A huge portion of my company even is based on our podcast, so, needless to
say, I'm not happy about this, putting it mildly.
Here's what I say to do: I've found that this tactic generally works with
things like this.
We all contact Apple Accessibility. Tell them, ok. We accept these new
conditions, however, there's a catch. Since they're gonna make us pay by
having artwork, which means we have to pay to have someone sighted create it
for us since we can't see to do it ourselves, we now expect Apple upon
request to create the artwork for us, and have it ready within 24 hours from
the time of request.
Yeah, lettem chew on that! for a few minutes! I guarantee if enough people
tell them we're gonna expect them then to make the artwork for us, since we
can't, they'll get so d*** tired of hearing it, they'll hopefully
reconsider. Maybe not willingly, but they hopefully will, none the less.
Chris.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith" <[email protected]>
To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 12:37 AM
Subject: This really is going to hurt a lot of blind people I think, read
it!
Hello everybody
We just got this from iTunes. I think it's going to kill a lot of visually
impaired people's podcasts.
<SNIP>
New Cover Art Requirement
iTunes has been completely redesigned and there are new requirements for
podcast cover art. To be eligible for featuring on iTunes Store, a podcast
must have 1400 x 1400 pixel cover art in JPG or PNG format using RGB color
space. The image URL must end in ".jpg", ".jpeg" or ".png" and the server
hosting the image must allow HTTP HEAD requests. See our technical spec
below for details.
Technical Spec: http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/specs.html
Server Configuration Requirement
Podcast streaming playback on iTunes requires all hosting servers to
enable Byte Range Requests. Please confirm your hosting servers have this
functionality enabled. If you work with a third-party hosting service,
please contact them to confirm this functionality is enabled on their
servers.
155 Countries & More Than 100 Languages
iTunes Podcasts has launched in additional countries around the world.
Note that reviews and ratings are unique to each country. Podcasts are
published in more than 100 languages.
</SNIP>
Now, correct me if I am wrong. But it's my understanding that blind people
have no use for these images. Who, I wonder, came up with this crazy
mandate?
Lynne
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