This is interesting news as last year he was described as, Mike Shebanek, Senior Product Manager, Apple US ] As Senior Product Manager for Apple Mac OS X, Mike Shebanek is responsible for the management and development of key features and technologies within the operating system, including Mac OS X Tiger's integrated screen reader technology called Voiceover for people with sight problems. ]
This role sounds a lot wider than Head Engineer for Voice Over. Heres where I got this info from. http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/PublicWebsite/public_t skeyspeakers.hcsp Cheers Will ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kafka's Daytime" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 6:03 PM Subject: Re: continued VO development > You'll be interested to know that Mike Shebanek is not just > anybody...he's the lead engineer for the VoiceOver project. > > Joe > > On Apr 4, 2006, at 8:38 AM, John W. Hess wrote: > > > Good day to you all. I would like to share a message I received > > from the voiceover team. I would also encourage all of you to write > > to this fine fellow with your desires for Voiceover. I have > > corosponded with him via phone and sincerely believe that Apple is > > comitted to continued developement. Send your thoughts to him and > > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trust me, they read everything. They > > may not reply to it all but they read it... > > From: Mike Shebanek < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: April 4, 2006 12:32:17 AM EDT > > To: "John W. Hess" > > Subject: Re: Thanks for your note, some encouraging news and a > > request/suggestion > > > > Hi John: > > > > Thanks for your email. I'm glad things went well at the > > accessibility conference. It's exciting to hear how VO is changing > > lives. We continue to investigate ways to improve the next release > > of VO. Rest assured Apple will continue to improve VO in the > > future! > > > > > > >
