well wouldn't you do it chris?
On Jul 22, 2008, at 11:41 AM, Chris Gilland wrote:
Mike, you're a trip. LOL!
Chris.
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LOL. Love the image of that.
Olivia
On Jul 22, 2008, at 1:40 PM, Mike's Western Account wrote:
yes now what i think i should ask is now that you can create apps
for the new iphone 3g, wouldn't it be logical to maybe see
something more coming for the iphone? We all know there is that
board programmer looking for something to do late at night when
he has a freaser foll of pizza pockets, lol!
On Jul 22, 2008, at 9:35 AM, Marshall F. Scott wrote:
Apple filed a patent a couple of years ago that would allow them
to add speech to the iPod. They simply haven't expended the
effort.
As far as the iPhone goes, if the iPhone gave enough audio
feedback and the touchpad had a "click" capability; I think it
could be used as is.
Marsh
On Jul 22, 2008, at 11:00 AM, Mike's Western Account wrote:
i think that we just need to go to apple and make things get
done;) lol
On Jul 22, 2008, at 8:58 AM, Chris Gilland wrote:
speaking of IPods, why can't they put some form of speech like
voiceover into IPods. I mean come on, if it could be done with
Rockbox, then, surely Apple could do it with their own product.
Why should it be our! burden.
Chris.
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Hi CB, there are two ways this could be done. Apple could
engineer an ui
and back it with vo or a 3rd party could develop an app that
talks. there
is a hardware device for the IPod called ITel I think that
achieves at least
part of this for the IPod.
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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
