Hi, Thats true, but he would have done the exact same for any other feature of iOs - that won't have been exclusive to accessibility. I'm not saying that he didn't care about it all, but people talking about him as if he was some sort of missionary is a bit over the top imo; he won't have made voiceover out of the good of his heart, he will have done it because there was a market that the iPhone hadn't entered. I do agree that they've done an amazing job with vo and I find it quite ironic that arguably the best phone for a blind person to purchase is one with a touch screen.
On 30/10/2011, Joanne Chua <shuang.an...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Another arguement i have from some other sources are that, considering > how "hand on" person he is, won't be surprise if he has a major impack > on their accessibility. > > Regardless, does it matter? After all, come to the products, and the > products are useful, accessible, and become an essential in our life. > > Considering how much Apple take on their Grapic approach, and how much > it can be also accessible, that prove something isn't it? After all, > who would have thought, graphics and accessibility can go together > hand in hand. 5 years ago, if you are blind, and tell someone that you > want a totally touch phone they think you insane too. > > I wonder what sort of biography will people like founders of Freedom > Scientific, Humanware, GWMicro, and so on gotta write? "Provide less > than satisfy accessible product, and sucking every bit of your money > out of your bank"? > > On 30/10/2011, Ben Mustill-Rose <bmustillr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> There wasn't any mention of accessibility in the biography at all, but >> then again, hardly any of the individual features of osx or iOs were >> mentioned iether. >> The opinion that I have is that whilst he probably had little to no >> involvement in accessibility, its because of him that it works so well >> - he probably saw a few bits here and there and gave them his blessing >> or dismissed them. >> >> On 30/10/2011, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I didn't read the book yet but, How much did Jobs really have to do with >>> making Apple products accessible? I mean, was he like overseeing the >>> maturation process of voiceover like IOS or OSX? >>> >>> Ricardo Walker >>> rwalker...@gmail.com >>> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 >>> www.mobileaccess.org >>> >>> On Oct 29, 2011, at 5:25 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: >>> >>>> I've just read the biography, too. I'm amazed he lived as long as he >>>> did. >>>> >>>> I also think the author was a bit harsh, pointing out that Steve Jobs >>>> wasn't into philanthropy — for me, he went one better, he aimed to make >>>> Apple products accessible to everyone. That attitude is much less >>>> patronising! >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Anne >>>> >>>> >>>> On 29 Oct 2011, at 22:32, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: >>>> >>>>> I've finished his biography; it wasn't light reading but it was very >>>>> interesting and I'm glad I read it. >>>>> >>>>> On 29/10/2011, Nektarios Mallas <nmal...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> That was great reading! 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