anyone going to CSun?
On Jan 11, 2007, at 2:06 PM, John Panarese wrote:
Well, I hope they have a presence there. I intend to be at
CSUN showing VO on my Mac, but we need visibility.
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On Jan 11, 2007, at 10:56 AM, Greg Kearney wrote:
I would as well but at the same time I can understand why they
don't spend their ad dollars that way. If I'm going to advertise
VoiceOVer I'm going to do so in venue where I will get the most
good from that advertising like the NFB and ACB conventions.
Greg Kearney
On Jan 11, 2007, at 11:39 , John Panarese wrote:
Actually, I wish Apple would advertise VO more. Microsoft has
had plenty ofcommercials touting their accessibility access and so
forth. It is good press, after all.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
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Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc.
9 Nolan Court
Hauppauge, NY 11788
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IMPAIRED
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On Jan 11, 2007, at 10:27 AM, Greg Kearney wrote:
I had the chance to speak with some people at Apple today on the
matter of accessibility in general. Here are some assorted notes.
Apple is keenly aware of the accessibility issues. A great deal
of time and effort is going into making the applications which
ship with OSx will be accessible.
Apple has heard the requests about iTunes and is working to make
that product accessible. How iTunes is more difficult than other
programs to introduce accessibility to I do not understand but
Apple is very much aware of the need to get iTunes working with
VoiceOver.
The iPhone is so new that there are less than a dozen of them in
existence and those units could hardly be considered finished
products. Again Apple is aware for the need to make it and other
such products accessible and is working to that end. I don't know
what form that might take. I suspect that beyond a few engineers
at Apple no one does.
Steve Jobs quite understandably demoed the iPhone features and
interface that most people will be using. That does not mean that
other options such as speech or touch with voice will not be
available. Remember folks that the blind and profound dyslexics
make up a tiny sliver of the market. As much as I would like to
have Apple mention VoiceOver in their advertising I can
understand why they don't.
Greg Kearney
