Hi, I agree. and as a person who is trying to get sony to comply with their games and consoles. My brother has a playStation and x-box and a few other systems. I've seen the games he plays, and I know for a fact. that if the companies wanted to make these consoles and games accessible, they could do so in a heartbeat. oh, by the way, the contact form for sony's consumer services is quite accessible.
Josh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: jkenn337 ----- Original Message ----- From: "TheLearningCenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 7:32 AM Subject: Ujnfortunate AOL News and Information > For as long as I can recall, which is ever since AOL has been around, > their services have not been that accessible to Blind people. I know I > have heard that they have done some things to make their services more > accessible to us, but it has been a struggle for them to even do anything. > I guess I am wondering why blind people continue to support companies who > don't seem to care anything about our accessability needs and continue to > put out products that make us work very hard at using them. > > Now, about the AOL's new CBS Player, AOL knew of their plan to change > their program, so why couldn't they test and make sure the product is > accessible to screen readers before they installed it. It makes > absolutely no sense to put out a product that is not accessible to all of > its users. AOL knows blind people use their service, especially radio and > music playing components of their system, so why do they continue to > disregard us? Maybe just because they can. > > I don't buy that argument that "business requirements forced them to rush > the product in prior to them wanting to do so. CBS has been around for a > while and I often access their stations and theeir player seems to be > accessible enough. Does the one AOL uses work differently than the CBS > stations would use? > > It sickens me when companies continue to cry about not making things > accessible because of business reasons. We blind people pay our > subscription fees to them, so shouldn't our needs matter too. I think > blind people make up a pretty sizeable market for their types of services. > > My question would also be, if it is so hard to do, then how do other > companies do it. Like someone said, doesn't they (AOL) own Winamp? Why > not use Winamp for their needs? > > I have had enough of this stuff and excuses. I will no longer spend my > money with companies who act this way. I can take my money elsewhere. We > should do this across the board and let those companies who don't seem to > care know what we are doing. Those companies that we have to use, then we > can sue them into complying with the law; those who we only use for > pleasure and entertainment, we should let go. You know, blind people get > such treatment because we accept it and continue to buy stuff that don't > work for us. Companies like Apple, who makes a cell phone with no > keyboard or bluetooth accessability; Intuit (Quicken), who produces an > almost totally inaccessible tax program, even though blind people have to > do taxes to and want and need to do their own taxes; and most of their > radio automated programs (OTSDJ), which require us to always script them > into shape; and many more, who just don't seem to care, should be dropped > by us and not used. I know we will say that we need some of these > programs, but these companies don't seem to care and only give lip service > to making their products more accessible. > > I would say to AOL, "Get your act in Order." Make this product > accessible, it is only a software thing and shouldn't take too long to > take care of it. Excuse time is over and better service is in order. > > Finally, every person who continue to use these types of products despite > their companies' failure to care about our needs are contributing to the > problem; stop keeping them into budsiness to discriminate against you and > put your money where your needs are. If they say, our money is not enough > to make a difference, then let's move on and find a product that meets out > needs. If we need the product and it is the only one around, then sue > those companies into making their products accessible. > > I heard this stuff fifteen to twenty years ago, when I got my first (PCXT) > and should not be hearing it now; we are trying, but business requirements > make us go backwards or do nothing at all. Let's get our butts in gear > and start demanding better service; there is absolutely no reason why any > software should be inaccessible to blind people, as the technology is > there to make anything accessible. AOL and similar companies should ask > us before emplimenting programs that don't meet our needs and maybe we can > help them know what route to take. > > James Robinson > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
