I do know that the battery announcement is being spoken. I did it with my iPhone 7. It works great in that regard. I haven't messed with the app updates yet.
Jenn Jenn and Kumi > On Sep 18, 2016, at 1:06 PM, Alan Lemly <wale...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In anticipation of upgrading my iPhone 6 to iOS 10 later this week, I > upgraded my iTunes for Windows on my Windows 7 PC to the latest version, > 12.5.1.21. I am using ZoomText Magnifier/Reader almost exclusively in reading > mode so be aware that my results could vary significantly from those using > other screen readers. > > I wanted to report a couple of positives at least with respect to what > ZoomText is reading in this latest version. With focus on my iPhone in the > Summary Settings, I note that the battery percentage charge is now spoken by > ZoomText. Unfortunately, I had to hover my mouse over the battery picture to > get ZoomText to speak since tabbing did not cause spoken output of the > battery level. I don't know if this will be changed for other screen readers > but in the version 12.4.x I was running before upgrading, nothing was spoken > for the battery charge level whether hovering with the mouse or not. > > Another difference I noted with this version is in the iTunes Apps Updates > screen. ZoomText was a bit squirrely in what it announced when not using the > mouse to place focus on the apps to be updated. When tabbing an using the > arrow keys, I could visually tell the app having focus because it would > enlarge slightly but ZoomText didn't speak the app name. When I placed focus > on the app with the mouse, ZoomText would announce the app name. The next tab > would read me information about the update including its version number, > date, and size and none of this was announced by ZoomText in my 12.4.x > version. > > I realize the above is fairly minor but I'm at least a bit encouraged that > some marginal progress concerning accessibility seems to be being made. I > would recommend that others try the latest version with your screen readers > to see if you note any improvements. > > Alan Lemly > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
