OO, wouldn't that be nice; gee, they could play with the big boyz like Yahoo, whose had one for years. Ah, but Apple is like Google: "we're too good - we don't need an accessibility person". When they keep loosing out on gov contracts, state contracts like state schools and junior colleges, etc because of their lack of accessibility, maybe they will get it. I won't hold my breath though...
Pardon me for venting... -- Rich ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Kearney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by the blind" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 11:16 AM Subject: Re: Requesting accessible programs 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] > -- > 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 > >
