Personally I think apple has done more than anybody else in this field. I think Android is trying, but personally I believe Apple is better. Then windows, well, I haven't tried anything since 7, but that left a lot to be desired. I've also tried 2 different versions of linux and while it's there, it's still, in my opinion, not as good as apple.
God bless our troops and God bless America again. Jimmy Podsim. http://www.facebook.com/jimmy.podsim/ Yahoo messenger, [email protected] [email protected] On Jul 16, 2014, at 8:05 AM, Kaare Dehard <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
