Well, I believe the Apple website actually has the commercials that run on television. I don't watch much TV, but I've sure caught more than a few commercials. They had a series of them that were Windows users who switched to the Mac talking about why they did so. They also had one about the new Intel Macs recently as well running.
Take Care John D. Panarese Managing Director Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc. 9 Nolan Court Hauppauge, NY 11788 Tel/Fax, (631) 724-4479 Email, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet, http://www.tvi-web.com AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS FOR PORTSET SYSTEMS LTD, COMPSOLUTIONS VA, PREMIER ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INDEX, PAPENMEIER, REPRO-TRONICS, PULSEDATA, DUXBURY, DANCING DOTS, ROBOTRON AND OTHER PRODUCTS FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 5:43 PM To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by the blind Subject: Re: future voiceover development 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. > > > > > John D. Panarese > Managing Director > Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc. > 9 Nolan Court > Hauppauge, NY 11788 > Tel/Fax, (631) 724-4479 > Email, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Internet, http://www.tvi-web.com > > AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS FOR PORTSET SYSTEMS LTD, COMPSOLUTIONS VA, > PREMIER ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INDEX, PAPENMEIER, REPRO-TRONICS, > PULSEDATA, DUXBURY, DANCING DOTS, ROBOTRON AND OTHER PRODUCTS FOR THE > BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Richards > Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 10:41 AM > To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X > by the blind > 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 > >
