Hello. why not just save them at html to see if they came out right. I think that's an elegant solution until apple works out a solution.
S On Nov 11, 2010, at 11:58 PM, Martin Kirchner wrote: > Justin, > > On 12.11.2010, at 06:46, Justin Ekis wrote: > >> For several of my classes, the syllabus is provided in a word document. >> Everything reads fine except for the schedule of assignments. I can open the >> document in textedit, bean, or pages but voiceover doesn't correctly speak >> the table with the schedule. So I was booting the virtual machine just to >> check the schedule twice a week with jaws. Finally I realized a simple >> solution. I let textedit save the files as web pages. Voiceover reads most >> of these tables just fine in safari. >> > shurely That's a pretty good solution to read table structured documents > that are already produced. But what about any self made ones? To edit and > read such data using Microsoft word is a peace of cake. I think, today it's > simply needed for the visual impaired to get any kind of information like > sighted people does. Appl's accessibility aids for the visual impaired hav > brought high quality reading capabilitys concerning nearly all kinds of HTML > based content. So it simply makes me wonder how they could forget to work on > similar capabilitys to get the same results within offline documents, > particularly if those documents are produced with Works 9, the office suite > that was developed by Apple. I'm from Germany, and some members of the local > comunity of blind and visual impaired Mac users plans to make an inquiry to > apple's accessibility department. Of course it's a well known fact taht apple > have to care for lots of different reviews and feedbacc the company recieves > every day from all around the world. So why they should care 'bout the needs > of only a couple of blind users? But axactly that individuals often works > very hard to earnt their money. And that's the reason they need reliable > productivity tools, not only talking computers that reads tons of mails but > not any table structured syllabus. > > Martin > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
