We are investigating it here as it may well be a violation of Australian law.
Gregory Kearney Manager - Accessible Media Association for the Blind of Western Australia 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101 Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202 Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America) Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696 Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only) Email: [email protected] On 17/08/2009, at 12:05 AM, John Panarese wrote: > > I'm just curious as to if any of the "blindness organizations" > have taken issue with this. It would be nice to see them do something > productive for the blind. > Take Care > > John Panarese > > On Aug 16, 2009, at 12:16 AM, Greg Kearney wrote: > >> >> It is not accessible on Macs iPhone and Windows. >> >> Greg >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 16/08/2009, at 11:13 AM, Dan Eickmeier <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Yeah seems to me as if this company has made a deliborate effort to >>> not make their product accessible, rather than an effort to make it >>> accessible. Are their productsfor the Mac, iPhone, or both? >>> On Aug 10, 2009, at 9:08 PM, Greg Kearney wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I got this back from Fictionwise.com the eReader people. This is >>>> the >>>> very thing I have worried about with the action of the Author's >>>> Guild >>>> in the United States. >>>> >>>> Here we have a company claiming that screen readers are a violation >>>> of >>>> copyright, which is not the case either in the U.S. or Australia. >>>> Furthermore in the case of the Macintosh and the iPhone the screen >>>> reader is a part of the operating system and not as Fictionwise.com >>>> would suggest "another program". >>>> >>>> It is also an interesting question if writing an application or >>>> device >>>> which deliberately inaccessible, as would seem to be the case here, >>>> as >>>> opposed to simply forgetting to include accessibility may well be >>>> illegal under civil rights laws in several nations. >>>> >>>> At the very least Apple should not be a party to such a thing and >>>> should never approve applications which have been so crippled by >>>> deliberate act. >>>> >>>> I have asked Fictionwise to put this statement into writing and to >>>> mail it to me. I would urge those of you who feel strongly about >>>> this >>>> issue to also contact them at [email protected] >>>> >>>> Gregory Kearney >>>> Manager - Accessible Media >>>> Association for the Blind of Western Australia >>>> 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101 >>>> Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia >>>> >>>> Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202 >>>> Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America) >>>> Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696 >>>> Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only) >>>> Email: [email protected] >>>> >>>> Begin forwarded message: >>>> >>>>> From: "Fictionwise.com" <[email protected]> >>>>> Date: 11 August 2009 2:49:02 AM >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Response for Support Ticket #102495 >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Unfortunately, the ability to scoop the ebook's text using another >>>>> application has been disabled for copyright-protection reasons. >>>>> >>>>> Being able to scoop the text out, into another program, would >>>>> allow >>>>> for easy duplication of copyrighted materials. >>>>> >>>>> Our software cannot be used with screen-reader software. >>>>> >>>>> We apologize for the inconvenience. >>>>> >>>>> Best Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Ted >>>>> eReader.com Support Team >>>>> >>>>> ============================================================ >>>>> You wrote: >>>>> No accessibility for the blind using VoiceOver on either Mac or >>>>> iPhone. Your >>>>> Macintosh and iPhone applications are not accessible to the blind >>>>> using the >>>>> built in screen reader on both devices. Lists of book can not be >>>>> navigated and >>>>> books once loaded can not be read. Why is this the case? >>>>> >>>>> Greg Kearney >>>>> Manager -Accessible Media >>>>> Association for the Blind of Western Australia >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
