This gets back to my proposal for an Accessibility Evangelist at Apple.
Greg Kearney
On Nov 2, 2006, at 21:47 , Ricky Buchanan wrote:
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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