RE: iPhone development with XCode and VoiceOver

  • From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:00:45 -0500

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,

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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

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