[Colorado-talk] Bustang again: app accessibility

Sun Mar 6 23:46:00 UTC 2016

None of us were able to purchase tickets through the app either. When you try to click on the purchase tickets portion, the app freezes and you have to close it.

RyanO

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> On Mar 6, 2016, at 4:37 PM, George McDermith via Colorado-talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>  Greetings all,
> 
>  Apologies for my lack of clarity. I should note the purchasing of
> tickets on the app is accessible. The schedule is indeed another
> matter entirely. I have found loading the ticket after purchase and
> scanning the phone to be straightforward as well on the bus. Of course
> you could just pay with cash as well. Thanks.
> 
>> On 3/6/16, Ryan O. via Colorado-talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Hi all:
>> 
>> After receiving George's message claiming that the Bustang app is
>> accessible, I decided to have several other people besides myself test it.
>> One of these testers was Wes Majerus, who people will remember as a former
>> CCB tech instructor.
>> 
>> Wes concurs with myself and several others that the app is, in fact, not
>> accessible. In short, he concludes that there is no way to correlate the
>> schedule times with The various locations. If tickets can be purchased right
>> on the bus, it would seem to me that the main purpose of this app would be
>> to determine the schedules. This makes it useless if it is inaccessible.
>> Might I respectfully suggest that somebody with some knowledge of coding
>> contact Bustang and/or the app developers to push for accessibility, since
>> this is a product that would be in demand by voiceover users.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> RyanO
>> 
>> http://www.conservativeblindguy.com
>> 
>>> On Feb 29, 2016, at 3:01 PM, George McDermith via Colorado-talk
>>> <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Greetings all,
>>> 
>>> I have not had the opportunity to use the web site, but have found
>>> the app on the iPhone to be quite accessible. The processing of the
>>> ticket on the bus is straightforward as well. Hope this helps.
>>> 
>>>> On 2/29/16, Zaina  Braddy via Colorado-talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> This is. Zaina Braddy . The bill that would have affected Bustang SB11
>>>> was
>>>> opposed by Legilation. I agree the website has some issues but the
>>>> service
>>>> is greatly appreciated.
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>>> On Feb 29, 2016, at 7:39 AM, Scott C. Labarre via Colorado-talk
>>>>> <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hmmm, we will need to take that up with them.  As far as the service, I
>>>>> think it works quite well and it has been in high demand.
>>>>> Nevertheless,
>>>>> there are some in the legislature who wish to eliminate it already.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Scott
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Colorado-talk [mailto:colorado-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>>>>> Of
>>>>> Ryan O. via Colorado-talk
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2016 9:38 PM
>>>>> To: NFB of Colorado Discussion List <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Cc: Ryan O. <rryano218 at gmail.com>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Colorado-talk] Bustang
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dan, I did install the iOS app and created an account. The app is very
>>>>> disappointing. Not very accessible.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> RyanO
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://www.conservativeblindguy.com
>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Feb 28, 2016, at 8:42 AM, Dan Burke via Colorado-talk
>>>>>> <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Ryan,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I've not bought tickets online.  I've taken Bustang a couple of times
>>>>>> going north, and never had any trouble getting tickets on the bus.  I
>>>>>> suspect the C-Springs route is a little more densely packed.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> There's an iOS app as well, but it requires setting up an account
>>>>>> also, and I've never bothered.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Dan
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 2/27/16, Zaina  Braddy via Colorado-talk
>>>>>>> <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Feb 27, 2016, at 4:31 PM, Ryan O. via Colorado-talk
>>>>>>>> <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hi all. Has anyone ever had experience using the Bustang service?
>>>>>>>> This is the shuttle that runs regularly between Colorado Springs and
>>>>>>>> Denver. I tried to use their website a few weeks ago, but found it
>>>>>>>> mostly inaccessible. Has anyone else tried it and what was your
>>>>>>>> experience? Are there any workarounds I'm not thinking about? Any
>>>>>>>> feedback or advice would be much appreciated. Thank you.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> RyanO
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> http://www.conservativeblindguy.com
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>>>>>>>> have used both the website for best thing and also pulled the one
>>>>>>>> 800-number for busting and I have written on it three or four times
>>>>>>>> now and I haven't had an excess ability problem with the website or
>>>>>>>> pulling them up I been on there but the best from Colorado Springs
>>>>>>>> to Denver from Denver back home in Colorado Springs hopefully it's
>>>>>>>> just an issue that's just a glitch tried again hopefully it'll work
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