Hi, I got a list of restaurants when I tried the Search Nearby option, but I couldn't find menus. I agree, the help is much too brief to be helpful. I tried the hints, hoping they would speak a menu button or some such, but I only heard one, and it said nothing useful and was much, much louder than VoiceOver.
Best, Anna On May 28, 2013, at 10:39 PM, "Jon Pierson" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I see problems with some unlabeled buttons and in one case the name of the > restaurant for some reason has the corporation's name next to it and since > it is the only one it looks like it would bring up the menu for another > eatery. > The first Starbucks I click on offers no menu which I find somewhat > puzzling. > There is also a barber shop included in the first screen when I click > "Nearby" and the help screen is exceedingly brief. > > Jon > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Chuck Dean > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 8:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Apple just approved All Access: Talking Menus & More > > For an app that was supposed to be designed for the visually impaired, this > app leaves a lot to be desired. First, it is graphic based. There are only > four choices on each screen so you'll need to scroll through multiple pages > to find information. It would have been better if they had just used lists. > Also in my area, the restaurant list I have dry cleaner's, nail salons, > carpet cleaners, and frat houses, plus an A&W that has been closed for at > least five years. > The menus I could bring up seemed to have fewer selections than the actual > menus. > I do not see myself using this app. It certainly is no where near the app I > was hoping for. > I removed it from my phone. > > Chuck (mobile) > Pleez x cuze any tie ping or spelin airors. > > On May 28, 2013, at 8:12 PM, Lelia Struve <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > What I did is I just tapped on search nearby, found the restaurant > that I wanted, and there is a menu button at the very left hand edge or > close to it. > Lelia > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 28, 2013, at 8:55 PM, "Thom" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Where did you see the menu button? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lelia Struve > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 10:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Apple just approved All Access: Talking > Menus & More > > > I don't know if this helps, but what I did is I > tapped on the restaurant I wanted, and then there is a menu button. I hit > that and there was the menu > Lelia > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 28, 2013, at 8:38 PM, Robert Fenton > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello Todd: > > I was having a similar problem in Calgary > Alberta Canada. I wonder if it is an issue with something we are doing at > our end not bringing the menus up. The usual way we would do it would be to > double tap on the name of the restaurant and presumably, the menu would > appear. > > Bob Fenton > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 2013-05-28, at 8:35 PM, Todd Bernhard > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Richard and Fred, > > I just changed my location, > virtually, to Portland, Oregon and also Portland, Maine and found lots of > restaurants with menus. > > In fact, almost 100% of the > Portland, Oregon restaurants have menus. Here are more than a dozen that > show up on the first screen and they all have menus. > > Daily Grill, Park Bistro, Starbucks, > Eurotrash, Ben & Jerry's, Veggie Grill, Restaurant Service, Saint Cupcake, > McDonalds, The Melting Pot, The Morning Star Cafe, Little Big Burger, > Blitz Pearl, Seattle's Best Coffee, > Higgins Restaurant & Bar, etc. > > For Portland, Maine, it was probably > 50% of the restaurants on the initial screen that have menus. By providing > info for all of the restaurants, you at least get access to their website > (which may have a menu), phone, directions, twitter, etc. But the goal is > to get every restaurant's menu online. > > Can you provide me, by email to > [email protected] the names of some restaurants that don't have menus? > Maybe there is a usability change we need to make, so the menus show up > better... because in many cases, they are there. Over a million of them in > fact. And if you find a restaurant that doesn't have their menu in the app, > we would love your help in asking them to be included. It's free for the > restaurants, too, to have their menu in the database. This is really a > community effort with little downside. 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