Geoff, I believe some of these resources also apply for the Mac OS as well. Apple's site at http://www.apple.com/accessibility may have some more specific resources.
Scott On Feb 22, 2011, at 11:41 AM, Geoff Waaler wrote: > Greetings all, > > Following up my previous post regarding the apparent inaccessibility of > Fission's selection and set play head dialogs, I reported the issue to > RogueAmoeba's support group. I wanted to provide documentation from Apple > discussing accessibility of Snow Leopard apps, but must have been looking for > doc in all the wrong places. > > Scott's post below contains excellent information to provide when reporting > accessibility concerns for IOS apps, but I wonder if if our group can (or > already has) work up a MacOs counterpart? > > Best regards. > Geoff > >> On Feb 22, 2011, at 5:42 AM, Scott Howell wrote: >> >>> 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 > >> > > > -- > 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.
