To me, and second post in 2 days:) it doesn't particularly matter why, Apple has done it, and done it with style. How many times, folks, has it happened that someone's done a marginal job that really doesn't fit the bill for anything but the regulations?
On 7/16/14, Jason White <[email protected]> wrote: > Devin Prater <[email protected]> wrote: >> I don't think Apple added accessibility for the >> simple reason that it was a good thing to do, but with Jobs leading the >> way >> and how he thinks, he knew we were potential customers and if Apple got >> us, >> Microsoft and Android wouldn't have us. > > It's true that accessibility provides access to otherwise unavailable > markets. > I wouldn't be surprised if regulatory considerations also played a role, > especially government procurement requirements that mandate support for > assistive technologies. > > Beyond this, there are strong moral reasons for making products accessible > - > in modern busines parlance it's called corporate social responsibility. > > Finally, speech technologies have applications well beyond the needs of > people > with disabilities, and any work that can create a technological advantage > in > this area can place one ahead of competitors, especially in connection with > mobile devices, in-vehicle systems, and other contexts in which vision is > preoccupied elsewhere. > > Accessibility APIs are also valuable for testing purposes, presumably one > of > the reasons why Microsoft's latest API is known as "User Interface > Automation" > (UIA). With this, developers can write test cases that exercise the entire > user interface of an application. > > I don't know which combination of these or other reasons has most > influenced > Apple's policies, or those of any other software developers, other than to > say > that, in my experience, regulatory requirements tend to carry considerable > weight. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
