I think this boils down to accessible verses usable. Some feel that if
an app doesn't conform 100% to Voice Over standards then it's not
accessible. Others feel that if they can use the app with minimal fuss,
then it's accessible. Then comes that grey area of defining what is
minimal fuss.
For example, I would term the downcast app as both accessible and
usable. Yet the Netflix app is just usable to me while not being very
accessible. This is because I have to do things in a certain way in
Netflix app to get what I want and sometimes that's not very convenient.
The reason the things have to be done are due to their lack of
accessibility features.
Now an app like Google Places isn't either accessible or usable to me.
This is because it shows unlabeled buttons in many areas and sometimes
the labels work and sometimes they do not. This is how it was last year
when I tried it out anyway. If things have changed I can revisit the app
and see what's up with it. However when all I hear is button button
button button for things I want to do, it doesn't sound like it's very
usable or accessible to me.
Lastly, an app like MotionX GPS Drive is considered accessible, but I
don't find it very useful. Whether it's because of my mode of thinking
or because I'm used to Navigon I don't know. I just can't get myself to
like it. I gave it a fair try during the free trial of the voice
guidance and found it to be clunky at best when trying to find a
destination or to cancel a route or to do other things which I find easy
with Navigon. The only thing it had going for it is that it loaded
faster than Navigon.
So, there's my usable cents on accessibility.
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On 9/11/2012 12:22 PM, Scott Davert wrote:
Hmm. From what I've been reading on AppleVis, it is accessible, but
not in the conventional method. Which begs the question of what
defines accessibility? is something not accessible if you cannot
accessit using the standard functions of your screen reader? As I
understand it, the Sign in process can work without disabling
VoiceOver. Essentially, the app is divided in to columns, and the
standard flicking left and right gesture does not work. However, if
you touch the screen in the appropriate place, VoiceOver is able to
give the info to you. But to get to the other column on the screen,
you have to tap something on the right side of it, and then tap the
left side to get back to that series of columns. I'll have to play
around with this when I get the time, but as I understand it, this is
how it can be done.
Scott
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