Agreed, we should not have to pay any more to access a device than a
sightedperson does, and accessibility should not have to be developed
by third parties, the company that makes the products should be
responsible for making it universally accessible and that's what apple
has done.
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First: A very helpful way to work with tables, at least on web pages,
is possible if you have a full-sized keyboard, by using NumPad
Commander; it is possible to use the number keys to move up, down, left
or right in a table by unit, so that you can get a much better sense of
how things are laid out and why it makes sense that way.
Similarly, all the other things you mentioned--Office, DropBox,
etc.--have work-arounds that, while not precisely the same as Windows,
work just fine.
Third, if you want a "paid," screen-reader, just install VMWare or use
Boot Camp and install Windows and Jaws or whatever you prefer on
another partition. Best of both worlds.
However, what distresses me most is your conclusion that paying someone
else to design a screen-reader that would work better, simply because
there's money involved. Apple has worked *VERY!* hard to make
VoiceOver work while *NOT* replicating the mistakes and limitations of
Windows. Developing an app that does what VO does is not only
reinventing fire, the wheel *and* all of basic astronomy, it's
downright insulting. I, for one, will NEVER pay for a screen-reader
for the Mac when VoiceOver is not only free, but stands as a beachhead
in terms of universal accessibility, which is what we should be
shooting for in Mac, Windows, refrigerators, Cable TV boxes, department
stores, etc. Paying someone else to make sure that something works
right "for the blind," is something we should be striving very hard to
get *AWAY* from, not reestablish.
• Mark BurningHawk Baxter
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