Hi I won't covedr ground already covered but will say a couple of things here that may help.
The law in the us is not going to go away so as long as it does not go away, we'll have VoiceOver and improvements to it. Apple also have comitted publicly to continuing to support and improve VoiceOver. I am anticipating a large jump in users and app accessibility when the os goes pure intel. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mueller, Matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 12:01 AM Subject: RE: Mac OSX 10.5.6 and OSX Snow Leopard I would have to agree that VoiceOver certainly isn't going to be removed. One thing I do find peculiar, however, is the update path and outlook for VoiceOver. You must excuse me (and correct me as well) if I am mistaken in my facts or interpretation. I am still quite new to VoiceOver and the Mac. Version changes of Windows screen readers often bring with them a fair number of added features--ways of making parts of the GUI easier and more efficient to navigate and use. I don't see that with VoiceOver. Even with my admittedly limited use of Tiger and now Leopard I don't see many significant changes. Granted Braille support is very significant and the additional audio cues are an improvement as well. Mostly the updates seem minor and not even all that frequent. The last I remember was 10.5.2 restoring list view on the Dock. So are updates to VoiceOver really all that unique? Is it reasonable to expect more frequent updates and improvements just because it is part of the OS, and can a major update always be expected when the next OS is released, say 10.6? I suppose I see improvements in such areas being a function not of OS updates but simply Apple's commitment to accessibility and their user base. I guess my ultimate question as someone who is beginning to invest time and money in the Mac platform is simply this: What are the chances of stagnation given Apple's primary and sole focus is not providing access technology? Any thoughts on this are welcome. ________________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Babcock, Michael Alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 6:29 PM To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by the blind Subject: Re: Mac OSX 10.5.6 and OSX Snow Leopard what bought up the no voiceover topic? I might have missed something On Nov 3, 2008, at 3:26 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > Chris, please, Apple really would never shoot themselves in the foot > in this way. Hell I can't imagine any company spending that much > money on R&D to then just toss it in the trash. The other person who > responded is correct in it would be a P R nightmare as well. > VoiceOver is here to stay and I assure you that Apple has no plans > to stop development anytime soon. > > On Nov 3, 2008, at 6:19 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: > >> I hope to God that Voiceover will be a part of the new OS. If not, >> then I will unfortunately lose all respect for Apple. >> >> Chris. >> >> >> Wanna hear the best Christian material around? Anything from music >> such as southern gospel, CCM, Kid's Christian, harder edge, >> Christian rap, and more? Wanna hear good time preaching? 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To be fair, people are not usually testing VoiceOver, >>> and with hte exception of 10.5.3, it may or may not be public at >>> it's release. You should find them interesting all the same. >>> >>> http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mac-OS-X-10-5-6-9G21-Seed-Notes-Out-96638.shtml >>> >>> On 10.6 Snow Leopard, I have found only the following. >>> Currently, from what I can see, the finder window is now >>> completely written in coco. The entire OS is supposed to be >>> written in coco, so that is always good to hear. we really won't >>> know it's entirety until it is actually released, but little tid >>> bits or nice here and there. >>> >>> Take care all. >>> >>> Fonzie >> >> > > Scott Howell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Michael Babcock, owner of http://gwhosting.net Check out my blog at: http://feeds.feedburner.com/GwNetworks twitter at: http://twitter.com/creepyblindy and brightkite at: http://brightkite.com/people/creepyblindy
