[CEUD-ICT] Accessibility features on Apple's iPhone 3G S

[Alan M. Dalton]

I still haven't been able to play with (sorry, research) the iPhone 3G S
and its accessibility features. I did enjoy Marco Zehe's blog post about
using one [1]. Marco is the accessibility QA for Mozilla.

[1]
http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/06/22/my-first-experience-using-an-accessible-touch-screen-device/

Regards,
Alan.
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I think this is great news.  With the iPhone now having these AX
features built-in, as researchers we can start to port features and
apps previously only seen on the desktop to a mobile context.  As
there's an AX API we're also not wasting time re-writing basic
features such as a screen-reader or screen magnifier.

Coupled with the built in GPS and digital compass, it makes previous
devices such as the Trekker (http://adaptivetech.net/products/trekker.htm
) seem a bit redundant.

Exciting stuff, I'm looking forward to seeing a new generation of
accessible apps emerge for the iPhone platform.

Graham.

On 10 Jun 2009, at 10:38, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote:

> Hi Alan,
>
> Apple have also included some very interesting new features in their
> snow
> leopard operating system.  I suspect that there has been some cross-
> over
> between the interaction strategies found on the IPhone, and also
> those they
> are now including for their multi-touch track pads.  I particularly
> like the
> fact that they have focussed on increasing their accessibility in
> Safari,
> and also that they are now providing mechanisms to label buttons and
> other
> graphics which the developer has not clearly exposed.
>
> I'm also quite open to taking one of these new toys (sorry devices
> which
> provide new interaction strategies) and doing some playing, I mean
> research!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dónal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ceud-ict-bounces at list.universaldesign.ie
> [mailto:ceud-ict-bounces at list.universaldesign.ie] On Behalf Of Alan M.
> Dalton
> Sent: 10 June 2009 10:31
> To: ceud-ict at list.universaldesign.ie
> Subject: [CEUD-ICT] Accessibility features on Apple's iPhone 3G S
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm pleasantly surprised by the focus that Apple have given to
> accessibility
> for the latest version of the iPhone.
>
> Apple have mentioned Accessibility on the home page for the iPhone
> 3G S [1].
> They have webpages to describe its accessibility features in terms
> of vision
> [2], hearing [3], and physical and motor skills [4]. They've made
> impressive
> boasts about the VoiceOver screen reader in particular. It seems
> that Apple
> have included a diverse range of accessibility features, and not
> just a
> couple of token features.
>
> I haven't actually seen the iPhone 3G S yet, but if anyone wants to
> donate
> one to us, feel free! :-)
>
> Regards,
> Alan.
>
> [1] http://www.apple.com/iphone/iphone-3g-s/
> [2] http://www.apple.com/accessibility/iphone/vision.html
> [3] http://www.apple.com/accessibility/iphone/hearing.html
> [4] http://www.apple.com/accessibility/iphone/physical.html
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