Hi Tessa and Others, I posted the AppleVis app deals about the Audubon apps, that are on sale through today in honor of Audubon's birthday. If any of you are thinking of getting the Audubon Birds app, please realize that some of the newest app versions have a startup screen for setting up a NatureShare account that has real accessibility problems. I'd either get the Audubon Birds and Butterflies app, which has two apps combined, but doesn't have the problem startup screens, or be prepared to get past those start screens to the main, accessible part of the app whenever you launch this app. I've sent in a problem report to the developer, but haven't heard back.
I forget that many people read the twitter announcements of app deals, but don't read the comments posted with the deals. Here's the text of what I posted for the Audubon Birds and Butterflies app (without the embedded links to the AppleVis forum posts, since I've used copy and paste): • Audubon Birds and Butterflies - A Field Guide to North American Birds and Butterflies https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/audubon-birds-butterflies/id382680988?mt=8 <begin quote> Audubon Birds and Butterflies is on sale for $1.99. it regularly lists for $16.99. All the Audubon apps are on sale, with single subject apps that normally list between $4.99 and $14.99, priced at $0.99 each, in honor of Audubon's birthday. This sale runs through April 29, 2013. These are generally pretty accessible apps, with two unlabeled buttons at the top of the main guide screen. The first is really a label for "Audubon Guides" that has no button action and the second is an "Info" button. You can read a forum discussion post on the overall general accessibility of these apps, and the poster went on to post app entries for the Audubon apps for Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians, and North American Insects and Spiders. He also discussed his preference for the Audubon Birds app format a forum post about Audubon apps vs. iBird apps. I've now noted in that post that some of the most recent Audubon apps, including the one for Audubon Birds, have start-up screens for registering for a NatureShare account that are not accessible. While it's possible to get through that screen and another tutorial screen (detailed in the comment to that post), and the main app is still accessible, this is a major pain. I've written a detailed description of the problem to the developer, but have not heard back yet. I also note that all the new app versions that reference NatureShare seem much larger, as noted in the reviewers' comments. For example, the Audible Birds and Butterflies app linked here, that still uses the pre-NatureShare format is 752 MB for both birds and butterflies. That's comparable to the iBird Pro app size of 582 MB, to encompass the extensive bird song libraries. But the new Audubon Bird app with the problematic NatureShare registration start screens is 886 MB. <end quote> You can also find the posts, with all relevant links, if you go to the current App Deals section of AppleVis.com. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Apr 29, 1:37 am, "Tessa" <virilin...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > The audibon owl guide was free for a day or so and I downloaded it to see if > it was accessible for us. Have to say I was quite impressed and will likely > buy more of their apps. The first screen wasn't readable with voiceover, it > was some sort of registration with options to do it now, later or not at > all. I hit the not at all button and afterwords the rest of the app seems > very readable. > there are buttons for natural history, bird voice a quiz and more. It's neat > to be able to browse each owl and then tap the voice button and listen to it > and be able to get descriptions and other details. > Definitely going to look into more of the audibon apps. > Tessa > My groups > blind gardener blind-gardener-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > writing blind writingblind-subscr...@yahoogroups.com -- 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
