Most of the programs I use that are not Macintosh ones are written by
individual programmers or very small companies. I think that most of
the time, when programs like these are not accessible it is because
the programmers are not aware that it is possible or don't think it
is economical.
It seems to me that we have an opportunity to solve this by educating
people. I think that if we get some information, like how many people
with a disability use Os X computers... and put together resources
that point the programmers at the information about making their
software accessible. It seems to me that we have a chance to make a
difference. It might even be possible to make a list of users with
disabilities who are willing to do beta testing of accessibility, and
of experienced programmers like some on this list (hi David!) who may
be willing to give advice to programmers who need a hand with
accessibility features.
I imagine getting the information out via a widely advertised website
and by making available a skeleton of a letter that users could adapt
to email to developers of programs that they would like to use but
can't because of accessibility problems.
Has this been done before?
r
[Please excuse mistakes/brevity, typed via on-screen keyboard due to
disability]
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Ricky Buchanan * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://notdoneliving.net/
The people of the machine not only reduce everything to mathematics,
but they also leave important sums out of the equations. -- DJN
