I sincerely wish this app was as wonderful as the community where I live and that its developers were as committed to inclusion and accessibility as Redwood seems to be… at least this has been my experience. Please ensure your app and accompanying online portal are accessible and WCAG compliant. They are not currently. Want a beta tester before you make updates live? I’m happy to help! Currently voiceover users on iOS must turn on screen recognition in order to get through the process of emailing one time passwords. Then, once you receive the email and attempt to enter the code you are sent in the app, you cannot do so because the fields for each digit do not show. This blocks me as a resident from accessing my portal. This is quite honestly a horrible experience. Also, if it weren’t for the awesome neighborhood manager at my community, and Redwood corporate’s commitment to customer service, I’d probably not be a Redwood resident because there were parts of the lease signing and general application process that I needed to get assistance from my now neighborhood manager to complete. Please do better! Again, as a totally blind redwood resident and long-time iPhone user experienced in digital accessibility and compliance, I’m more than willing to assist in testing the app and website before updates go live. I do recognize that often the ball gets dropped in the development process; and that things may easily get missed when sighted people test using technology and systems that they are unfamiliar with. Please understand that accessibility with voiceover is not an option or a feature request; but something to be baked in and implemented as part of the development process for the app. Let’s work together to ensure that all redwood residents regardless of ability may enjoy full access to their Redwood resident portal regardless of how they’re accessing it.
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