Cheryl et al -- Nobody said we should 'blast' apple, at least I
didn't get that impression, and I never said that. But as you said,
complaints. Don't confuse a valid complaint with a 'blast'.
We need to let Steve Jobs KNOW we are here and what needs to be done.
We need to encourage development and serious development on access
for Mac OS. All that effort is in support of apple, not a blast. I am
a Mac user. Not only that I worked full time in the Mac industry as I
eluded to previously. I am not pessimistic, but realistic.
Development on accessibility within apple is NOT a priority. I'd like
to encourage apple to consider it as valid as any other core OS
technology. As valid as network, or display support. And encourage
apple to see that a truly advanced access technology, both
magnification and speech can be of value to even those who are not
disabled.
Burying one's head in the sand and ignoring the state of present
development will not help us, and is not positive. Oh if we are good
and keep our mouths shut apple will take care of is someday. Bunk.
On Sep 22, 2006, at 10:07 AM, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
I totally disagree with the tone of the message to which David
objected; I don't think there's anything to be gained by blasting
apple and blasting vo users. However, I totally agree that the
excuses offered for not having iTunes accessible after a year and a
half of vo are not at all valid. I also think the idea that we
should just script it ourselves is ridiculous. While perhaps some
on the list would have the ability to do this, there's no reason
why we should be obligated to hush our complaints about this and
just do our own workarounds. I have no idea what apple and iTunes
developers are thinking, but certainly the glaring inaccessibility
of such a popular application doesn't work in their favor.
- JD -
John Denning
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A+ MCSA MCSE
And glad to be a Mac snob again!
Roswell, GA
