I agree. and I think more and more developers are opening up to the accessibility issues. Especially now when it's come to the forth front with VO being directly on the iphone. Developers for the mac are overall eager to make their products accessible. and if we keep emailing, letting them know, we're doing our bit. just out of curiosity, does anyone know if you can try an app before buying it? Otherwise, some of us may be wasting a lot of money. :)
On Jun 10, 2009, at 1:02 PM, Alex de Jong wrote:
I can envision many apps that address a specific accessibility issue. I'm tempted to take up coding just for that purpose. But it is third party developers too who must make their apps VO compliant and there lies the task for us, to make them aware of this and keep pushing Apple to address the issue with themOn Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Marie Howarth <marie.jane2005@xxxxxxxxx > wrote: I think you have a valid point. i'm no expert in the matter and the TTS is there already, so here's hoping. I have no idea what costs apps from the appstore are but surely it'll be cheaper than the £300_ way finder will cost. hmm, I like your thinking.On Jun 10, 2009, at 6:03 AM, Buddy Brannan wrote:I'm listening to the WWDC keynote now, and I just heard something exciting.It says that Apple is allowing developers (plural, he said "developers", which could mean more than just Tomtom) to build apps with turn by turn directions, built on the maps application.If I understand this correctly, maps uses GPS in conjunction with Google Maps.This being the case, and since Google Maps does give textual routes, it sounds to me as though some clever person could, indeed, build a talking navigation application for the iPhone.This of course doesn't negate my main beef with such systems (like Wayfinder Access, for instance): their reliance on a wireless (i.e. cellular) connection. However, since we have to have the data plan anyway, I reckon I could live with it. If, that is, there were a provision to have it download big pieces of map and use those when cell coverage isn't available.Just thinking aloud here, but this could be potentially even *more* groundbreaking. Especially if the app can be made inexpensively. Remember, there shouldn't be any licensing of proprietary third party stuff here, since there's a screen reader built in for the app to talk to, and we're using Google Maps here, not some other database that would require licensing. Anyone who actually has a clue about these things wanna chime in? How 'bout it Janey? :)-- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 746-4127 or 888-75-BUDDY Click on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.com Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxwith 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Webinterface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.com Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxwith 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Webinterface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
