Hi, I think this is a pretty good idea. When submitting an app, if they had to just check off 3 yes or no questions regarding Voiceover, that could really be a good way of generating confidence in the accessibility of a given app. I think it might also have the added benefit of raising awareness of Voiceover to developers.
Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Apr 22, 2013, at 8:49 PM, Nicholas Parsons <mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree that: > • Some indication of an app's accessibility prior to purchase > would be incredibly useful; however > • A simple user rating system would be inadequate for the > following reasons: > – It would require someone to purchase the app in order > to rate it without knowing whether it is accessible, which is what we're > trying to avoid; and > – the rating could be manipulated; so > – the current ability to leave comments about > accessibility as reviews is much more helpful than a single rating would be; > however, > • Developers could be forced by Apple to give some information > about the app which would be an indication as to the app's accessibility. For > instance, answering yes or no to the following statements: > – Does the app include VoiceOver support? > – Does the app use Apple's accessibility API? > – Was the app built using only Apple's built in UI > elements? > – Was the app built using any custom UI elements? > – Was the app built using largely custom built UI > elements? > • The answers to the above question would not tell a consumer > whether or not the app was accessible, but it would be a good guide. > • The exact questions to ask may be different to above — I'm not > a developer so I'm not sure the exact questions to ask, but I think they > would be a start. > • Whether or not Apple would consider such a system is another > question entirely. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
