I wrote to the accessibility address and they thanked me for the report and were going to pass the info on to the engineers.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacob Schmude" <j.schm...@gmail.com> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 10:18 PM Subject: Re: The new iTunes, accessibility issues? > > Hi > Well I'm going to write to Apple about it as it seems I'm not the only > one having the problem, although it seems its most severe on my system > so far. For me the only control announced properly when I tab is the > search field, nothing else. It doesn't matter what source, or view, or > whether the browser is shown or not. Resetting VO works, but I don't > particularly feel like doing that every five seconds. > > > On Mar 12, 2009, at 06:42, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > >> >> Confirmed. When i tab through controls, the only control that is not >> announced is the one after the search field. All other controls are >> announced even if the browser sometimes is announced a bit oddly. >> Thanks. >> /Krister >> >> 12 mar 2009 kl. 05.17 skrev Fonzie: >> >>> >>> Hey there Jacob, I hope all is going well. >>> >>> I am looking at the issue you were mentioning, and here is what I get >>> while tabbing. >>> >>> I assume, by controls, you mean the search edit box, the source >>> table, >>> the song table, and the minor things you can tab through, should you >>> have them appearing on iTunes. >>> >>> Upon pressing tab, I only get it silent after I hit tab once VO >>> announces the search field. So, once you hit tab after it says >>> search, which is the edit box, VO becomes silent. Now, if you tab >>> one >>> more time, VO will come back, announcing the next area. Upon tabbing >>> once more, and continuously onward, VO has no problems. >>> >>> Let me know if this is what you were looking for. >>> >>> If not, feel free to e-mail me off list, and I can help out with what >>> I am able. >>> >>> Take care. >>> >>> Fonzie >>> >>> On Mar 11, 2009, at 10:50 PM, Jacob Schmude wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi Everyone >>>> I wanted to ask this here before I write to Apple, in case it's >>>> something odd about my setup. Along with the accessibility >>>> improvements in iTunes 8.1 I'm seeing some very serious issues. >>>> Chief >>>> among them is that, while tabbing still moves through controls >>>> properly, Voiceover will not stay in sync while tabbing. I can only >>>> use the VO cursor to get around and, as I use tab to quickly jump >>>> from >>>> the song list to the media browser, for me this is a serious issue. >>>> Before I report this as a problem to Apple, can anyone here >>>> duplicate >>>> it? Simply go into iTunes and start tabbing around, if Voiceover >>>> doesn't announce the controls you're tabbing to after the first one, >>>> you've duplicated it. I don't want to report a bug if it's something >>>> on my system only, as that would more than likely mean I've got >>>> another issue. >>>> >>>> Thanks, and sorry for cross-posting. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a >>>> thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot >>>> possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible >>>> to >>>> get at or repair. >>>> --Douglas Adams >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >> > > > The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a > thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot > possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to > get at or repair. > --Douglas Adams > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
