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Topic: iStroboSoft app for iPhone |
Phil Halton
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Posted 10 Sep 2009 7:56 am |
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Well, this is cool. I just started using an iPhone 3G S, because they're now fully accessible to the blind. Apple built their screen reader "VoiceOver" into the iPhone's OS, and now there's a big rush of blind people using the iPhone 3G S.
I'd like to try out the peterson iStrobosoft app, but there's a hitch... not all apps are made with VoiceOver in mind with the result that some apps can't really be used by the blind, while others can--it all depends on the way the developer writes their code.
If I could get the app to speak aloud the cents reading, I'd be in good shape and could use this app. So here's a question, is anyone out there using this app on a iPhone 3
G S? Its got to be a 3G S because that's the only model with the VoiceOver screen reader built-in.
If so, would you care to turn on the screen reader on your phone and test out the iStrobosoft and report your results to me? I'll walk you thru the process, and it won't hurt a bit-promise.
I don't want to spend the $10 to find out that the app's inaccessible--it would only take a few minutes (okay, about a half hour or so) of your time and you'd learn a thing or two about the screen reader and your iPhone.
I know its a long shot, but if interested, contact me off-list at:
philhalt@comcast.net
Thanks,
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rodger_mcbride
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Minnesota
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Posted 10 Sep 2009 11:45 am
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Does not work.
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Phil Halton
From:
Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 10 Sep 2009 3:21 pm
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[quote="rodger_mcbride"]Does not work.
rodger[/quote]
Hi Rodger,
Could you give me a little more info? Are you familiar with the workings of the VoiceOver screen reader? For example, are you aware that none of the standard gestures work when the VoiceOver screen reader is turned on, and that there is a totally different set of gestures for the iPhone with VO in use? Could that be what you meant when you said "doesn't work"?
If you're not familiar with iPhone and VO, it will appear that the phone is not working, when in fact, it works fine, you just have to use different gestures. Would you let me walk you thru it so there won't be any doubt about the accessibility of the iStrobosoft app?
thanks,
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