Zack, Contacting the developer, providing resources, tell them where the issues are, and point out the success other developers have had in making their apps accessible; are ways to get movement on accessibility. Here are some resources I provide: Making your Apps Accessible: Resources for IOS Developers 1. The Stanford University IOS programming series includes a talk by Chris Fleizach from Apple that, amongother things, shows how to make even the most complex controls accessible. This is on iTunes U. http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=395631522 2. A recent blog post by Matt Legend Gemmell on "Accessibility for iPhone and iPad Apps." http://mattgemmell.com/2010/12/19/accessibility-for-iphone-and-ipad-apps 3. Apple's programming guide for making IOS Apps accessible. http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/iPhoneAccessibility/Introduction/Introduction.html 4. The AppleVis website (www.applevis.com) is dedicated to sharing information about the accessibility of IOS Apps, and offers links to other resources. 5. The Google Group named "viphone" is a large and active community of blind IOS device Users.
Good luck and all you can do is ask/encourage. Oh and of course point out the fact that this is a growing market segment. I do not have empirical data beyond the number of list subscribers, but clearly there are a lot of blind and visually impaired folks purchasing iOS devices. If that were not the case, APple would not have invested R&D into VO on the platform. Scott On Feb 21, 2011, at 11:18 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hi All, > I was pleased to read this morning that Shreder has been made accessible with > VoiceOver. This is a big-name Chess program, and so I thought I'd give the > full verssion a try. > Thus far, I'm quite impressed. I've been able to play and analyze a game, > try my hand at a chess puzzle, and fiddle with the game's settings among > other things. I'm not sure what they might have left out of the > accessibility support, but i doesn't seem to be much. I was particularly > impressed at the analysis mode, as there didn't seem to be any noticeable lag > when using it with VO. > So, all in all, I'm happy we have another Chess alternative. Now, if only > the makers of Civilization for the iPhone would do the same thing.. <grins> > Best, > Zack. > > -- > 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.
