I'm not taking no ones word for it till I see a press realease of
some sort. apple roomers are all over the place and I'm not sure what
thiis john charictor is abbout but obviously has some inside
connections in the janitorial dept or something.
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On Apr 1, 2006, at 8:11 AM, Travis Siegel wrote:
This would be a *real* kick in the pants if it's true. It wouldn't
surprise me if it were, but man what a b*tch this would be.
There's still loads of improvements that *could* be made here, and
if they drop/cut back too much, they're going to loose what
momentium they've gained in the fight to gain equal access to
computers they've already gained. Many folks already think vo is
simply a stop gap measure from apple, and if they do this, those
folks are just going to shrug, smile, and say "I told you so." Not
good no matter how you look at it.
it may be "good enough" but it's not great, and the problem with
screen readers is that they *have to be* great to gain the masses
approval.
No chance they'll release the code as open source though, since
that would give too much information into the internals of the
workings of the OSX, and it would allow 3rd-party developers to
mangle the way it works as well, basically nullifying the work
Apple has already done. Sure, some might try improving it, but
there's too many that would adapt it for their needs/wants, and
never give a consideration to those of us who actually *need* it,
and that could spell disaster. *grumble*
Well, let's hope this isn't true, and hope for the best, though
like I said, if it is true, there's no surprise here, only profound
disappointment.
On Apr 1, 2006, at 9:58 AM, John Denning wrote:
I was told today from a rather reliable source that Apple has cut
back on continued development of VO. I mention this here because
it does concern me. And maybe we all need to contact apple.
It's not that they are going to discontinue the project, but
rather feel it's 'good enough' so no further resources need be
allocated to it's development.
There still needs to be a great deal of work on both VO, and on
the Zoom feature. The tracking of Zoom, sucks. It just doesn't
work much of the time, like as I type this message.
maybe Apple should release the code as Open Source...
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- JD -
John Denning
AIM: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A+ MCSA MCSE
And glad to be a Mac snob again!
Roswell, GA
My very old web site: www.jdenning.net
