Yup,

Have done, and went into more detail  fore them.  I have also sent it via 
iTunes Feedback too.

So maybe we'll see an improvement in version 12!

Chris 
On 30 Nov 2012, at 10:44, Dónal Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> wrote:

> Morning Chris,
> 
> A superb summary. Have you ever thought of passing this very information on 
> to Apple via the accessibility team?  It would probably be ignored but worth 
> it nonetheless in my view.
> 
> Dónal
> On 30 Nov 2012, at 09:38, Chris Moore <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Overall, iTunes 11 is certainly no worse than iTunes 10 on the Mac when it 
>> comes to accessibility.  However, Apple could do more to improve Voiceover 
>> support (I can't comment on Windows, as not tested it there yet).
>> 
>> The first item/button Voiceover lands on is the rewind button, and there is 
>> a play button and a next button.  So we have a rewind and a next button, so 
>> some people might be confused by the lack of a previous button or a forward 
>> button.  So perhaps the rewind and next buttons should be labelled as 
>> "previous/rewind button and a next/forward button.
>> 
>> The next item which puzzles me is the "iCloud button", what does this 
>> actually do? When pressing it with voiceover, it does not indicate if it is 
>> on or off or if anything has happened when it is pressed.
>> 
>> My next issue relates to the 7 radio buttons, the last radio button is read 
>> out as "Radio radio button 7 of 7".  Hearing the words Radio radio button is 
>> not exactly intuitive, and I am sure these buttons are actually tabs and not 
>> web page style radio buttons.  So would it not be better if Voiceover read 
>> out these 7 buttons as tabs? then the last tab could be read out as "Radio 
>> tab 7 of 7". Note: the iTunes store uses tabs, so replacing radio buttons 
>> with tabs would give iTunes 11 a more consistent look and feel when it comes 
>> to navigating with a screen reader.
>> 
>> Finally there is a iTunes Store button, I think it would be more intuitive 
>> if the button was read out as "Go to iTunes Store button"  Then when you are 
>> in the iTunes Store, the button is read out as "Go back to Library button", 
>> instead of "Library menu button".  Calling this a menu button gives the 
>> impression a menu is about to appear if you press it.  
>> 
>> After opening the iTunes Store I am greeted with a back and next button for 
>> the store navigation, then there are a series of menu buttons (as voiceover 
>> describes them) which are My iTunes Account, iTunes Store home menu button, 
>> Music menu button, Films menu button etc.  Would it not be better to have 
>> these menu buttons labelled as tabs? 
>> 
>> I also think the home page of the iTunes store is a bit of a mess for screen 
>> reader users. For starters the HTML does not follow W3C web accessibility 
>> guidelines when it comes to heading structure.  For example there are 
>> heading 3 items, and heading 5, but there are no heading 1 or 2.  It breaks 
>> accessibility when heading levels are skipped.
>> 
>> The document structure does not follow how it is laid out visually either.
>> 
>> The screen reader user hears the headings in the following sequence:
>> 
>> Heading 3 Music (this should be a heading 2, and there should be a heading 1 
>> prior to it labelled iTunes Store Home") 
>> 
>> Heading 3 Films (this should be a heading 2) 
>> 
>> TV programmes (this should be a heading 2) 
>> 
>> Heading 3 Apps (this should be a heading 2) 
>> 
>> Heading 3 Late Night Music on TV (should this not be listed under Music or 
>> under Feature?)
>> 
>> Heading 3 Genius Recommendations (should this not be a heading 2?) 
>> 
>> Heading 3 Books (should this not be a heading 2? 
>> 
>> Heading 3 Quick Links (should this not be a heading 2?)
>> 
>> Heading 3 Top Singles (should this not be a sub heading under Music? and the 
>> see all link appears to have gone) 
>> 
>> Heading 3 Top Albums  ((should this not be a sub heading under Music? and 
>> the see all link appears to have gone)
>> 
>> Heading 3 Top Films (should this not be listed under Films? see all has gone)
>> 
>> Heading 3 TOP TV (voiceover reads this as T O P instead of top, and should 
>> it not be listed as a sub heading under TV programmes? see all has gone)
>> 
>> Heading 3 Top Paid Apps (should this not be listed as a sub heading under 
>> Apps?)
>> 
>> Heading 3 Top Free Apps (should this not be a sub heading under Apps?)
>> 
>> Heading 3 Top Books (Should this not be listed as a sub heading under Books?)
>> 
>> The above is just a few examples, if you work your way through the iTunes 
>> store, you will find many other. I feel the order of the headings does not 
>> match how the layout works visually.
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
>> On 30 Nov 2012, at 03:50, amy gilbert <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> hi all, i've got too many emails to check if there's already been a topic 
>>> posted on this, but what do you all think of itunes 11? it's going to take 
>>> me a while to get used to the new layout, but the layout is better, more 
>>> simplified, and it seems a bit more responsive or is that me? amy
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