[macvoiceover] Fwd: Are Apple Application Developers Required To Make Their Applications Nonvisually Accessible?

From: Daniela Rubio <mabuhay94@xxxxxxxxx>
To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:02:42 +0100
Hello:
I thought this would be interesting for our collective.
SALU2DMX, DANNY&JOY


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> De: "Curtis Chong" <curtischong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Fecha: 11 de marzo de 2011 03:34:11 GMT+01:00
> Para: "Curtis Chong" <curtischong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Asunto: Are Apple Application Developers Required To Make Their Applications 
> Nonvisually Accessible?
> 
> Greetings:
>  
> As President of the National Federation of the Blind in Computer Science, I 
> have initiated a discussion with Apple in an effort to learn what 
> accessibility requirements are imposed on application developers for 
> platforms such as the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.  For example, it occurs 
> to me that at the very least, we should expect that icons and buttons are 
> labeled in such a way that VoiceOver can identify them and their functions as 
> opposed to saying merely "button," or "icon."
>  
> I thought you would find the following exchange of correspondence 
> interesting, and so I am passing it along.
>  
> Yours sincerely,
>  
> Curtis Chong, President
> National Federation of the Blind in Computer Science
>  
>  
>  
> From: Chris Becherer
> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 1:35 PM
> To: Curtis Chong
>  
> Hi Curtis,
>  
> I'm the Product Marketing Manager responsible for iOS accessibility here at 
> Apple.  I work closely with Eric Seymour and his Engineering team, and he 
> forwarded me your note below.  Thanks very much for the well-written feedback 
> regarding the accessibility of apps in the App Store.  Apple takes this issue 
> very seriously.  Our teams work closely with our World Wide Developer 
> Relations team to continually educate developers on the importance of 
> accessibility and provide tips, documentation and code examples to make it as 
> easy as possible for them to ensure their apps are compatible with VoiceOver. 
>  
> An example of this was our recent post about VoiceOver on Apple's Developer 
> News site:
> http://developer.apple.com/news/  (scroll down to December 9th to read the 
> post)
>  
> Besides being highlighted on the developer site, this post was also emailed 
> to every registered iOS developer.
>  
> The work is of course not done, however, so we are working on some new 
> outreach strategies to grow the number of VoiceOver compatible apps in the 
> App Store in the near future.  And I'll make sure the whole team working on 
> this effort sees your feedback.
>  
> Sincerely,
>  
> Chris Becherer
> iOS Product Marketing
>  
>  
> From: Curtis Chong
> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 8:09 PM
> To: Chris Becherer
>  
> Chris:
>  
> Thanks so much for this very useful information.  As I read through it, I am 
> struck by the very persuasive tone of the material.  What some people might 
> like to know is what are app developers encouraged to do and what are they 
> absolutely REQUIRED to do.  As I understand it, you can't just decide to 
> develop an application and have it made available through the Apple App 
> Store.  You have to meet certain minimum requirements.  Where can I find 
> those requirements?  More to the point, how can we engage with Apple to 
> discuss whether or not any of our accessibility concerns can be turned into 
> requirements as opposed to "best practices?"
>  
> Thank you so much for continuing this discussion with me.
>  
> Yours sincerely,
>  
> Curtis Chong, President
> National Federation of the Blind in Computer Science
>  
>
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