I really feel my reviewing an app inaccessible to me is unfair to the developer. The point of a review is does it perform as intended. If there was no intent to be accessible with Voiceover, then reviewing it on that basis is unfair and meaningless to others. How valuable would be 100 reviews by screen users of something like a Braille app because it would be totally useless to them.
For sure, we should alert developers to the inaccessibility of their work. I believe most times they are just not aware that their apps could be used by screen reader users and what it might take to make it useable. But, that is different from a review. I was looking at a product on Amazon the other day. A reviewer gave it 2 stars because the price had gone up since she started buying the product. She still liked its quality, but seriously downgraded it just based on price. This really told me nothing about the product, but that I should be an informed shopper, which I knew already, independent of shopping this product or this marketplace. Eric _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Lemly Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 11:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: App Reviews -- it appears the Developers can censor them All I can say is that if developers have some sort of editorial or censorial authority over reviews, having a review system serves no purpose. For reviews to be meaningful, the process must be totally independent from what is being reviewed. Alan Lemly -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 8:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: App Reviews -- it appears the Developers can censor them Hi, I've sent reviews on 2 different apps this past week, but neither were posted. I've written iTunes Store Support about this. They confirmed my reviews were sent but that apparently they were not posted as the Developers Review Boards must not have allowed that. Here is the comment from the iTunes Store Support message: "Keith, as I investigate. There are several reason why your reviews are not posted, actually your reviews have bent sent but it depends on the developers review boards to approve it. I'm sorry I can't provide you details regarding this because we are just for billing, downloading and purchasing. I hope you understand us." Does this sound right? Seems like it would defeat the purpose of App Reviews if Developers can have Review Boards to determine if they'll approve the review before allowing it to be posted. By the way, both of my reviews of apps were negative, as neither app was accessible. Thanks, Keith -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://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 viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://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 viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
