[NFBCS] Duolingo

Sun Aug 4 16:14:40 UTC 2019

Hi Louis.
According to Applevis, the developer web address is 
duolingo.com/#/info
Not sure if that's helpful or not.
On Applevis, language apps are listed under IOS app directory, Education
category.  
I've looked at them from time to time, but they all sound problematic.  
And a frequent problem with IOS apps is that one version may be usable, and
the next not.  One would hope things would always move from inaccessible to
accessible, but that is not always so.
Tracy

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Hello Tracy,

I am doing the exercises, in windows, on the Duolingo web site
"https://www.duolingo.com/".

I have not found any developer contact information on this site.  

I have not found any references to the developers on the AppleVis site.  I
am still learning the AppleVis site.

Regards
Louis Maher
Phone: 713-444-7838
E-mail ljmaher03 at outlook.com

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Judging by the one language app I won, and comments on Applevis, language
apps often fail to label things adequately for VoiceOver, among other
accessibility problems.  If you find one that works, I'd sure like to know
about it.

On Applevis, I often see a link to the developer's website.  Is that the
same website you go to to try to do the work described?  If it's something
different, maybe it has a contact link?  
I get the impression a lot of app developers are not interested in hearing
from their customers.  Maybe the only way to get through is by the Apple
rating, where you can leave comments?
Tracy

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Subject: [NFBCS] Duolingo

Hello,

I am trying to use the Duolingo
"https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.duoli
ngo.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C877b998f26d042a169f808d718e23c08%7C84df9e7f
e9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637005232255318461&sdata=XLOOa%2Fkgdm
PkmW1Pe8xdljrgi82lejCC7dhedbgMNKY%3D&reserved=0"
web site and iOS application to learn Spanish.  While I can answer the
questions on the web site, using Firefox and Windows 10, with difficulty, it
can be done.

I am unable to answer the questions using the Duolingo iOS application.  For
example, if you must translate the phrase "el hombre" into English, the
answer is "the man".  In the application, you are given several words that
are buttons.  You must hit the "the" button and the "man" button.  The
application does not recognize these two button pushes.

I have not found a way to contact the developers from the web site nor from
the application.

I have not found a clear way to ask the question on the AppleVis
https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.applevi
s.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C877b998f26d042a169f808d718e23c08%7C84df9e7fe9
f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637005232255328460&sdata=Z%2B7L1%2FQLc%
2B81rzkHPK%2BO8GYJY9myP9xVOzBnaYrPiUE%3D&reserved=0
web site.

I would appreciate any help people can give on either the iOS or website
Duolingo applications.

Regards
Louis Maher
Phone: 713-444-7838
E-mail ljmaher03 at outlook.com<mailto:ljmaher03 at outlook.com>

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