[Diabetes-talk] Pocket Pal

[Mike Freeman]

Mike Freeman
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> On Feb 7, 2014, at 6:45, "Robert Shelton" <rshelton1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> You folks know that it is possible to label buttons yourself.  It, of
> course, would require sighted help, and you'd probably need to do it every
> time the app gets updated, but still something to consider.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Mike Freeman
> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 10:05 PM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Pocket Pal
> 
> the principal problem with the app is unlabeled buttons. However, when one
> brings up the documentation, voiceOver can't see it -- to a VO user, it just
> looks like a blank screen. So the app developers are going to have to learn
> a bit about the VO API.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Sandi
> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 7:56 PM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Pocket Pal
> 
> That is truly awesome!  That's right--the discussion was that lots of the
> buttons weren't labeled, wasn't it?  So getting in touch with them is a good
> idea.
> 
> Sandi
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Mike Freeman
> Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2014 9:51 PM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Pocket Pal
> 
Yes. However, the documentation is not accessible, that is, VoiceOver can't read it.