Ricardo,
You should check out the podcast on AppleVis on Netflix. You don't have to turn off VoiceOver to scroll. On Mar 1, 2013, at 10:08 PM, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I don't necessarily think its was an access related thing, In the case of > Android, it doesn't prevent access, its just not as efficient. I think it > effects sighted and blind alike. Come to think of it, I wonder if patents > are why on Android you have to draw those stupid right angles. I really do > dislike those gestures. haha. Maybe it works better on a smaller screen but > on the Nexus 7, I have a high failure rate with it. As far as Netflix, yeah. > You have to turn off Voiceover and scroll the way sighted people do to > insure the content your looking for is in focus. At least, thats the only > way I've found to get around this issue. > > Ricardo Walker > [email protected] > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Mar 1, 2013, at 8:06 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ricardo, I had no idea that Apple had a patent on that flicking so as not to >> have to scroll the screen. I actually think that is a mixed blessing, since >> it can be misleading, as in the Netflix app, where you think you've landed >> on something, vo says the name, but when you double tap, it turns out the >> system focus didn't move, so you're opening up some show you had no >> intention of watching. And no way to get to the one you want, because the >> regular scroll gesture doesn't work. I wish these companies wouldn't patent >> their access-related stuff. The disability community is the big loser when >> they do that. >> >> Mary >> >> Mary Otten >> [email protected] >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> 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]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > 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]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
