Wow!
I guess I never really thought about that, with the timeframe of things, but
you're absolutely right, Slau! That is incredible!
Chris.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Slau Halatyn" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2015 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: Happy Thanks Giving to all!
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
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