Thanks to all who contribute and share resources on the list. I appreciate the acknowledgement though it's unnecessary. I've always maintained and openly stated that I do what I do regarding accessibility for selfish reasons and the fact that it helps others is a fringe benefit.
It occurred to me that some of the greatest strides in accessibility for Pro Tools users have often taken place in October and November. It was October of 2006 when I was invited to visit Digidesign to demonstrate the inequity between Pro Tools version 5 and version 7. It was two years later in October when I once again visited to get a preview of the work that had been done for Pro tools 8.0.4, the first accessible version since 5.3.2. It was the week of Thanksgiving in 2012 when Gary Greenfield, then CEO of Avid, responded to our request to make accessibility part of the in-House QC testing for Pro Tools. This year, we saw the long-awaited accessible iLok License Manager. What a wonderful time of the year, eh? To this day, I keep in touch with David Gibbons, former VP of Marketing for Digidesign and Avid, who was really the first person at the company to devote time and energy to the issue of accessibility and it's always around this time of the year that I drop him a line. He's consistently been a source of wisdom and console throughout the years as it relates to dealing with the corporate dynamics at avid. Recently, I've had the opportunity to work closely with a few people at Pace and they've been transformed as a result of their undertaking the work of making the ILM accessible. Along the way, there are champions of accessibility and I try to acknowledge them periodically. They all pretty much have the same attitude: that it's simply the right thing to do. I'm reminded of Tim Cook's comment to an Apple shareholder when he said something like, "Sometimes it's not about the money. Look at the work we've done with accessibility. It's not a money maker but it's about doing what's right." As blind Pro Tools users, we've been fortunate to have crossed paths with a number of people who subscribe to this attitude. Hopefully, others will follow their example. Happy Thanksgiving, Slau -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
