Lorenz43

Q: Call to newpaper and Magazine editors

Dear editors

 

It's a real joy to see more and more of your publications appearing in an electroinc format on Apples newsstand app.

For people like me with a really low vison this reopens the world - literally.

But: The way you offer your content does not allow me to use the pinch zoom or the text-to-speack feature both built into iOS. So I have to read your content with the "Zoom all" feature. As I need a pretty big zoom factor the reading gets difficult and I more often don't read the article in the end.

So please put some extra effort in the formating and allow some more acessibility features. In the end this will bring you more subscribers from a buyers segment that you normally did not reach at all (Your marketing unit calls this the "long tail".) Or put otherwise put: I would gladly subscribe to a couple of products if their electronnic version is in a format where I can see or hear something.

 

Yours sincerely

Lorenz (at 10% of the so called normal vision)

iPad (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iOS 5.1.1

Posted on Jan 18, 2014 2:07 PM

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  • by TJBUSMC1973,

    TJBUSMC1973 TJBUSMC1973 Jan 19, 2014 7:20 AM in response to Lorenz43
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    Jan 19, 2014 7:20 AM in response to Lorenz43

    Okay, first off, this is a user-to-user technical forum.  Apple does not read these posts.  Nor, would I imagine, do Newspaper or Magazine Editors (although they might, never know).

     

    Your 'feedback' is best directed to those individuals at their own websites/mailing addresses.  This post has about the same amount of chance as getting to the right people as if you were standing on the street corner, talking out loud to passersby.

     

    I recommend contacting those editors directly, using their websites or addresses, instead of here.

  • by Lorenz43,

    Lorenz43 Lorenz43 Jan 19, 2014 7:49 AM in response to TJBUSMC1973
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    Jan 19, 2014 7:49 AM in response to TJBUSMC1973

    Hi

    Tahnks for your thoughts. I am perfectly aware of both facts you mention.

    However: I am not so sure that Apple does not read (or datamine) these posts, I would in their place. They just do not reply. And maybe some user who is reading this turns into an editor later ...

    Oh, and the individula editors got the same message for sure.

     

    :-)

    Lorenz