Hi, I don't think it was the number of people who left because of a lack of accessibility. This number is so small, not to even be counted by a company as big as Apple but, that lack of accessibility would have left them in the short end of the stick in regards to those contracts with educational institutions. This is pretty big money. But regardless of that, they could have probably slapped on the Mac answer to windows narrator, and gotten away with it. Instead, they decided to do accessibility right. That is the true astonishing part of the story. They didn't just settle when it was in their financial interest to do so. That what makes the "Apple doesn't care comments so strange to me.
Ricardo Walker [email protected] Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jun 12, 2012, at 2:45 PM, Pete Nalda <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder about this myself. Although, I think it was because they knew there > were a lot of people who left apple, because the 3rd party programs were > unstable, then OSX had no accessibility in the early years (Not really until > Tiger), so people who were blind or had low vision were using PC's, and Apple > wanted them back. It's just a guess. Myself, I came back when Tiger got > Zoom curser tracking. I had used Zoom in Jaguar, but it wasn't really > feasible. As soon as Tiger came out, I bought a used iBook, sold both my > dell Latitude, and Compaq Presario, and never looked back. I also think they > had a good turnout in the then-called Spoken Interface beta testing seed. By > the time Snow Leopard got here, they knew we also wanted access to portable > devices and the iPhone, so it didn't hurt to add that as well. As for where > we're at now. I think we'll have to wait for both Mountain Lion, and OS 6 to > be available to really see what fixes have been made. I remain optimistic. > I challenge anyone to find better accessibility than Apple, for *All* devices > in a given platform. > > On Jun 12, 2012, at 1:26 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > >> As an aside, I'm intensely curious as to what was the inspiration/motivation >> for Apple to make their products accessible? Of course it's good marketing >> practice, but I'm thinking there's a bit more of a story to it than that. >> Was someone known to be having visual issues? A Family member or someone >> within the company? It's very curious. >> >> Teresa >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for G'day, Mates) > Louie P. "Pete" Nalda > http://www.myspace.com/musikonalda > http://www.facebook.com/lpnalda > http://www.linkedin.com/in/lpnalda > Twitter @lpnalda > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
