In other words, Adobe is saying exactly the same as what their accessibility specialist told me back in 2003. This does not sound like much improvement in accessibility improvement to me. Sounds like the same old Adobe.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 29 Oct 2014, at 16:48, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > The Adobe suite of products tend to use numerous custom elements that are not > visible to VO. The basic framework is present, but, the ability to Interact > and/or manipulate just about anything is limited or non-existent. We have > Adobe CS6 in a couple of our facilities and I have had no success playing > around with them from an accessibility point of view. Adobe is moving > towards their Creative Cloud which is quite an interesting product. We have > not decided if we’re going to go that way yet but the possibilities are there > for accessibility in this model, although, I don’t believe that much progress > in accessibility has been realized yet. In discussions with some Adobe > representatives, accessibility does seem to be a priority, I’m just not sure > that it is a priority across the board. It will take some major re-working > of most of their software. > > Later… > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > >> On Oct 28, 2014, at 7:02 PM, erik burggraaf <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> HI, Adobe has it’s own accessibility department. It’s not something I’ve >> dealt with personally, but I would track them down and start with them. >> >> If you know the exact software and version numbers, you could download >> evaluation versions and test them with voiceover. >> >> Protools is the gold standard for audio production on the mac. I would >> guess that there is some video editing in this particular course as well >> which would justify using adobe products such as audition. >> >> Best, >> >> Erik Burggraaf >> >> >> >>> On Oct 28, 2014, at 6:18 PM, Christine Grassman <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello all. I am attempting to help a 19-year-old who has a rapidly >>> degenerating eye disease who is interested in pursuing radio broadcasting >>> as a career. He is a Mac user. The school he would like to attend informed >>> me that they use Adobe’s line of products, and they maintain that they >>> cannot be made accessible. >>> >>> Could anyone with knowledge of this please write to me off-list: >>> >>> 1. Is this true? And >>> 2. If so, is there comparable software out there which will do virtually >>> everything this young man is likely to need in his pursuits? >>> >>> Thank you. >>> Christine >>> >>> -- >>> 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. -- 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.
