Julia, you are correct, most blind people do not use the mouse. Perhaps this individual was working in Virtual PC mode.
I can attest to the fact that iTunes 8 is keyboard accessible and works great with JAWS 10. I've posted the keyboard commands on my blog at http://www.glendathegood.com/blog/?p=319 I was so happy with how accessible iTunes 8 was that I broke in to the Snoopy Happy Dance! Glenda (the mostly goodwitch) On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Julia Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I found this particularly interesting: > "Olivero navigated through iTunes, guided by a voice that called out > whatever he slid the mouse pointer over, including file commands and the > movie, music and TV titles iTunes sells." > Correct me if I am wrong, but most blind people don't use a mouse, right? > > Julia > > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Kathy Keller < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> *Apple makes iTunes more accessible for the blind (AP)* >> >> - Posted on Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:49PM EDT >> - http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20080926/ap_on_hi_te/tec_itunes_blind >> >> WATERTOWN, Mass. - Most teens listen to their music on digital players, >> but Cory Cadlik, who is blind, had to ask for help when he wanted to buy >> songs for his iPod from the online music store iTunes. >> >> To Cadlik, a self-described tech "geek," that was too frustrating to >> tolerate. >> >> "For me to be as tech savvy as I am, and not be able to do something ... I >> hated it," said Cadlik, 17, of Medway, Mass. "I had one iPod. I got rid of >> it." >> >> On Friday, Cadlik was making plans to get his iPod back after Massachusetts >> Attorney General Martha Coakley reached agreement with Apple Inc. to >> program iTunes to make it accessible to anyone with software that blind >> people use to read the Internet. >> >> Tony Olivero of the National Federation of the Blind demonstrated the >> technology at a press conference at the Perkins School for the Blind in >> Watertown. Olivero navigated through iTunes, guided by a voice that called >> out whatever he slid the mouse pointer over, including file commands and the >> movie, music and TV titles iTunes sells. >> >> Cadlik planned to test out the new iTunes this weekend by sampling some >> hard rock from bands like Breaking Benjamin and Chevelle. >> >> "You had no access before," Cadlik said. "When then this came out ... I >> said, 'Wow, this is great, this is awesome.'" >> >> Under the agreement, Apple must make iTunes accessible to all systems by >> next June. >> >> Providing equal access to online stores is required in the same way >> supermarket aisles must be a certain width to accommodate people with >> disabilities. But major gaps remain in the online retail world for blind >> consumers. >> >> Coakley said a lot of industries are working to make the Internet more >> accessible because they know it's good business to give more people a way to >> buy your product. Coakley said she hopes the move by Apple inspires more >> copycats. >> >> "Apple is the leader, they've become the industry standard," she said. >> "Other companies that compete will have to or want to do this." >> >> Spokespeople for Apple did not return e-mails or calls for comment. >> >> The new iTunes can be read on a Macintosh, though people with PCs must >> buy "screen access software" to make it work. It's pricey, retailing for >> around $1,000. John Olivera of the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind >> said discounts are available around the U.S., and the commission has >> purchased a substantial amount of the software and is supplying it free in >> his state. >> >> As fun as movies and music are, Olivera said the state approached Apple >> primarily because of the increasing popularity of iTunes U, which provides >> lectures and other educational content from colleges and universities. >> Schools were posting class material there, and that created problems for >> blind students. >> >> Apple worked with Coakley voluntarily, but at least one other case over >> online accessibility for the blind wound up in court. >> >> In August, retailer Target Corp. agreed to pay $6 million in damages to >> plaintiffs in California who were unable to use its Web site as part of a >> class action settlement with the National Federation of the Blind. >> >> Target and the NFB agreed to a three-year relationship during which the >> advocacy group will keep testing the site to make sure it is accessible to >> the blind who use technologies such as screen-reading software. The NFB said >> it would certify the site through its own certification program once the >> improvements are completed. >> >> >> >> >> >> Kathy Keller >> >> Web Accessibility Administrator >> >> Communications/TPWD >> >> 512-389-4885 >> >> www.tpwd.state.tx.us >> >> >> >> *Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre >> minds.* - Albert Einstein >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- glenda sims | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | glendathegood.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin/web/refresh-austins-job-posting-guidelines. We do not accept job posts from recruiters. 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