{"id":2555,"date":"2010-01-27T19:26:06","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T19:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=2555"},"modified":"2010-01-27T19:26:06","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T19:26:06","slug":"feeling_ignored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=2555","title":{"rendered":"Feeling Ignored"},"content":{"rendered":"

The iPad<\/a> is pretty much what I thought it would be: an oversized iPod Touch. At $500 for the cheapest model, I can see myself purchasing it for its reading capabilities alone. But I’m a little disappointed that Apple, a company noted for its commitment to accessibility<\/a> on the Mac, seems to have completely abandoned incorporating accessibility features into its portable devices. And I’m not just speaking for those of us with motor impairments; I don’t think too many people with visual impairments are going to be rushing to the local Apple Store to pick one of these up. <\/p>\n

I understand that we gimps may not be the target audience for this kind of tech, but throw us a bone, Apple. Include some rudimentary voice control or auditory feedback. Hell, I’d even settle for a vague statement that you’ll explore adding these features in the future. Right now, the iPad (and iPhone) are useless to me without human assistance. With a little ingenuity, that could change, but not without some commitment from Apple. I don’t think it’s too much to ask.<\/p>\n

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The iPad is pretty much what I thought it would be: an oversized iPod Touch. At $500 for the cheapest model, I can see myself purchasing it for its reading capabilities alone. But I’m a little disappointed that Apple, a company noted for its commitment to accessibility on the Mac, seems to have completely abandoned […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-1-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9Iwau-Fd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}