I saved this post from the Accessible-IOS list about a 911 app.
I bought this one and another one called Emergency Contact. The Emergency
Contact one called 911 when I was just feeling the screen to see what was
there. I ended the call and they called me back. I explained it was an
accident but they said the ambulance would come anyway. So I do not use
this one.
I do have the Call 911 app at the top corner of my first home screen now and
I like the fact that I can tell Siri to open the app and then I can shake
the phone to call.
I hope it is alright to share this information that was posted on the other
list. I don't want to step on any toes. Here is the post:
Below is a link for an app with the name "Call 911", the developer is
"Tobias Werner" and it costs 99 Cents.
While this is not the only such app, I think this would be a good choice for
anybody in the US and Canada who is concerned about their safety and wants
an easy way to call 911 in addition to the other features this app offers
like GPS position.
The developer also has emergency caller apps for a number of European
countries.
Once you open the app you can just shake your phone to call 911 which is
pretty foolproof, it works even if you are stressed out or freaking out,
actually it would work best if you were shaking with fear *smile*.
I Just purchased the app and have the following observations regarding
Voiceover accessibility:
1. The app is basically accessible, but the actual Call 911 button is just
called button. It is easy to find if you just slide your finger up a bit
from the Home Button you find it and, as I said, right now it will just say
"Button". If you slide up a bit more or swipe left from the button you hear
"Press the button below or shake phone to dial 911".
2. In the top left corner is a button called "Tools2" and I assume this will
bring up stuff like the flashlight, tactical strobe etc. But double tapping
it does not seem to do much with Voiceover, I will have to ask a sighted
person to explain what is happening visually.
3. On the top right of the screen is a button called "sos2" It brings up the
screen where you can enter 2 email addresses and your own mobile number.
Once you are done you can press Save, then at the bottom of that screen is a
"Send Now" button. Above it it explains "Please press the button below and
the sent button afterwards to send the sOS email correctly".
If you press the Send Now button the mail app opens, your first email is
already entered as the recipient and the second is entered in the BCC field,
the subject says "I need help, sOS emergency email"
The text body lists current GPS position, GPS accuracy, current speed,
course and local time.
It Then explains that you need help at that location that this information
should be handed over to the local authorities, police, paramedics or SAR
team (search and rescue) and that this is not a joke or SPAM email.
It does then state the the email was generated using the Call 911 app and
gives the developer's website.
After that is lists your cell number and a link to see your location on
Google Maps.
4. Back to the app, on the main screen you can also see your GPS position
and the "You are near to" information.
As I am writing this in my house, it tells me I am near to 3605-3659 14th
Avenue in Smithers, BC, Canada.
Since my exact address is 3623 14th Avenue this is not bad especially since
I am indoors and on the email the GPS accuracy was listed with 10 metres the
first time I tried it and 5 metres the second time.
5. GPS coordinates are listed both above and below the "You are Near To"
information.
Above it it shows exactly the same information as the email will have,
position with latitude first, then longitude, accuracy, course, time
Below it it just shows the position but it shows first longitude and then
latitude.
I think this is an app you hopefully won't need, but one you might be happy
to have should you be in a real emergency or accident. I will write to the
developer and suggest that he should maybe take a look at accessibility and
label the buttons a bit better, make the Tools available and also look at
swipe behavior. I find that if you touch the area where your position or
nearby information is located, that swiping becomes pretty strange,
definitely better to drag your finger around to find the information or the
actual call button.
Apart from that the app is definitely useable.
I also tried the shake feature and explained to the 911 operator that this
was not an emergency, that I had bought this iPhone 911 app and wanted to
make sure it worked as advertised.
I didn't have to shake the phone super hard, when I shook the phone I felt a
vibrate almost immediately which the app says indicates a successful dialing
of 911 and a couple of seconds later the 911 operator came on the line.
Keep in mind that the shake to call feature only works once the app is open.
Here is one more piece of information:
You could and probably should put this app in your dock or at one of the top
or bottom corners of your Home Screen to find it fast.
However, now that SIRI can open apps, you can also say "Open Call 911" as
the app is called "Call 911" and SIRI will open it. I tried both to say
"Open Call 9 1 1" and "Open Call 911" and it works no matter if you speak 9
1 1 as separate digits or as the number 911.
However, you can't simply say "Call 911" because while you can say "App
Store" to open the app store, if you just say "Call 911" SIRI thinks you
want to actually call, it will say "Calling 911" and then "Sorry, I can't
call 911".
I am not sure why Apple doesn't fix SIRI so you can tell it to simply call
911, maybe in a future update.
But at least if you can't get to your phone quickly or maybe your hands are
covered in blood and you don't want to get it on the touch screen *smile*
you could open the app with SIRI and then simply shake the phone.
If you don't care for the GPS position feature you could of course simply
find one of those apps which allow you to create shortcuts which dial a
particular number and which you can place on your home screen and create
such a shortcut to dial 911. Of course if you accidently activate that
icon/shortcut it will immediately dial 911
OK, lastly here is the link to the app:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/call-911/id367556905?mt=8
Regards,
Sieghard
-----Original Message-----
From: MamaPeach
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 8:25 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: 911 app?
There is one in the US app store called 911 and it is FREE. I don't know how
accessible it is as I don't have an iPhone, just an iPod. The developer's
name is Zodiac Interactive LLC. You might could try out this one to see if
it is what you are looking for.
-----Original Message-----
From: Cheryl Homiak
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 7:19 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: 911 app?
Does anybody know a way to do this or a way to put something like this on
the home screen? What I'm thinking about is this: if I were to wake up in
the middle of the night and had to call 911 say because I was sick, I
probably wouldn't feel much like doing a bunch of tapping to get to phone
and put in the number and hit call. Even if I could speak it, maybe I
wouldn't be understandable to siri or siri might do its little
tick-tick-tick and do nothing or say: "How can I help you?" I'd like
something on my home screen that I could double tap. But I wouldn't want to
double tap it by accident so it would have to require me to do it a second
time to confirm or else it would have to be an app I would open first and
then double tap to make the call. That still would be easier than doing it
from the phone app. Does anybody know a way to do this? And yes, I do know
about landlines vs cell phones for 911 so that's not what i'm asking about.
Also, i don't have health problems that are causing me to want this; I'm
just thinking about possibilities.
Thanks.
--
Cheryl
May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to You, Lord,
my rock and my Redeemer.
(Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
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