Neil, I read the article before I sent my earlier message. Sitting on our duffs and tweeting does not hold entities accountable to third parties. Only a court can order a company to provide accessibility or face significant penalties. Beyond that, I like Joe’s idea of joining an Applevis app access campaign or folks posting reviews and articles on mainstream technology websites.
Kelly On 11/12/12, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you, I will write you off list… > > Can I ask for a Tweet from the article never the less please? thanks. > > > 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 > > On 12 Nov 2012, at 15:00, Joe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. 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