they are still breaking the law. ----- Original Message ----- From: "louie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 2:53 PM Subject: Re: Microsoft Office 08 not accessible
So bad so sad. O well. On Jan 18, 2008, at 11:48 AM, Greg Kearney wrote: > For those of you who favor a Machiavellian explanations for > Microsoft making Office 08 not accessible with VoiceOver try out > this which came across my email today. > > The reason Microsoft Office 08 for mac is not accessible with > VoiceOver is to protect the Windows screen reader market. Face it > one of the major applications that schools, government and > businesses buy screen readers to work with is Office and if the Mac > version of Office were usable with VoiceOver schools, government and > businesses could just buy a Mac and Office and be done with it. This > would weaken the Windows screen reader market which Microsoft need > to be able to sell to government accounts. > > Greg Kearney > 535 S. Jackson St. > Casper, Wyoming 82601 > 307-224-4022 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
