That's not an easy question to answer other than to say that it
depends on what you desire to do. We have people doing podcasts on
all areas of Mac accessibility, there is www.lioncourt.com and www.screenlessswitchers.com
and still others who are doing their best to demonstrate and
promote Mac accessibility to agencies, organizations and individuals.
I would just not allow any discussion you might read or witness ignore
or unfairly distort the Mac and VoiceOver. Knowledge is power and as
this is a grass roots kind of movement, every user who cares or who
has an interest in the Mac can easily be a part of spreading the
proverbial word. Even just making a suggestion to a friend to try a
Mac can go a Long way towards countering the myths, negativity and
outright lies we all have come across about the Mac.
Take Care
John Panarese
On May 21, 2008, at 3:47 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote:
This might sound like a stupid question and maybe it is too, but
what should we do to defend our product, so to speak, in a good way?
Please understand that i'm not ironic here, i just want to know so
that i can have good arguments when going out and talking about the
Mac.
/Krister
21 maj 2008 kl. 19.35 skrev John Panarese:
Comments from AFB or any other blindness organization that
reflect negatively on Apple and VoiceOver do not surprise me and
should not surprise anyone. There is serious special interest in
what is realistically a small market. If more and more folks start
looking at the Mac and, in turn, make the switch to the Mac,
companies like GW Micro and Freedom Scientific do have a lot to
lose. I don't believe at all that Windows will or should go
entirely away, and I also feel Window-Eyes is the screen reader
choice for that platform. The thing is, as the Mac does become
more and more popular and as accessibility continues to diversify
and increase, one should expect the reviews and comments from
special interest groups in the Windows' corner to become more
shrill and vitrialic in their tone and manner. Folks,
unfortunately, it is going to be up to us, as well as Apple, to
make sure the honest truth about the Mac and accessibility is
presented to the blindness community because we can't expect that
to occur from the organizations that supposedly represent our best
interests as consumers.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
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On May 21, 2008, at 12:17 AM, VaShaun Jones wrote:
It's going to blow up, but it's not going to be in Apple's face.
Apple is the future of accessibility. They want the whole market.
On May 20, 2008, at 10:41 PM, Greg Kearney wrote:
Well I will speculate they are being supported by Freedom
Scientific and GWMicro. The AFB review told me to my face before
he ever wrote the review of VoiceOver that, "I'll see to it that
this [VoiceOver] blows up in Apple face."
Greg Kearney
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Casper, Wyoming 82601
307-224-4022
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On May 20, 2008, at 8:31 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote:
Same ol' same ol' from the AFB folks. I will not speculate as to
whose pocket they're in.
