Could be. I know there is a push to make sure that all the
applications that ship with OSX are compatible and that's a lot of
applications when you think about it.
I would like to add a couple other items to my list if i may
1. DAISY playback in the OS. Just as MacOS X now detects and plays
audio CDs and DVDs I would like to have the MacOS detect and play/
navigate DAISY digital talking books. These are going to be released
by the National Library Service and Recording for the Blind. DAISY
has lots of advantages over other audio book formats not the least of
which is it is an open published standard.
2. DAISY playback in iPods. Sort of goes along with the playback in
the OS. One of the problems that educators of profound dyslexic
students have is getting them to use the adaptive technology such as
DAISY. Daisy playback devices just don't look "cool" a problem solved
by having DAISY playback in iPods. DAISY also provides lots of
features that other formats do not such as navigation to chapters and
pages skippable notes. Bookmarking and so forth.
Greg Kearney
On Jan 14, 2007, at 08:14 , Access Curmudgeon wrote:
I agree that the mere specter of liability can be enough to get
corporations to do the right thing. One of my favorite Jim Thatcher
quotes is that IBM long gave lip service to disability issues, but
Section 508 made IBM take accessibility seriously.
http://www.bestkungfu.com/archive/date/2004/08/web-accessibility-
litigation/
Here's some RDF thinking for you: Why wasn't iLife 07 and iWork 07
announced at MacWorld? This is first omission of those products in at
least three years, since iWork was introduced, longer for iLife. Is
this not suspicious?
I do not think there is a literal Accessibility Evangelist as a
person, but I am hoping that perhaps the basic notion has been raised
the level of fundamental internal requirement. (This fantasy is based
entirely on Jobs mentioning voiceover at the past WWDC, I am grasping
for straws here.) Apple has a strong reputation for not releasing
products until they are ready. Maybe, just maybe, VoiceOver
compatibility is one of the things holding up this year's release of
iWork and iLife.
