Eleanor, apology accepted. It was my initial mistake after all, and
again, sorry for the inconvenience to anyone else too.
Jackie, Bus Éireann actually removed its app from the app-store
earlier this year. They claim that they had fallen out with the
developers back in 2012, so the app may not even have been updated
since then.
This wouldn't be half so bad if its website was fully accessible, but
if you try to access timetables on its website (using Voiceover
anyway), you have little or no chance of success.
I'd be interested to hear how people can navigate it using Jaws
www.buseireann.ie
Regards,
Robbie
On 9/19/16, Jackie McBrearty <teambanglesltd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hey Eleanor==========================================================The vip_students
I had also read the email that was sent in error before i picked up the
other one saying to disregard the first message.
however, i would like to see an accessible bus eireann app, so if i can
offer any assistance in contacting people i'd be glad to help. I won't even
ring a station have to ask my sister to look at her bus eireann app.
yours
Jackie
Sent from Jackie's iPhone
On 19 Sep 2016, at 10:38 a.m., Eleanor burke
<eleanormarthaburke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
please accept my apology as the email I responded to had arrived in my
inbox prior to a second email in relation to the same subject.
On 19 Sep 2016, at 10:23, RobbieS <robbiesin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Firstly Eleanor,
I'm disappointed in your bad etiquette of instead of ignoring and
deleting an email obviously sent in error (as requested), you draw
attention to it.
On the bus app issue itself:
Congratulations on your prowess on being able to easily change from
irish to UK app-stores and back again...we're not all equally gifted
in such matters.
The essential point is that where our sighted counter-part can collect
a printed timetable - note the word timetable - but 'schedule' can
also be used - a blind person can only access the same information by
dialling an 1850 number costing 36c per minute (with regular
time-waiting of ten minutes a go).
Neither the MoveIt app, the JourneyPlanner app, nor the RealTime app
have timetables or schedules. So, for instance, if you want to find
out what times on Friday evening the bus is heading from Busarus to
Sligo next Friday, and what times on Sunday you can head back, you
cannot do this using apps as currently designed.
Your sighted counterpart can do this.
Robbie
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