Hi, Please also contact @NestMatt on Twitter, which is Matt Rogers, VP of Engineering at Nest.
I don't think the blind community has really reached out besides maybe 1-2 people to Nest. I also have a Nest and agree with your synopsis of its accessibility or lack there of. I am still glad I have the Nest over the previously installed old fashioned round thermostat, but there are many improvements (likely to custom UI) that could be made in the Nest app. You can refer people at Nest to http://bit.ly/ia11ydev which is the Apple iOS accessibility documentation for developers. I use this shortcut a lot on Twitter and if you read through the characters of the URL you may be able to remember it for easier posting. I also have a keyboard shortcut on my iPhone qai that enters the url: http://bit.ly/ia11ydev Best, Mika @pyyhkala On 6/6/13, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > this is more related to i-devices than to the Mac, but I wanted to post, > because I recall that some listers have expressed interest in it. > > My husband and I just got a Nest thermostat. It's very cool in many ways, > has lots of smart programmable features, and can be controlled either by > your computer, or by their mobile app. Unfortunately, right now, the iOS > app leaves a lot to be desired where accessibility is concerned. I > contacted their tech support, and was told that the best way to make a > suggestion to the developers is to post on their blog, which I did this > afternoon. I just want to suggest that anyone who has an interest in this > thermostat, or in accessible thermostats in general, might want to add their > comments to my post. Nest seems like a really good, consumer-oriented > company, but as we all know, the more frequently accessibility is raised to > developers, the more likely they are to want to do something about it. You > have to create an account to post on the blog, but all you need to do that > is an email and password, so it's very easy to sign up. I titled my blog > post something very straight-forward, like "accessibility of the Mobile > app", or something like that, and it's under the section "Help with Nest." > So anyway, if you're so inclined, you might add your voice to the call for > accessibility. > Cheers, > Donna > > -- > 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.
