Once i had a phone called HCC. It had a touch screen and thus weren't
accessible right out of the box. A friend of mine made a grid of dymo
tape over the whole phone with squares where you could put your finger
and the phone would dial a number or issue a function. I don't know if
this description made sence, but assuming you don't have to do drawing
or swooping jestures in order to get ipone functionality, maybe
something in that way could be made, but then again, we had to have
some kind of speech output.
And do we really want the Iphone with its limited bluetooth
capabilities, etc? Well maybe we do... I don't know.
/Krister
22 jul 2008 kl. 18.33 skrev Chris Blouch:
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
