I guess, the point they were trying to make is that, just like on the Mac COMMAND+F5 toggles Voiceover screen reader, iPad could have a tripple+home set up by default to perform "ask", "zoom" or "voiceover" function. But I don't really think it's that big of a deal considering that Apple store staff is usually well-educated about their products.
olivia norman wrote: > I'm a bit confused here. Voiceover can easily be turned on independently > through iTunes, or by a sighted user using the settings menu. How is this > not easily accessible? When I got my iPad an apple store employee simply > turned on voiceover for me. He knew exactly how to do it, and we also > enabled the triple click home button option so that he could help me set up > all my accounts quickly and we could toggle voiceover on and off when we > needed to. How is this not accessibility out of the box? > Olivia > "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower", Steve Jobs > > On Apr 20, 2010, at 4:19 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm a bit confused here. > > > > "It is just a shame that VoiceOver is switched off by default, meaning it > > has to be activated before the iPad can be used." and "It would have been a > > real bonus had the iPad been accessible out of the box. Unfortunately, > > this was not quite the case." > > > > These views are kind of strange and puzzling to me. It seems a weird > > definition of "out of the box". It's a mainstream product. That'd make it > > too confusing for a sighted user using the iPad if VoiceOver was on by > > default. And, by all rights, it shouldn't be on by default, as it is a > > product not geared "specifically" towards blind people. That's the only > > thing I found kind of odd, but otherwise, pretty nice. > > > > Regards, > > Nic > > Mobile Me: [email protected] > > Skype: Kvalme > > MSN Messenger: [email protected] > > AIM: cincinster > > yahoo Messenger: cin368 > > Facebook Profile > > My Twitter > > > > On Apr 20, 2010, at 6:46 PM, marie Howarth wrote: > > > >> I would agree with you John. as a total VI user of an IPhone, I don't > >> think they praised the screen reader enough. And its that point of the > >> accessibility out of the box that has wound me up. I think that could put > >> users off entirely and let's see, how many products are accessible out of > >> the box that rNIB promotes readily? > >> I'll post a link to my blog I'm writing for you guys to agree or disagree > >> with me but on the whole, I think its a fair first impressions. > >> > >> On 20 Apr 2010, at 17:33, John J Herzog wrote: > >> > >>> Thanks for passing this article along. I think that, for the most part, > >>> this article was fair. They seem to point out both positives and > >>> negatives of the product which is good. > >>> The only area where I have some problems with the article, is that they > >>> made to big of a deal about activating voiceover through Itunes. This is > >>> not that hard since it is accessible on both mac and windows, and > >>> requires all of two seconds to do. Other than that, it's pretty good. > >>> > >>> John > >>> > >>> On Apr 20, 2010, at 12:18 PM, marie Howarth wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi guys, > >>>> Thought I'd put this article out there for everyone to discuss. I will > >>>> be writing a blog on my opinions of this article shortly. But here it is > >>>> for you all to read. > >>>> > >>>> It's an article done by the RNIB which is the national charity for the > >>>> blind in the UK. You need to download the article, its in word format > >>>> but will read on text edit and such on the mac. > >>>> thanks > >>>> http://www.rnib.org.uk/livingwithsightloss/computersphones/Pages/technology_news_reports.aspx > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>>> [email protected]. > >>>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > >>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >>> "MacVisionaries" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> [email protected]. > >>> For more options, visit this group at > >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "MacVisionaries" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > >> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "MacVisionaries" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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