I did the same with iRobot (the company that sells Roomba), they said they'll fix the accessibility issues but haven't bothered for two months.
On 11/27/2016 5:17 PM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. wrote: > Yes, and I believe Sandy Tompkins on this list has had both Rumba and > Neato products, and she seemed to much prefer the Neato. > > > > The neato currently has some app accessibility issues with VoiceOver, > but I’m still using mine successfully, although not as efficiently as I > could with better accessibility. > > > > I direct message NeatoRobotics via Twitter on Wednesday asking them to > make their iPhone app fully VoiceOver enabled for blind users. I > received a response direct message from them several hours later > thanking me for bringing this to their attention, and that they had > forwarded the request on to engineering. Of course, there’s no guarantee > that anything will be done. I’ve made the same suggestion through their > customer support twice previously without evidence of change in their 2 > recent app upgrades. But, as Mark Taylor pointed out to me, companies > seem to have different and possibly more impactful representatives on > their social media streams. I encourage others interested in this to > either direct message NeatoRobotics, or another avenue of their choice. > It’s clearly in their interest to address these changes. > > > > Thanks, Keith > > > > *From:*[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Sieghard Weitzel > *Sent:* Sunday, November 27, 2016 11:09 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: Roomba 980 is the iRobot app accessible? > > > > Hi Don, > > > > Make sure you also check the Neato Connected robotic vacuum, it’s a bit > cheaper and gets much better reviews across the board. It’s been > discussed here quite a bit. I believe the app is accessible with some > issues, but it sounds from what Shaf said that this is also the case for > the Roomba. > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > > > *From:*[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Don Breda > *Sent:* Sunday, November 27, 2016 4:42 AM > *To:* VIPhone google group <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > *Subject:* Roomba 980 is the iRobot app accessible? > > > > Well the subject says it all. > > > > A friend is considering getting one and I wanted to be sure the vacuum > and the app were a good combination. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Don > > > > -- > 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 [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > 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 [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > 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 [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > 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 [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > 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 [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > 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 [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > 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. 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