Hi Sinead,
Good idea to have a meeting. Any time that is suitable for yourself
and Kathy is suitable for me.
Although my baseline has always been that I cannot (as a vip) access
Bus Éireann's timetable information; and the inaccessibility of the
app and website has been a detailed description of this
inaccessibility rather than an object in itself, I realise the means
of access is an essential point.
To this end, I have found several completely accessible
a). websites of bus companies including accessible timetables
and
b). bus apps (including timetable accessibility) that are reliably
reported as being completely accessible to Voiceover. NB: being in
Ireland, it is not practicable to download apps meant specifically for
other countries - each country having its own individual app store. I
would have to log into the UK app store (for instance), and there's no
guarantee that I could get back into the Irish one easily.
Mark was also giving me "legal advice" that the case didn't stand much
chance, and that I'd be better off starting a campaign on social media
to try to embarrasse the bus company into making its services
accessible. I respectfully completely disagree with this outlook.
If Mark is back on board, one thing he might be able to do is to
download the Buschecker app (completely accessible app (including
timetables) for all buses in London), and a similar app for Lothian
(Scotland) - details to be forwarded by me, but can be easily found in
UK by entering the relevant words into the Search box of the AppStore.
It might be worth trying to contact the developers of busChecker to
see if they'd testify as to how they found it practicable to make
their bus app completely accessible to people with a visual
impairment.
It seems to me that perspectives are falling between two stools: the
legal not realising the access realities of apps, and the tech experts
not realising the legal imperative for equal accessibility of
services. In other words, the legal eye might see the situation as
being overly complex (a misperception imo), and the tech people might
be inclined to see people looking for rights as "trouble-makers" (also
a mis-erception).
I am an expert in neither, but have a unique vantage-point on both.
as ever, many thanks and regards for your work. I will never take the
value of your legal expertise and representation for granted.
Robbie
On 9/16/16, Martin Trodden <martintrodden@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi christina ios 10 is compatible with the iphone 5S however it might be==========================================================The vip_students
wise to wait for ios 10.0.1 to give apple time to iron out any bugs
Sent from my iPhone
On 16 Sep 2016, at 15:08, Christina McCarthy <mccarc15@xxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,
Hope everyone is having a good Friday!
With all this talk about iOS 10, I'm tempted to upgrade, but I have an
iPhone 5S, and am wondering if it's too old? Does anyone else have
this particular phone and if so, have yu updated?
Thanks,
Christina
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