Mike, I think you're missing David's point. If the phone has a touch
screen, how are we gonna do it, being we can't see to know where on the
screen to touch. OK, sure touch the top left, ok, you're a little to high,
no, wo wo wo wo, that was too low, go up, ahh, dang it, little to the left,
no wo, I said a little, not a lot. OK, move right, now go down a little, to
the right a bit, boom right there, now, touch. Do you kind a see his point
now? We could only get a general idea. Yeah touch top left, well, that is
so vaigue. How far top left.
if there is no tactual keyboard, then we're kind a screwed. I frankly
wouldn't have it.
Chris.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike's Western Account" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: iTunes strange happening
well there is the htc touch, isn't that like the iphone? mobile speak
runs on it being that the htc touch runs windows mobile
On Jul 22, 2008, at 8:33 AM, Chris Blouch wrote:
So out of curiosity, how would you make an iPhone accessible? Obviously
it needs a speech engine, but how do you interact? There is no tactile
UI. I think it's a lot like a touch screen kiosk and some have simple
instructions saying to touch the top left for yes or top right for no.
That kind of interaction model doesn't scale very well for complex
interaction like typing an email . Not making excuses for Apple but this
seems like a tough nut to crack.
CB
Krister Ekstrom wrote:
22 jul 2008 kl. 05.10 skrev UCLA Bruins Fan:
I did bring this to an apple agents attention when I was calling about
another issue and was told that apple would "look into it" This was in
June, and appparently nothing has been resolved as of now.
But seriously, what do you expect with all this Iphone business going
on? I'm sorry to sound like i do, but it has always been like this that
snassy flashy looks has been prioritized over functionality and
accessibility. To be frank, i'm surprised that we have such a well
functioning screen reader as we have.
With all this said, i agree that the dialog in question should be
usable, i just wonder what the best way to get there is. If we get
angry and demanding, we will only be regarded as whiners and
complainers and if we ask politely, not much seems to happen.
/Krister
