the menus in the store though are for newest items etc 
going to look at iutnes 11 now

On 30 Nov 2012, at 12:10, amy gilbert <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> hi, i've contacted the accessibility team before now and they've never got 
> back to me, i wish apple had an accessibility team here in the UK
> 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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