I think that message is absolutely true. Kawal.
Sent from my iPhone On 5 May 2011, at 12:44 AM, Chris Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > All true and very valid points. I think we all need to contact Eric Wilfred > who is the General Manager of the Mac Business Unit at Microsoft. He has been > part of the unit since Office 98. He was responsible for PowerPoint and > recently over seeing Office 2011. > I don't know a direct way of contacting him, but here is a option. > http://www.linkedin.com/pub/eric-wilfrid/4/81a/a19 > > On 4 May 2011, at 23:09, Priscilla Garces wrote: > >> >> I did give some feedback on Microsoft's inaccessibility since I have tested >> the Microsoft products on the mac. I bought the mac and before i did they >> let me test the mac with Microsoft word and it was very inaccessible >> I wrote the following statement: >> >> "To Who May concern, >> "I am very interested in purchasing your Office Suite for >> The Macintosh platform. However, i understand your product is not >> accessible as it is not compatible with VoiceOver which is the built in >> Screen reader for the blind for OS X. I tried to use word as a test at the >> apple store when I bought the mac and had to buy iworks2009 in order to >> substitute Microsoft, but although the apple version is enough for my needs, >> Microsoft Office suite is necessary for the work environment being that most >> employers are offering Microsoft's products as part of the equipment for >> employees. If you were to add support for >> VoiceOver, this would result in thousands of Sales and more profits will be >> gained. In addition, many people in the blind community who are already mac >> users will also have the choice of either operating system. It is imperative >> that Microsoft products become accessible on the mac platform. For this >> reason, apple should step up and get Microsoft to consider the large gain in >> profitability towards accessible features in the mac platform." >> >> What do all of you think? >> Any opinions are appreciated. >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> Priscilla Garces >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
