In this approximately 30-minute podcast, I demonstrate the foursquare iPhone app and describe opportunities for improving its accessibility to blind users who rely on Apple’s built-in VoiceOver screen reader.
The popular Foursquare iPhone app used all over the world to check into and learn about new places is usable by blind people, but it’s accessibility could be significantly improved by the developers.
A new topic was posted Tuesday on Foursquare’s Get Satisfaction forum asking for labeled buttons, fields and other controls to reduce confusion and make the iPhone app easier to use for blind people who rely on Apple’s built-in VoiceOver screen reader.
This article is a copy of my letter to Cronkite School Dean Christopher Callahan about the need for accessibility. Finish Reading Letter to Cronkite School Dean Christopher Callahan About the Need for Accessibility
This is an opinion piece by guest writer Michael Hansen describing his view that Apple needs to provide refunds for inaccessible apps purchased in the iTunes Store. Finish Reading Apple Needs to Refund VoiceOver Users for Inaccessible Apps
This article discusses the possibility of creating a case management system for accessibility advocacy work in the blind community. Finish Reading Proposed Accessibility Advocacy Tracking System: Ideas Wanted
Are you a blind person who has lost your job due to blatant discrimination or inaccessible technology? If so, we want to hear from you! In a Sept. 30 press release, President Obama said he proclaims October National Disability Employment Awareness Month. “Fair access to employment is a fundamental right of every American, including the… Finish Reading Seeking Blind People Tossed Out of Their Jobs by Discrimination, Inaccessible Technology
A reader shared with me her thoughts on the term “accessibility evangelism” as a description of the work I do to promote equal opportunity for the blind through access to information and technology. I have honored her request to remain anonymous. I don’t like the term evangelism because of the connotation. By definition, evangelism is associated… Finish Reading Thought Provoker: Accessibility Evangelism or Something Else?
We are happy to report that a 2001 accessibility lawsuit brought against SAP and the state of Arkansas by the National Federation of the Blind has now been settled in favor of the state’s blind employees, who will be granted full accessibility to the state’s ERP system by August of 2009. Read the blog post… Finish Reading The State of Arkansas and SAP A.G. Settle Lawsuit, Make the Accessible Choice!
Hello Everyone, As an accessibility evangelist, of course, I disagree with any and all those who frequently make statements emphasizing our "smallness" and insignificance in the world at large as a means to justify doing little or nothing about accessibility challenges. Yes. We are very tiny in number in comparison with the rest of the… Finish Reading Accessibility Evangelism and Unfortunate News From America Online (AOL) Radio
May 25, 2008 Dear Mr. Pogue, It is really disappointing to see blind people mentioned categorically in a negative light through your article entitled Can e-Publishing Overcome Copyright Concerns? in the New York Times. Unless there have been piracy convictions in a court of law, you have no absolute proof that those two blind people… Finish Reading Response to David Pogue: Are Efforts to Acquire Accessibility by the Blind Being Lumped in with Piracy?