Okay, so, did you yourself create such a trouble ticket? Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray On Nov 7, 2012, at 7:42 AM, Cheree Heppe <[email protected]> wrote: > Cheree Heppe here: > > This design in which a tiny area is to be flicked at to advance the app list > isn't a realistic access methodology. The structure of the App Store prior > to IOS 6 worked fine, as did the IBooks store. Since the change, My perusal > and purchase of both apps and IBooks has dropped off sharply. This isn't > because I don't prefer to look around and to purchase, it's because the > access has become so chancy and difficult. > > Whoever is advising the Apple creative teams on blindness disability may > deserve a second hard look. This is because when Apple opened its > accessibility window for blind users, it completely derailed some entrenched > and very expensive blindness products and made the major Windows screen > readers look clumsy and badly designed. > > You don't suppose those blindness bastions are going to take that lying down? > What if bad advice in the name of experienced accesibility could be given to > Apple to weaken or limit the scope and reach of Apple's new access? What if > the voices and speech could be skewed toward the silly season variety, as in > that fake Ease Indin accent that allows the perfectly good Australian voice > to mispronounce standard words. Some of us blind users depend on the > pronounciation to know how a word is spelled. Some mispronounced words when > spoken in that fake Ease Indian accent, sound exactly like other real words. > > So, with a few suggestions that get accepted, and with a few more that well, > really guys, the totally blind can't be expected to really handle much, can > they, the whole beautifully positive Apple access platform tilts toward the > glitchy, falty Windows variety. > > It is a good idea to call and have a trouble ticket created. How did that > old patriotic saying go? Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom. > > So, let's not give up our newly won freedom with these Apple devices and > interfaces. > > By the way, I'm totally blind and totally able to use the Apple devices, as > long as the accessibility playing field isn't stacked against me. > > > Regards, > Cheree Heppe > > > Sent from my iPad Mini > > On 07/11/2012, at 1:51, "Christopher-Mark Gilland" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hey Cheree, I don't know how to do this with the IPad,but with the IPhone at >> least, I definitely! can show you. It's a little weird, but it is extremely >> doable. I do it all the time! >> >> OK, so, on your 4S, at least, what you need to do, is after you bring the >> page up for your first result, tap near the very bottom center of the >> screen, if it helps, I don't know how much, if any, vision that you have, >> but if you have enough to see the little thumbnail picture of the artwork >> for the app, what you need is immediately just directly below that. it's >> basically gonna be right between that artwork, and your home key. If you >> can't see it, it is a flickable item, so don't worry. If push comes to >> shove, you definitely! can flick to it. You will see that there is an >> adjuster. It'll say something like 1 of 45, or 1 of 200, or whatever. Now, >> what you want to do is on that adjuster, just like you would do normally, >> just one finger flick up to get to the next result, and one finger flick >> down to get to the previous one. Be sure you're focused on that adjuster >> though before you virtically flick. Otherwise, you're gonna be moving the >> currently set rotor setting like words, headings, characters, etc. >> >> Again, no dice for the IPad. I will say that Chris from Apple did call me >> back yesterday, around 6, rigbht before he left for the day, and he told me >> that he, his boss, and about 5 or 6 others had a staff meeting which he >> himself requested, to discuss the stores IPad accessibility moving forward, >> as he too agreed since I O S 6.anything came out, it's somewhat climbed down >> hill in Voiceover support. In this meeting, he told me one of the key >> outline discussions did revolve around my exact problem. He definitely did >> send it up to engineering. I'd encourage all of you guys to also write, and >> have them create you a case number like Chris did for me, this way it's not >> just an oh, we'll send it up. You need to insist that they give you a case >> number. I think the more people who do this, the better. They are? now >> definitely, if nothing else, at least from me, aware the issue's there, but >> they're not gonna do anything with just one person. I promise you they >> won't. I didn't say one person can't make a difference, so don't read me >> out of context. I simply said, one person might make a difference, yes, but >> only if others also report the bug/breakage. Let's not bombard them, but, >> let's really pull together and let's all let them know. Regardless if they >> care or not really at this point is not an issue. Let's let them know, then >> if they choose to not act on it, then, we'll bitch, but until then, let's >> see what they say. >> >> Thank you kindly, >> >> Christopher-Mark Gilland. >> Founder of CLG Productions >> >> Blog: >> http://www.clgproductions.org >> >> Podcast: >> http://clgproductions.podhoster.com >> >> E-mail: >> [email protected] >> >> IMessage/Facetime: >> [email protected] >> >> Windows Live Messenger: >> [email protected] >> >> Twitter: >> @gilland_chris >> >> Facebook: >> http://www.facebook.com/christopher.gilland >> >> Skype: >> twinklesfriend2007 >> >> Send me a fax from any standard fax machine: >> 704-697-2069 >> >> Google Voice: (Please use sparingly): >> 980-272-8570 >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheree Heppe" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 8:20 PM >> Subject: Re: iPad app store >> >> >> Cheree Heppe here: >> Same with me on an iphone 4s, ipadd 2 and ipad mini. >> Totally unusable. >> >> Sent from my IPhone 4S >> >> On 06/11/2012, at 15:14, Lisette Wesseling <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I'm only going to weigh into this discussion by saying that I too am having >>> the problems Chris described. I'm running an iPad 2 gen with 6.01. I can >>> only get to one of the search results after pressing search. The pop up >>> above the search field does populate, but double tapping on anything >>> produces the message that there are no results. Interesting some people are >>> not having this problem. I'm going to write to Apple about it and hopefully >>> it will be fixed soon. >>> Cheers all >>> Lisette >>> >>> -- >>> 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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