Hi Richie,
Best of luck to you. I personally think that is a fantastic
situation for you, and one in which you can truly help the
progression of Mac awareness and market share.
It's just a matter of time before DVR and other similar agencies
will not have a justification to ignore the Mac. As accessibility
grows, it will not be able to be ignored. The Braille display use,
one of those improvements to VO I alluded to in a prior message,
shatters that particular criticism of VO. From my understanding,
Apple often does not reveal a good 75 percent of what is to come in a
release, so who knows what else we shall find in VO with Leopard
As for the NFB, I don't know what the word is on Leopard.
Perhaps, we have folks on the NFB list or who are members who can
post on this subject here. All I can tell you was the reception to
VO last year pretty much bordered hostility in some cases.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
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On Sep 7, 2006, at 10:08 PM, Richard Gardenhire wrote:
John, I have debated with our local Anchorage office of Division of
Vocational rehabilitation (DVR) and they keep telling me it's up to
the center's executive director, what sort of curriculum they set
up. I went to the Alaska Mac Store and applied for a job there,
and I will begin working there in two weeks. One of the things
they want to do is have me work with blind and visually-impaired
customers with voiceOver, since I'm only one of about four Mac
users in the entire state who is blind. The store is really
looking forward to gaining that marketshare, and when I told my
boss about Leopard's support for braille displays, she was excited
about getting that marketshare statewide. She is shocked that DVR
doesn't put more pressure on the center to include VoiceOver in
their curriculum. And speaking of NFB, how are they receiving the
VoiceOver revolution? Richie Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska.
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