It has been pointed out to me that an effort to convince the iPhone developer community to embrace accessible design may have more fruitful approaches. Specifically, I have been told that it would be more effective to lobby Apple as well as individual app developers.
I have already started lobbying Apple. They have an accessibility page for their products and make available a contact point on these issues. I regularly send my thoughts to them. Usually, they reply that my message has been forwarded to someone, but that is as far as it gets. Hopefully, Apple will set up some accessibility guidelines for thier iPhne Develepor Connection site.
I am reviewing each and every app I think I can use on my blog. As I review each app, I post the review to the App Store and forward it to the developers when possible. Some have been responsive, others not.
I know that Apple has consulted with some of the national organizations for the blind. The focus there tends to be on issues relating to the profoundly blind. Text-to-speech and other non-visual interfaces are the focus of those talks. The issues I am trying to raise affect those of us with functional vision between 20/40 and 20/400. Perhaps this quest is quixotic.
What I would like to see is that landscape mode and zoom be enabled by default in each and every app and mobile web site. I think this ought to be simple, but I can’t find the person who could make this happen. In addition, when feasible, scalable fonts and alternate color schemes ought to be offered. I see this as less likely as it requires more thought and design work.
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