Even if they do find a way to make it accessible, I'm still within my right to dislike it, which I will probably end up doing. Not to mention, if you follow any Apple new site, every single one is reporting not only that this new machine will supposedly have the touch bar, they will be replacing the USB ports with all USB type seaports, which is another annoying issue and in itself.
Sent from my iPhone 6S Plus > On Jun 10, 2016, at 10:42 PM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: > > Remember that crazy idea about blind people having to try and use touch > screan devices such as phones or tablets, > > Who would have thought that would take off! > > Lets not judge it until we see it, apple have been pretty good with > accessibility so far, they may have thought of something that as yet we > haven't and besides, it's still a few days away before its announced. > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Miller > Sent: Saturday, 11 June 2016 10:22 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: bar instead of function keys on new Mac Book Pros? > > I’m sorry, but I don’t see this one a something I’ll change my tune about. > If the rumors are indeed true, each key will have no tactile boundary for a > visually impaired person to be able to distinguish from, thus making the > touch bar a complete accessibility nightmare, unless they re-engineer OS X or > whatever they’re going to call it next, so that the bar has some type of > voiceover support built in. >> On Jun 10, 2016, at 6:14 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> Sight (or shall I say, touch) unseen? How many times have we thought the >> same of new innovative features that no one has even had hands on exposure >> to? Then sang a new tune once we had that hands on experience? Many many >> times. >> >> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >> ancient.ali...@icloud.com >> Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were >> true? >> >>> On 6/10/2016 2:57 PM, Daniel Miller wrote: >>> I think the touch bar is stupid, enough said. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone 6S Plus >>> >>>> On Jun 10, 2016, at 5:01 PM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi there, >>>> >>>> Rumor has it that the soon forth coming Mac book pros will feature a touch >>>> bar instead of function keys on the keyboard. This raises an interesting >>>> question. Assuming that Voice Over is turned off on any one of the new >>>> Mac book Pros that a blind user goes up to, how is a blind person supposed >>>> to turn on Voice Over if there are no physical function keys but instead a >>>> touch bar? I think maybe I can guess. If a blind person needs to turn on >>>> Voice OVer, it should be possible by pressing VO+touch anyware on the bar >>>> and that should do it. 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