Software and products are two different things. As far as software goes. it only has to be accessible if it has any dealings with the government. As in all software used or given out by the government has to be accessible. if they have no dealings with the government as in most. only the programs aware of accessibility will you find them accessible. it don't take much to make them accessible, but its not a standard practise for programmers to use assessable tools. if you want a good description of this accessibility just look at our screen readers. if the software was all accessible. there wouldn't be a need for scripts. And you can't say your country does it any better, because most of the software is from the USA, and you say below that companies there don't. so it looks like your laws don't do any more then ours do for accessibility expect pass the buck. They say the software has to be accessible and when its not they leave the fight up to the user? At 07:51 PM 5/2/2008, you wrote: >I am surprised you believe that there are no laws regarding software >accessibility. I am not sure what jurisdiction you are living in but this >is definitely not true for the UK and I was given to understand when I >attended a legal conference a few months back that there were even >stricter law in the USA. > >Just for info I refer you to the UK Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Part >3 Goods and Services. In this section providers are expected to make >"reasonable adjustment" to ensure access. This includes software. Under >2006 Disability Discrimination Act public authorities are under a positive >duty to ensure accessible goods and services even where this means a >disabled person ends up being treated more favourably. Again software comes >within this remit. > > >The reality unfortunately is that the application of this law can only be >enforced by an application to a County Court and most of us do not have the >time and energy to do this. Many companies including software providers >manage to flout their legal responsibilities by banking on a lack of >willingness to summon them to Court. I personally believe that the blind >organisations in the UK should do much more to make companies comply with >the law. if tough for most people to embark on a court summons. > >The legal conference in London I attended in December 2007 had several blind >jurists talking about the "scandal" of software providers flouting the law >in the provision of their products. . There was much talk of starting >litigation against companies like Apple but I have not heard of anything >yet. Still it might be in the pipeline. > >David Griffith > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tim >Sent: Friday, 02 May 2008 14:56 >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and Itune > >Well there are no laws saying companies have to make there products >accessible. The orgs we have such as NFB and ACB haven't even tried to do >anything about this sense there start. So what are they for besides nothing. >The chip to make things talk costs around $.50 or less by now, and to put it >into a product isn't hard.. > >At 04:25 AM 5/2/2008, you wrote: > >I don't know if Apple have improved, don't think so. I have just > >thrown out my Ipod, Itunes and anything to do with Apple. I nominate > >that company as the worse in the world. > > > >What's happened to all this discrimination law that is supposed to be > >in existence. It seems to me that more and more electronic devices and > >software is becoming less and less accessible. I'm thinking of > >upgrading my sound system through which I play my TV service but it is > >difficult to find anything today that isn't screen driven. > > > >Sorry to rant on. I recommend you flog your Ipod and keep well away > >from Apple. > > > >David > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Holger Fiallo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[email protected]>> > >Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:53 PM > >Subject: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and Itune > > > > > > > Hi, all > > > I have an Ipod and I installed Itune. Are there any free script for > > > jaws 9 and Itune? I know there are scripts that I could purchased > > > but I was wondering if anyone has created scripts for Itune that are >free. > > > > > > > > > Kind Regard > > > Holger Fiallo > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > > > http://www.jaws-users.com > > > Address for the list archives: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the > > > subject or body of a blank message to: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > > > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > > > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to > > > the following address: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > >Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > >http://www.jaws-users.com > >Address for the list archives: > >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > >To post to this group, send email to > >[email protected] > >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the > >subject or body of a blank message to: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Use the following form in order to contact the management team > >http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > >If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > >following address: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >http://www.jaws-users.com >Address for the list archives: >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >To post to this group, send email to >[email protected] >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or >body of a blank message to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Use the following form in order to contact the management team >http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php >If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the >following address: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >http://www.jaws-users.com >Visit the Blind Computing home page at: >http://www.blind-computing.com >Address for the list archives: >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >To post to this group, send email to >[email protected] >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the >subject or body of a blank message to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Use the following form in order to contact the management team >http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php >If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to >the following address: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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