Have a look at this starting thread. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 6:46 AM Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Apple Announces I-pod Accessibility
ITunes 8.0 is totally accessible on the Mac. Microsoft has been in visible accessibility for the blind far longer than apple and none of their apps are accessible yet and they didn't even make microsoft office 2008 for osx accessible even though they said they were going to in a public announcement. Oh, I forgot, it's accessible, just not for the blind. Lest hords of people write and say: "I use microsoft ofice on my computer", try it without JAWS or window eyes. Try it with narrator. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Chaltain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 3:39 AM Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Apple Announces I-pod Accessibility Hey, thanks for the URL! Just to clarify though, the accessibility of the iPod doesn't have anything to do with Window-Eyes. If you have an iPod Nano and iTunes version 8 then you can have tiny audio files based on your system's voice settings sent to the iPod giving you a talking menus structure. Note that I haven't done this myself; I'm just going on what I read on this web site you provided. Also, although Apple claims this is unique, note that Rockbox has been doing this for years on the MP3 players it supports. Separately, I did see on the same web site that the latest Window-Eyes beta does give you access to iTunes 8, so they are somewhat related stories. As an editorial, I'll just say that although I laud Apple for this work and other efforts they've made with regards to accessibility, IMHO, they aren't the altruistic company their PR would lead you to believe. If they were, it wouldn't have taken this long for iTunes and the iPod Nano to be accessible. Furthermore, the iPhone would have been accessible when it was launched. So although I think Apple should be praised for this work, and this work should be encouraged, I'd caution the blind community in heaping so much praise on Apple that they don't realize that there's still more to do. ted chittenden wrote: > Hi to all. > > The website below came to me from another listserv. Apparently, Apple's > I-pod is now compatible with Window-eyes. > > http://www.lioncourt.com/ > > Ted Chittenden > > > VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. > Archived on the World Wide Web at > http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html > Signoff: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- Christopher [EMAIL PROTECTED] VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. Archived on the World Wide Web at http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html Signoff: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. Archived on the World Wide Web at http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html Signoff: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
