Hi, I had recommended a five point accessibility scale on another list. I believe this is the most practical solution. Being that accessibility is so subjective, I think some kind of rating system would work the best. Instead of just choosing a rating for an app like it is now, maybe their can be more of like a questionnaire. For example, 5 accessibility questions would be given. You choose your answer for each on a 1-5 scale. The average of of everyones 5 answers are calculated and displayed in the app store. I imagine it could be displayed with the average of each category of accessibility, then an overall accessibility score. On May 6, 2010, at 4:29 PM, Bryan Smart wrote:
> Hi. > > There are so many apps available. As we know, some are completely accessible, > some are accessible with some workarounds, and some not at all. > > With free apps, this isn't a problem. You install them, check them out, and, > if they aren't accessible, you can just delete them. > > With paid apps, though, the situation is different. There are some > accessibility reviews of some apps, but only a fraction of what's available. > Since hardly any of the apps offer demos, we must buy the app, and risk that > the purchase will be wasted on an app that we can't even use. When the app > only costs $0.99, like some iPhone apps, that isn't so bad, but iPad apps can > cost $5, $10, and even more in some cases. > > I think that Apple should take some small steps to accommodate us. Not only > is it a sorry situation when one of us purchases an app that we discover to > be inaccessible, but, for some people, having a few such experiences will > trim back on their willingness to push that buy button in the future. > Pressing the buy button should not feel like a roll of the dice. > > I suggest: > > 1. The App Store should provide some way for people to rate the accessibility > of an app. A 5 star system, similar to how apps are rated in general might be > nice. > > 2. There should be some way that customers can optionally restrict the App > Store to showing only accessible applications. If people would like to > explore new apps, that's fine, but, if they just want to look at what is > known to be accessible, they should have that option. > > 3. Customers should be able to receive refunds for apps that they can't use. > Since the app store provides no indication of how accessible a program is, > and there is usually no way to try the program first, we should be able to > get a refund if we can't use our purchase. > > What do you all think? What can be done? I've purchased a few apps that are > completely inaccessible. For example, I purchased Korg Electribe, a beat > making program, for $10. Can't use it at all. > > Bryan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
