Gregory's Server@kitten_tech I use an iPhone, and I use the screen reader on it called voiceover. It’s a really good experience using it.
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 @JamesHeady ...seek to care about this stuff, saying "Oh it's only 0.2% of users" or the like, and I want to know just what the effects of that attitude are like on the other side of the screen...) @kitten_tech When I take my iPhone out of the box when I get a new one, I hold down the power button until it turns on, then I press it three times which activates Voice Over. Once it’s all set up with the stuff transferred to it from my old iPhone, I connect my blue tooth keyboard to it and that’s how I type. I agree, that tech companies need to do more to include disabled people and blind people in making this stuff more accessible for us. Apple fortunately does a good job with this. |
@JamesHeady an iPhone! Interesting, how do you do text entry on that? I would presume the normal touchscreen keyboard is completely useless if you can't see the "keys". If a factory fresh new iPhone was handed to you, can all these accessibility features be turned on by a blind person from the initial setup process, or do you need a sighted person to set it up? (I'm asking because I work in software, albeit not in frontend development, but it worries me how little many in the industry...