Just a very quick point: my arguments affirmed by the fact that even now you and others have to admit that you were over-exuberant about the prospects of iTunes being accessible. It is not. Are we about to repeat the same behavior toward the iPhone? I see this as a pattern on this board, excitement with a categorical dismissal of healthy skepticism, followed by disappointment.
Abdul -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Josh de Lioncourt Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 8:38 PM To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by the blind Subject: Re: Contact Apple: VO and iPhone And, let me emphasize once more, I have no sight whatsoever. Touch sensitive devices can be made more accessible, is my point. People act as if the very fact something is touch sensitive makes it inherently unuseable by the blind, i.e. click wheels. Your arguments can be applied to any electronic device that does not speak out of the box. It's all the same things people said about Windows. A GUI was never going to be usable by the blind, people said. And so they clung to DOS. And look where we are now? Abdul Kamara wrote: >>> Touch sensitive devices do not equal inaccessibility, folks. *smile* >>> > > True, but it is congruous. Which is to say that at the very least, they > aren't necessarily accessible either, nor are they for the most part. Few > can be made fully accessible. And most issues of accessibility can be > mitigated through partial sight. > > Abdul > > > > > >
