I have purchased most of my own equipment and have maintained all software and hardware maintenance agreements on the technology I have.
I believe the day will come when all stores will be accessible to us. The technology for that is getting better and better. It would be very difficult to mandate the way any building must be constructed for any number of reasons but there are ways to increase accessibility once inside the stores. No organization or group of people can change everything at once. NFB, ACB and other organizations choose where to put their efforts. I certainly don't always agree with either organization. I just believe all technology needs to be accessible to people who are blind. I believe accessibility of all technology is a critical issue to blind people like building accessibility was the driving issue for people with mobility impairments in the past. Technology has made it possible for us to complete many tasks we could not complete without sighted assistance in the past. I never purchased any of the phones where I had to purchase additional software to make it work but within a few months of Iphone being accessible I purchased it and love all I can do with it. I appreciate this list and all of the great assistance I have received. I applaud all that Apple does and hope they will continue to improve their products. On 7/13/14, Mark Baxter <[email protected]> wrote: > Speaking of accessible stores, I think this is a far better use of the NFB's > time--creating an accessibility standard for supermarkets and department > stores and drug stores, etc.--than trying to regulate how apps and virtual > environments are accessible. Every blind person has to shop--not every > blind person has to use a computer or cell phone. Furthermore, the status > quo doesn't change if all computers and all apps are accessible, because > it's still usually the agencies which are buying said equipment for the > blind end-user. This is a top-down approach to a rock-bottom problem. I > don't have much use for the NFB either, but for them to pick on technology > when this attack only further cements the reliance of blind people on > commissions and agencies seems a bit over the top. Whenever I walk down the > street to the supermarket, I'm reduced to the status of a child by the > inaccessibility of the products, but I can come home and teach programming > and app operation? Come on. > > * Mark BurningHawk Baxter > * AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 > * MSN: [email protected] > * My home page: > * http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Marianne Denning, TVI, MA Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired (513) 607-6053 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
