James wrote:
Ten years ago, there was speech recognition (Voice Type Dictation) in
OS/2, that worked with *ANY* app.
IBM Dos 6.x contained a speech recognition function that worked with any
program. That was released circa 1993.
> Why is Windows so slow with this?
a) Microsoft prohibited IBM from distributing OS/2 on new computers,
unless the individual also paid for --- but did not receive --- the
Windows operating system and certain other Microsoft software products.
At a minimum, that action setback a11y in computers back fifteen
years. [One of the markets that IBM owned at that time, was the a11y
market.]
b) Microsoft has always had a hostile attitude towards a11y. From their
point of view, the only good person who requires a11y devices is a dead
person. [All of their a11y efforts are mere "tokenism" --- much like
Corporate America had the "token black executive" during the sixties and
seventies, or TV stations hired the Asian or Hispanic female newscaster
during the eighties and nineties.]
xan
jonathon
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