I'm hoping not, but prior experience tells quite a different story. The latest 
update to the WLM App touted VO support as one of its strengths, so perhaps 
this is a step in some direction other than what has been over the years? Like 
all of you, it's the long-term which concerns me most here.


P.S. I'm referring to the Windows Live Messenger app for IOS just to clarify.On 
May 11, 2011, at 2:43 PM, Jes Smith wrote:

> Hi, this is Jes.
> First, I'm glad that some people on the list see my point, and that my 
> concerns are somewhat valid. Also, keep in mind that Skype is being used by 
> more and more businesses, so if someone is looking for employment in a 
> virtual call center or something, they had better be able to use Skype as 
> well as their co-workers. In this scenario, finding another voip is just not 
> practical.
> 
> On May 10, 2011, at 4:05 PM, Dawn Benbow wrote:
> 
>> Hi Joe,
>> 
>> I just got my new Mac last Thursday and am still in the process of learning 
>> how to use it. On a hunch, I didn't buy Microsoft Office for Mac. Reading 
>> what you say here about it, I'm very glad I made that choice. Somehow it 
>> doesn't surprise me at all that it isn't accessible. 
>> 
>> I hope that Microsoft won't do to Skype what they did to hotmail shortly 
>> after purchasing it... Just in case, maybe we better all find another VOIP 
>> to use.  
>> Dawn 
>> On May 10, 2011, at 11:37 AM,                                         Smith 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Mark,
>>> I base this assumption upon past history of dealing with Microsoft for Mac 
>>> products.
>>> When I purchased this MacBook, I, not knowing any better, also purchased 
>>> Microsoft Office for Mac. The install button looked like it was there to 
>>> VoiceOVer, and you could press on it and it would say install, dimmed. 
>>> However, there was a little icon that you had to click on with your mouse, 
>>> which was the actual install button. This is where I base my assumption. 
>>> Once someone sighted  clicked on the install icon, and got MS Office 
>>> installed, the program crashed whenever I pressed command-O to open up any 
>>> of the tools in the suite. Totally useless, and inaccessible.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On May 10, 2011, at 11:29 AM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Upon what, other than past history, of course, are you basing that 
>>>> assumption?  I assume users of that other evil system won't have as many 
>>>> problems with it, but you're afraid that VO won't be figured into any 
>>>> accessibility upgrades MS does now?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> • Mark BurningHawk Baxter
>>>> • AIM, Skype and Twitter:  BurningHawk1969
>>>> • MSN:  [email protected]
>>>> • My home page:
>>>> • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/
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