Campaign of the Month
Introduction
Each month we select an app that currently has accessibility issues for VoiceOver users, and ask you all to contact its developers and encourage them to improve VoiceOver support.
To make it easy for you to support our campaigns, we've created a nifty little form that will do most of the work for you. The form even includes a draft message that you can either use as it is, or edit to your own liking. When you are happy with the content of your message, simply click Submit and it will be mailed directly to the developer of the app.
The more people who support our efforts, the more likely it is that developers will take notice. So, please take just a few minutes to add your voice to our campaign.
Current Campaign: Starbucks
The subject of our current campaign is the official Starbucks app for iOS.
The current version of this app is completely inaccessible with VoiceOver. Considering Starbucks' commitment elsewhere to equality of access, including producing a line of gift cards featuring Braille print, it is extremely disappointing that their many blind and vision-impaired customers are denied access to the Starbucks app.
Features of the app include the ability to pay for your purchases via the app and to manage your Starbucks Card. If you rely on VoiceOver to interact with your iDevice, you will not be able to access these features. We would encourage you all to contact Starbucks and ask that they address this issue.
Simply complete and submit this form to add your voice to our campaign
Past Campaigns
- January 2012: Words With Friends
- December 2011: Navigon (most problems now fixed)
- November 2011: Skype
Future Campaigns
Click here if you would like to nominate an app for a future campaign.
Note: many people have nominated the Facebook app, but unfortunately there is no way of contacting Facebook by email. For now, the only way to contact them about bugs and issues is via a form on their website. Please use this to pressure for improved accessibility.