Hi John,

I don't actually expect the Shredder Chess Mac applications to be accessible 
with VoiceOver in their current forms, and I haven't tried to install them 
myself.  I rather expect that they won't be accessible, since Shredder had 
chess programs on many different computer platforms before they came out with 
their iOS app, and that wasn't accessible at the start.

However, I think that based on their experience with making their iOS app 
accessible, they might be able to rework their Mac apps, if there were 
sufficient demand.  

Apple provides a lot of information for developers on how to makes apps 
accessible on both the Mac and in iOS.  Here's a good starting point link to 
point them to:
https://developer.apple.com/technologies/mac/accessibility.html

The other thing they can do is check the main Apple Developer Library Resources 
for the Mac at:
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/navigation/
Activate the link for "Guides", and then navigate to a link like
• Accessibility Overview for OS X
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Accessibility/Conceptual/AccessibilityMacOSX/OSXAXIntro/OSXAXintro.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001078

Some of these are really long URL links that may wrap in an email, which is why 
I also give the navigation instructions.

As I said, I really don't expect the current versions of their Mac programs to 
be accessible, since they predate the iOS apps they brought out.  If they knew 
about VoiceOver earlier, the iOS apps would have been accessible to start with.

However, I think you have a good shot at getting them to make their Mac apps 
accessible with VoiceOver now, since they've had the experience of doing it for 
iOS, and have shown themselves to be responsive to these requests.

HTH.  Cheers,

Esther

On Oct 27, 2013, at 12:14 AM, John Gallagher wrote:

> Hi all
> I have actually got the chess to run but sadly I cannot get it to speak in 
> english.
> also the program is not accessible at all.
> the comboe box that appears when setting up seems to only give german I hope 
> I am doing the comboe box correct.
> please can some one tell me how best to delete this app then I will re 
> install it. thanks.
> 
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