Has anyone noticed that a change in the way Voice Over relays the caps on/caps off state has changed? Prior to OIS7, pressing the caps lock key resulted in VO saying caps lock on or caps lock off with an IOS device such as an Iphone. Currently, the response is uninformatively the same: caps lock off. This response prevents a blind person from determining whether the letters being typed into the message are capitalized or not. Not very pretty.
On the same theme, HHS (Health and Human Services) commissioned a web design survey relating to how blind consumers prefer their web design. The Survey Monkey survey shows an HHS person with email contact at the start of the survey. However, after completing this survey, there is no way to look at the intro material and copy or obtain the email. A survey participant would have to know in advance that the survey would not permit returning to previously accessed pages and write down or link to access the email before proceeding with the survey. The survey asks at the end about the participants' visual accuity. Either I am very much missing something while using my Iphone, but, the checkbox available is only for low vision. A survey participant must check this box in order to proceed. I did not locate any checkbox indicating no vision, totally blind or the like. It would be a shame if that little detail got left out of a survey to measure blind user preferences with web design. Anybody else take this survey? I would be curious about the missing checkbox. If it is me, well, that's my problem. It the survey is set up to not select for totally blind members of the population, that would seem to represent a bias. Regards, Cheree Heppe P Sent from my IPhone 4S On 31/10/2013, at 9:13, "Christina C." <[email protected]> wrote: OK, I have this app. I believe getting to the calendar view is very tricky. I will try to look at it. I do not use the app for that. I only use it to add calendar events. I can’t explain why but I just much prefer Fantastical for this. If I remember correctly, the calendar view pops up when the mouse hovers over something. I will ask my son to look at it with me and get back to you soon. :) Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) > On Oct 31, 2013, at 7:17 AM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Nic > It's just about always worth the bother to contact a developer about > accessibility because otherwise, if only one person has done it, for > instance, they think that it's a little thing and only a very few people > care. > Regards, > Gigi > >> On Oct 31, 2013, at 5:08 AM, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I assume you’ve looked at the menu extras? The one you get by pressing >> control+F8? >> >> >> Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind >> built-in! >> >> Sincerely, >> The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! >> >>> On Oct 30, 2013, at 10:47 PM, Nicholas Parsons >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I downloaded the free 14 day trial of Fantastical for Mac. I managed to get >>> through the set up process fine, but seem to be having some issues with the >>> app. >>> >>> The app doesn't appear to have a window. I can only seem to access some >>> kind of system menu, and this only displays a search field and list of >>> events and reminders. I can't seem to actually see a calendar view. >>> >>> I want to let the developer know about this, but want to confirm my >>> findings with someone else first so I can give the developer accurate and >>> useful information in my report. Similarly, if someone else has already >>> contacted them about accessibility then maybe it's not worth the bother. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Nic >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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