On 9/16/06, Harry Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
For political reasons alone it would seem to be in Apple's best interest to not only make iTune accessible, but also useable by VO.
Except that politics is a small motivator for a commercial interests. The iTunes related announcements this week were all about selling stuff, mostly to brand new customers. VoiceOver users are an untapped market too, but small potatoes compared to the potential revenue to be generated by $15 movie downloads. It all comes down to money. That is why the 508 regulations are civil rights statutes. One cannot depend on private enterprise to do the right thing unless it forced upon them as a basic cost of doing business. I would also point that in the Leopard Sneak Peak, only two features are actually quote new unquote, that is Time Machine and Spaces. Of course, neither backing up nor multiple desktops are exactly novel ideas! We should be so lucky to have Universal Access improve as much as Mail or iChat or Spotlight or Dashboard.
