone seems perfectly > accessible > > Sagar > +91 99 30 271732 > intouchid: 2010-SAGAR007 <http://intch.me/2010-SAGAR007> > > "The evil of the world is made possible only by the sanction you give it." > - John Galt in "Atlas Shrugged" > > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Kotian, H P <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> My experience, however, was not so bad. I picked up the TOI app first, >> in IOS 5 a few months back. The accessibility was far better. Later on I >> upgraded to IOS 6 and updated the app. Accessibility thereafter dropped >> considerably. >> >> However it was usable. I have not used for a some time now. I am presently >> using the same app on Android. Unfortunately I am running ICS on Android >> and its general accessibility with Talkback is not very great. Using this >> app with keyboard is extremely good on Android. Getting news is no problem. >> There may be some options which not be accessible. I will only know it once >> I get it checked up by a sighted person. I am enjoying reading the >> newspaper this way. >> >> >> Harish. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of [email protected] >> Sent: 07 August 2013 10:51 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [AI] Ipad edition of the Times of India (TOI) app - Where is >> accessibility? >> >> App a Month - A new Blog Series by Barrierbreak to talk about Mobile App >> Accessibility. Here's the first one >> >> Experience shared by Bhavesh who is blind and is currently an employee of >> BarrierBreak. Bhavesh chose to review the iPad edition of the Times of >> India (TOI) app to know whether the app can be accessed by people with >> disabilities. >> >> Why did I choose to review the TOI app? >> >> As a blind person, I can listen to the news on the various FM news >> channels. But how about reading the news on a device on the go? I spend >> almost 30 minutes daily in traveling and since it's not possible for me to >> read from a newspaper, I would prefer to get access to news with a device >> that can read out the news for me. Let's assume that there is an app which >> allows the user to access the news items, including audio/video content. >> But what if such contents are not accessible for persons with >> disabilities? >> >> My experience with the TOI app >> >> I used Voiceover screen reader to test the app on the iPad. Voiceover is a >> screen reader built into Apple's OSX and iOS operating systems. By using >> Voiceover, the user can access their Macintosh or iOS device based on >> spoken descriptions. As I went through the app, I noticed that they have >> provided the option to view the app with different font size for low >> vision users. However, the option (Button) provided to get to font size is >> unlabeled. The Voiceover simply announced it as "Button". That's not all! >> Majority of the textual buttons and image buttons lack textual >> description. The textual buttons are announced as "button", whereas the >> image buttons are announced with the image name e.g., "Home btn button", >> "City btn button" etc throughout the app. >> >> Headings help a screen reader user to navigate through different sections >> of the app. Many screens of the app lacked headings. I wanted to read >> something from the cricket section. But guess what? When I opened the >> Cricket section and went through the article list, all the articles were >> announced as buttons, instead of the title of the article that I had >> expected to hear. This made me very frustrated. I opened an article by >> guess work and landed at the bottom of the page of that article. I had to >> go to the top of the page, read the entire page and find the article. >> >> While reading the article, I noticed that many informative images had the >> absence of alternative text. Alternate text provides the information >> conveyed through images to the users in the form of text. Alternate text >> is helpful for users with visual disabilities, learning disabilities, >> users browsing with text browsers etc to understand the information >> conveyed using images. >> >> Next I decided to give a shot at accessing the videos. I selected a video >> from the videos screen and that video started playing automatically. >> Moreover there was no option to stop the video content at the beginning of >> the video page. Fortunately Voiceover suppresses any audio playing in the >> background. >> >> By far, I feel that the app is completely inaccessible for people with >> disabilities. Now imagine the plight of a person for whom reading is the >> only way to access the news, such a person who is deaf-blind? How would >> they be able to read the news? >> >> >> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of >> mobile phones / Tabs on: >> >> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to >> [email protected] >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> >> Disclaimer: >> 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of >> the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; >> >> 2. 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