Funny, I don't watch much tv if any, but my wife and kid sure do and
I don't recall them ever mentioning any Apple commercials. Maybe they
don't show them around here.grin
Scott
On Apr 4, 2006, at 1:17 PM, John Panarese wrote:
One thing here. There have been television advertisements for
Macs. A
bunch of them, actually. Yes, iPod has been their focus, but they
do push
their computers.
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Subject: Re: future voiceover development
Future developments Couple comments here.
Advertising.
Have you seen any commercials for an Apple computer in the last 3
years? I'll tell you the answer. It's no. All marketing and
advertising
is focused on iPod. It has been for 3 years! As an apple devotee,
it seems
to be working. They have probably sold more iPods than they ever
have of
computers!
Philosophy.
You shouldn't have to advertise accessibility since all computers
should be accessible for free. And with no advertising help, Voice
Over is
probably already the most widely available screen reader in the world.
Since every machine with 10.4 in the world has it! You can walk
into any
Apple store in the world, turn on voice over on a demo machine and get
necessary info.... not to mention schools, and lord knows
Libraries should
be on that bus as well! When was the last time you walked into a
Public
building and had instant access to any machine available for public
use?
It's a brave new world out there folks!
Conferences.
I was at CSUN. I was that guy in front of the room trying to cram a
full day tutorial on VoiceOver into 2 hours, and in one sad instance
1 hour! But it was fun all the same. NFB & ACB should be on the
list. I
will take word to the Apple folks I know because I want to get
there to show
this stuff off! For future reference for folks who don't know
CSUN, is
actually C S U N (California State University
Norridge) conference.
Future.
Keep your eyes open and help those programmers at Apple get it
right! Use that option in the Application menu for reporting bugs or
providing feedback often and accurately! It's the only way
VoiceOver will
get perfect.
Your Friend,
Sean Tikkun
