Hi all! Sorry I got carried away with the spell check and mucked up the link! So here it is as it should be
http://actuable.es/peticiones/la-accesibilidad-plena-un-camino-al-excelencia-2 Colin Begin forwarded message: > From: Daniela Rubio <[email protected]> > Date: 8 February 2012 22:42:42 GMT > To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility <[email protected]> > Subject: Declaration addressed to Apple for Accessibility improvement > Reply-To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility <[email protected]> > > Hello all: > Here I send a link for a sign recollection addressed to Apple. > The initiative was started by a group of spanish speaking people, but I think > it would be great for all, regardless of our native language. > The page is in spanish, but is very easy to follow. The form fields are just: > Name, Last name, E-mail, post code or zip code and the check box where you > accept the regulations of the page. > In the page we can see the letter in english and spanish, but I paste it here > before the link. > > > > > Users with and without disabilities who use Apple products declare the > following: > > We recognise the great work done by Apple in order to include support for > multiple disability profiles for their products. With this, many people can > access a big variety of services and content on the same date, in the same > way and paying the same as people without disabilities. However, the great > potential of this effort made by Apple could grow more. A major commitment > by the company is required to achieve full accessibility in their products > and services, as people with disabilities still face problems accessing them > freely. For all this we request: > > Apple should give more importance to the accessibility of applications from > the App store and the Mac app store, since there are many developers who > ignore or do not pay attention to the needs of people with disabilities. It > is very important to raise the presence of accessible design issues and > tools for improving accessibility within the documentation, design guidelines > and development tools provided by Apple to its developers, for at this time, > , documentation and accessibility tools fill in positions of minor > importance, and many developers are unaware of these elements. > Apple should reward the efforts of developers who create accessible > applications by giving them a greater visibility within the application > stores. for this a new category or distinction for applications should be > created in the Mac App store and app store, where applications in which > accessibility is assured are classified. To achieve this, besides creating > the distinctive character or the corresponding category in the App Store, > Apple should define procedures for evaluating the applications > accessibility during the review process prior to the publishing of each > application. > Apple should integrate accessibility within their staff. Employees at Apple > should have more training and awareness about accessibility and disabilities > , so they can more effectively help this group of users to take more > advantage of Apple's products and services. > According to the fact that Spanish is a language whose speakers number is > high worldwide, and more people from spanish speaking countries acquire and > use Apple products, we find necessary that the support of > [email protected] extends into Spanish in order to improve the > feedback between Apple and its users, for this feedback has proved to be > very important for the company. > > here you have the link > http://actuable.es/petitions/la-accesibilidad-plena-un-camino-al-excelencia-2 > > > > > SALUDOS, DANIELA R.T. > MACNETICOS, APPLE Y ACCESIBILIDAD A TU ALCANCE. > EN TWITTER: @macneticos > NUESTRO BLOG EN: > www.macneticus.blogspot.com > Y EL PODCAST EN:` > http://macneticos.libsyn.com > > > SALUDOS, DANIELA R.T. > MACNETICOS, APPLE Y ACCESIBILIDAD A TU ALCANCE. > EN TWITTER: @macneticos > NUESTRO BLOG EN: > www.macneticus.blogspot.com > Y EL PODCAST EN:` > http://macneticos.libsyn.com > > > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> -- 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.
