I am a certified developer with Apple and can personally say that
they are committed to this. I have never had an issue that I couldn't
as a developer get prompt attention to. My handlers at Apple are
always helpful.
You can send your comments and suggestions to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
that goes to the accessibility team at Apple.
You can also mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I will pass messages
along.
Remember that VoiceOver has non-blind users as well. dyslexics like
myself use it as well. But even with them we make up a tiny sliver of
any computer market. It is interesting that Apple seems to be held to
a much higher accessibility standard than others. Could it be that
the critics of Apple's efforts have a financial stake in sales of
screen readers for Windows?
Greg Kearney
On Apr 13, 2007, at 10:05 AM, Ari wrote:
Aren't you guys worried also though that Apple might not be that
committed to accessibility? I know they built VO, but will they
always make the effort of keeping it up to date? Are there enough
blind people buying Macs and showing Apple that it's good what
they're doing? Are there people at Apple who a person can contact
to express appreciation and encourage them to develop more
features, like an accessibility team? I'm asking since I've read
some article where the author criticises Apple on accessibility a
lot, I think the site was Blind Confidential, or something like that.
Ari
----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Kearney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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None of the third party screen reader company have the financial
backing to mount a serious legal challenge to Microsoft and I do
not think the government will either.
The day of the third party screen reader is over in five years
time they will not exist. Microsoft can not permit a situation to
exist where a competitor has built in screen readers and they do
not.
Greg
On Apr 13, 2007, at 9:42 AM, Joshue O Connor wrote:
Greg said:
I doubt that if they were to provide a screen reader they would
be in any kind of serious trouble.
I fully expect that with in a few year a screen reader will be
just a part of any OS and the third party screen readers will
just go away.
Lol :-) and then Microsoft will end up with an anti-trust case as
the
inclusion of a fully functioning screen reader will be seen as
anti-competitive and an abuse of their monopoly, a threat to
third party
vendors.
I can see the headlines now...
Josh
