Well said. Once my second pod cast is posted on blind cool tech, you will
find that I challenge that access world article directly and actually ask
the author of that article to state what it is he can't access.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darcy Burnard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 1:27 AM
Subject: Re: Adobe accessibility
Hmmm, wonder if Mr. Kirkpatrick has been reading a little too much access
world.
Seriously though, who gets to decide if a product is mature or not? I've
been a Mac user for two years now, in in the last year, I bet I could
count on my fingers the number of times I've turned on my windows
machine.
This is a cop out in my opinion. They can keep saying this indefinitely.
Darcy, who now has something more to talk about on Screenless Switchers
tomorrow.
On 9-Jun-08, at 11:12 PM, Greg Kearney wrote:
Got this back from Adobe. Not sure how to reply perhaps the user
community could give Mr. Kirkpatrick an education.
Greg Kearney
535 S. Jackson St.
Casper, Wyoming 82601
307-224-4022
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Begin forwarded message:
From: "Andrew Kirkpatrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: June 9, 2008 8:09:29 PM MDT
To: "Greg Kearney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: Adobe accessibility
Greg,
Tried to chat with you from your site. Unfortunately, VoiceOver is not
ready for real use as a tool for blind users to gain access to many
applications and access to HTML content with VO is hardly mature. As a
result, we have not focused on supporting the Mac accessibility API in
the Flash player yet.
The Australian law doesn't require cross-platform accessibility,
particularly when there is no mature tool on one of the platforms in
question, resulting in no users requiring screen reader access in that
environment.
AWK
Lloyd Rasmussen at the Library of Congress suggested I communicate
with you concerning accessbility of Flash content with in the
Macintosh environment with VoiceOver.
Later this month I will be traveling to Australia where I will be
working on accessible websites. Australian law requires that web sites
be accessible. I have been unable to interact with any Flash based
content with VoiceOver on a Mac.
I am wondering if this is an issue that is being addressed or not as I
will need to advise my clients as to the legal use of Flash content.
Thank you for your time.
Greg Kearney
535 S. Jackson St.
Casper, Wyoming 82601
307-224-4022
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