[Diabetes-talk] Pocket Pal

Mike Freeman k7uij at panix.com
Fri Feb 7 16:39:46 UTC 2014


Yeah ... but you didn't miss anything. Fleksy VO somehow didn't paste my
message into Mail. But I said the same thing in another message. (grin)

Let's hear it for technology!

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
rshelton1 at gmail.com
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 8:22 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Pocket Pal

Looks like you shot a blank.

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 7, 2014, at 9:02 AM, Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> Mike Freeman
> sent from my iPhone
> 
> 
>> 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. 
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