Hi, The point is here that, even if you set triple-click to ask, it's still going to be easier to activate VoiceOver yourself. You can't exactly tap it and get it right. As you can tell, I'm a big fan of not using sighted people unless I'm doing a hardware test on my Mac.
Regards, Nic Mobile Me: [email protected] Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: [email protected] AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Apr 21, 2010, at 5:51 AM, olivia norman wrote: > I guess. The only problem with that potential set up is how would you know > which function to have the triple click button turn on? Some users might want > VO, while others might prefer zoom. Typically, apple store staff are great > about their products, I have always had wonderful experiences with my local > apple store, they are a real pleasure to work with. > Olivia > "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower", Steve Jobs > > On Apr 20, 2010, at 11:29 PM, Vic wrote: > >> 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. >> 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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