Travis, agree with much of what you say here. However, the problem is that they are guidelines. As long as they are only guidelines people are not required to abide by them but instead can say, oh we won’t bother about those, they’re only guidelines. On 11 Feb 2019, at 22:35, Travis Siegel <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Apple has guidelines yes, but how often are those guidelines neglected when it comes to labeling graphics, buttons, links and the like. How many times are those guidelines ignored when it comes to making graphical apps accessible? Apple has guidelines, and they have a decent amount of them, and the whole review process is to make sure that apps adhere to those guidelines. However, I can guarantee you without a doubt, that many many of those guidelines are ignored by the folks that do the checking, because they aren't obvious to the average person, and the checkers don't even bother to verify the game has those things. Choose any app at random from the app store, and you're lucky if half of it is accessible. If apple is going to insist audio games require graphics, then they should also insist that apps contain the proper accessible items for blind users too, but they don't, and you know why? Because the average sighted person doesn't care if the button has a meaningful label, or if the link is clickable with voice over, and the folks that perform the evaluations are sighted, so they too ignore such guidelines, because they just don't think it's important. It's just like getting your car checked by the mechanic. Often times, there's a checklist they are supposed to follow, but they do the inspections so often, they get lazy, and don't bother to follow the checklist, do their inspection, then certify the car fixed, even though they didn't check all the items on the list, and when you come back later asking why this or that wasn't checked, you know what they do? They argue with you insisting that it was checked, because the checklist says so, even when it's clear that a broken tail light cover has been broken for months, and yet, it wasn't replaced during the inspection, because nobody bothered to look at the damned thing. That's the mentality we're dealing with here, and nothing is going to change that. (and just for reference, yes, the tail light cover thing did happen to us). [cid:]<http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> Virus-free. www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#120237): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/120237 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/29560315/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/1071380848/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
