‘iPhone’ Archives

In the seventh episode of the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast, knights Cara Quinn, Eric Troup, Darcy Burnard, Holly Anderson, Steve Sawczyn, and Josh de Lioncourt discuss Apple’s big event to introduce the iPad slate computing device, its accessibility, speculation on how VoiceOver may differ from the iPhone, and what we think it means for the [...]

After years of rumors, speculation, and legend, Apple has finally lifted the veil over its slate, (or tablet in you prefer), computing device. It’s called iPad, and it’s quite impressive.
The iPad runs an expanded version of the iPhone OS, and therefore includes the VoiceOver screen reader, according to its product page. It looks similar to [...]

Did you know…
…you can copy an SMS message to the clipboard with VoiceOver. Simply touch the message in the list, whether it is a message you sent or received in a conversation, then use the VoiceOver rotor to choose "Edit". You will have one option if you flick up or down, which is "Copy". [...]

Skype, the popular VOIP client used by a vast number of visually impaired computer users, has been available on the iPhone and iPod touch for quite some time, but contained an inaccessible contacts list, rendering the app virtually useless. Skype has recently addressed this problem, and the application is now very accessible for both [...]

After the usual year-end lull in news, things are revving up again in the Mac-cessibility world. Earlier today, Apple sent out official invitations to an event Apple is presenting at 10 a.m. PST on 27/January/2010 in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco.
The invitations offer an opportunity to see Apple’s "latest [...]

Have you ever wished you could pause an app download on your iPhone or iPod Touch? Well guess what! You can!…
Simply locate the app that is being downloaded (whether it is waiting or loading) and double tap it. The message ‘paused’ will then be spoken after the app name, and the download will be paused.
To [...]

Hot on the heels of the AppleTV update, Apple has released iTunes 9.0.2. The release notes state that this version includes support for AppleTV software version 3.0, adds the option of a dark background for Grid View, and improves support for accessibility.
The accessibility enhancements, aside from the darker background for the grid view, are not [...]

Today, Apple Inc. announced the release of the AppleTV software version 3.0.
The new features include a totally redesigned and simplified interface, support for iTunes LP and iTunes Extras, and more.
Of interest to VoiceOver users is the note that the AppleTV can be controlled via the free Remote app for iPhone and iPod touch, which is [...]

When the iPhone 3GS began offering VoiceOver support in June, visually impaired users were impressed by the number of applications which were already accessible on the platform.
Unfortunately, a few apps have received substantial updates in the interim which have made them inaccessible. Some developers have begun addressing accessibility issues, like FaceBook, while others such as [...]

Canadian Television (CTV) is reporting a story that a visually impaired customer was told by a Rogers Communications representative that he would need to pay an additional charge for the iPhone’s VoiceOver functionality, which in reality is included free on every iPhone 3GS.
Rogers Communications Inc. has held the exclusive rights to sell the iPhone in [...]

Recently, Fring, a popular service for consolidating various chat and social networking services, updated their iPhone/iPod touch application to version 2, which proved to have some accessibility problems with VoiceOver. In a blog post, they acknowledge the problem and are now offering the previous version as a separate app in the AppStore, meant to service [...]

In the latest installment of the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast, "Coo Coo for CocoaTouch!", our knights of the round table discuss the recent updates to Mac OS X, the iPhone OS, and iTunes, as well as the iPod touch, the AFB iPhone review, the NFB’s "second look" at VoiceOver, Josh’s cursor tracking experiment on the [...]