Thanks I normally hunt these things down myself but I have to many balls in the air I need to sit down with one thing and just get familiar with this. Ken From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of E.J. Zufelt Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:35 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: iPhone development with XCode and VoiceOver Hey Ken, I'm not sure if it is the complete list but at the following URL http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/navigation/index.html#section=Fram eworks <http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/navigation/index.html#section=Fra meworks&topic=Cocoa%20Touch%20Layer> &topic=Cocoa%20Touch%20Layer I filtered the list of available documents with the word 'reference' and I believe that is a list of reference pages for the UI controls available. At least it's a good start. HTH, Everett Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/ezufelt View my LinkedIn Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt On 2010-02-09, at 4:37 PM, Ken Perry wrote: Ok I did get the hello world plus a bit working now I am going to add some delegates to make sure I can make handle events. What I am wondering is sure I know what a text box is and a label but is there some way to get a list of all the controls? I know Mac doesn't really have a list it has some kind of cylinder thing that works as a list but if I have to use the search for a control method to build this dialog I need to know what these controls are. I am going to go google hunting but I am afraid that because a sighted person can just look through the list there won't be anything posted anywhere. What I need for the simple fruitBasket application is label, edit, some kind of list, buttons, and that's it. I plan on putting this simple test app on both the IPhone and on the Mac once I can prove I can make that nicely then I will jump on these other projects I have had burning my pockets. Thanks for any help. Ken From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of E.J. Zufelt Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 12:41 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: iPhone development with XCode and VoiceOver Good afternoon, Not sure if it's been mentioned here, but mv-dev is supposed to be a mac development list for the visually impaired at Google Groups. I am completely blind and have done some GUI work in Java and Visual Studio in the past, but most of the development work I've done has been back end and web based. Thanks, Everett Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/ezufelt View my LinkedIn Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt On 2010-02-09, at 12:32 PM, Ken Perry wrote: I have been there and I am not impressed most are not as far as you and most are partially sighted. By the way are you blind or visually impaired. Ken From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of E.J. Zufelt Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 12:28 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: iPhone development with XCode and VoiceOver Good afternoon Ken, You might want to visit http://lists.apple.com and look for the accessibility-dev list. I believe that there might be some other blind developers there. Everett Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/ezufelt View my LinkedIn Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt On 2010-02-09, at 12:22 PM, Ken Perry wrote: True but what we both need to be thinking is of scraping for it. If Apple is not going to do it we should we have the tools we just have to figure out how to best use them. Scripting for this should be easier than scripting for visual studio because the information is already there. Ken From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of E.J. Zufelt Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 10:46 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: iPhone development with XCode and VoiceOver Good morning Ken, In short, no. I have been able to add multiple types of UI controls to the interface, but as far as sizing and positioning nothing yet. I notice that there are a tremendous number of unlabelled radios, buttons, etc. in Interface Builder that will make this a definite challenge for a blind developer. Thanks, Everett Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/ezufelt View my LinkedIn Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt On 2010-02-09, at 9:00 AM, Ken Perry wrote: Have you done any more han drop a label for example have you been able to lie up controls? Ken From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of E.J. Zufelt Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 8:01 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: iPhone development with XCode and VoiceOver Good morning Ken, I haven't found a consistent way, but attempting to open the context menu (VO + Shift + M) and selecting Open in Finder works with some degree of reliability. HTH, Everett Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/ezufelt View my LinkedIn Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt On 2010-02-09, at 7:57 AM, Ken Perry wrote: Did you ever find a consistant way to click on the xib files? Ken From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of E.J. Zufelt Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 7:53 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: iPhone development with XCode and VoiceOver Good morning, Last night I successfully built and ran a Cocoa "Hello World" application for OS/X using XCode and Interface Builder with VoiceOver. The next step was to build and run a Cocoa "Hello World" app for the iPhone. I would be happy to hear if anyone has found information that contradicts the following. Problem: Anyone can register and download the iPhone SDK and start developing iPhone applications on their Mac. However, the iPhone Simulator, which is where you test your app, is not accessible with VoiceOver on the Mac. Indeed, a blind developer cannot test their own application on the Mac. After doing some reading I believe that the answer to this is to sign up for the iPhone Developer program ($99 USD). This provides, amongst other things, the ability to build and test your apps on an iPhone or iPod Touch if you have one. I would encourage anyone interested in doing iPhone development to e-mail accessibility@xxxxxxxxx (they are normally very responsive) to let them know how you feel about this (and anything else regarding Apple accessibility). It just doesn't seem right to me that blind developers need to pay $99 to experiment with iPhone development. Thanks, Everett Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/ezufelt View my LinkedIn Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt