Il giorno 26/lug/2011, alle ore 05:07, Mike Arrigo ha scritto:

> I would also ask, what does voiceover not do that you need it to do? I would 
> say it does most things the windows screen readers do, and in some ways does 
> many of them better.
Hello Mike.

I usually like your podcasts and I find your explanations and demos very 
interesting. But, in this case, I disagree with you. I am not interested in 
making comparisons between various screen readers, but I prefer a task-related 
point of view.  In other words, the questions I ask to myself wen I am  testing 
a new work environment, is: Can I do the same things I was used to do with the 
old tools, even if in a different way?  And then, is the new way more or less 
efficient? Is it possible for me, after an appropriate treating period,  to 
accomplish the same work in the same given time using the new operating set and 
the new assistive technology?

Let me say, I love Apple's operating system and I think Voice Over is an 
awesome accomplishment.  But, when it comes to MacOSX Voice Over 
implementation, in my Humble opinion, there are many many things VO  should do 
better. First of  all, Braille implementation is… less  then insufficient. 
After two years, what Braille support  under MacOSX Voice Over  does, is a poor 
TTS mirroring. Advanced word processing is another huge problem. How can I work 
easily with tables, nested lists, end notes, footnotes, headings?  Spreadsheets 
is the same thing. Ok, I can populate a spreadsheet, but when it comes to work 
with merged cells, formulas, graphics and all that sort of stuff, well, there 
is a problem, and it is not a very very little problem. 

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