Good article, and I'm all about social networking to advance causes. Yet, app development is too fragmented for this to be a good vehicle. The better way of going about this is by supporting the AppleVis campaigns that target specific developers at a time. Also, take to writing to public forums where the audience is not primarily blind. Twitter could serve that function, but Twitter is also busy. You don't come across what you're not looking for. CNET is one good venue. Gizmoto is another. Maybe consider writing an article to be floated around ArsTechnica. More is likely to come from hitting up those venues. Overall though, I agree, and I will do what I can to support your efforts. Personally, I think Microsoft has taken a good first step by adding a disclaimer to items on its Store as to whether it is thought to be accessible or not. Maybe we ought to turn similar efforts to Apple to begin making accessibility ratings a part of its Store. I'm not all about leveraging legal and ethical arguments. A developer does not sit down to think about moral values when designing applications. They're thinking about their primary customer base. That happens not to be us, which is unfortunate, but they can learn differently if we take a strategic approach to educating them about the benefits of opening their apps to an even larger audience. Just some thoughts.
Joe -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Neil Barnfather - TalkNav Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 7:28 AM To: The Accessible Phones Discussion List; Talks Mailing List; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: A stance against inaccessibility... Importance: High All, Forgive the cross list posting, but, I like many of you feel that the time has come to stand up and be counted with regards to inaccessible Apps, and those who produce them. Please see my below article, and if you agree, please I urge you to use the Twitter link at the end and Tweet this as much as is possible. We need to stand up, and be counted in our collective community. I would ask all of you to Tweet this and RT as much as is humanly possible. Lets see if we can make a difference today... I wanted you to see this article: http://www.neilbarnfather.com/accessibility-matters-sonos Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com URL: - www.talknav.com e-mail: - [email protected] Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 -- 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.
