I've 4 tiles and it's a pain to setup and difficult to use with VoiceOver. TrackR is much more accessible with VO.
On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 8:47 AM Andrew McKay <[email protected]> wrote: > I have previously contacted Tile support numerous times about the poor > accessibility in their app. After buying three tiles, it is rather > disappointing the lack of care around this issue and I too will probably be > forced to look elsewhere. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Kevin Chao > *Sent:* Saturday, September 3, 2016 11:33 AM > *To:* Tile Customer Support <[email protected]>; macvisionaries < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: VoiceOver Accessibility Issues for Blind Users in iOS App > > > > I've observed same with Tiles and it's due to custom controls and not > overwriting the UIAccessibilityLabel to a sensible string. > > I'm considering switching to TrackR, especially since there is ALexa skill > integration. > > > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 9:40 AM Jonathan Cohn <[email protected]> > wrote: > > That sounds like they switched from a standard button to a custom widget. > In which case, they need to adjust the Accessible Name. though it probably > indicates that they have done additional actions with the widget that would > need to be considered, probably with action a lot like the new Nearby > Explorer app. > > Exploer > > > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 11:24 AM Mika Pyyhkala <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have noticed over time that the Tile iOS app has become less and > less VoiceOver accessible. > > The key issue I am having is each tile name (i.e. backpack, keys, > etc.) is read by VoiceOver as: > txt_tile_name > txt_tile_name > txt_tile_name > > Apple has specific programming guidelines for making iOS apps > VoiceOver accessible: > https://developer.apple.com/accessibility/ios > > Can you get in contact with your developers and engineering team on this? 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