[nfbcs] How The Blind Are Re-Inventing the iPhone

[Rasmussen, Lloyd]

I have heard this stated in a different way on the Program-L listserv.  Some knowledgeable people are saying that they can create code for iOS devices, but that they need significant help in creating the GUI that exposes that code.  Nothing new about that.

Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Project Engineer
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress   202-707-0535
http://www.loc.gov/nls
The preceding opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Library of Congress, NLS.


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From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nicole B. Torcolini at Home
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 11:40 PM
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You hit the nail on the head. Last Fall, Apple released a new version of their coding environment that used a new way of building the application. 
Although there is a different, more accessible way of building, the most used and the one that is taught in courses is the inaccessible way. I ended up having to drop the iPhone programming class because of the inaccessibility of the coding environment.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] How The Blind Are Re-Inventing the iPhone


> The problem is that, for the most part, I understand that the app
> development platforms aren't truly accessible. I could be wrong here,
> however, but that's what I've been told.
>
> Mike