I an a scientist with low vision (20/200 with correction in both eyes and partial color blindness due to a form of congenital macular degeneration called blue cone monochromatism). Just this week, I looked into the possibility of switching to an iPhone, only to figure out that it’s a bit of a pain with low vision.

However, the helper in the Apple store did show me that the iPhone 3G has accessibility features like Mac OS X – you can zoom and invert the colors. More could be done, though… and I place high hopes on individual developers.

I think that having a regular award for apps with good accessibility would be very valuable. Most importantly, to bring these apps to the attention of low vision users. The awards might also bring the issue more to the attention of some developers.

Thanks a lot for your post

- Bill