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.

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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,
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>>>> 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
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