[Colorado-talk] Bustang again: app accessibility
Melissa R Green
graduate56 at juno.com
Mon Mar 7 03:35:22 UTC 2016
I just buy my tickets on the bus. That is interesting that people have had
different experiences with the app.
Warmly,
Melissa R Green and Pj
Inside every Guide dog beats the heart of a Puppy raiser, and Trainer.
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George McDermith via Colorado-talk
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2016 5:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [Colorado-talk] Bustang again: app accessibility
That's interesting, as I was able to do so without issue. I just double
checked, and everything seems to be in order. Should compare notes at some
point.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 6, 2016, at 4:46 PM, Ryan O. via Colorado-talk
<colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> 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
>
> http://www.conservativeblindguy.com
>
>> 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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>>>>>>>>> hello I 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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