I don't know if you're having this problem in the Lower 48 states,
but here in Alaska, our Division of Votional Rehabilitation (DVR)
keeps our hands tied because the major screenreader producers have
created somewhat of a monopoly with their products, and VoiceOver, as
well as other lesser known players are fighting an uphill battle.
More and more of us up here are trying to "get the word out" but it's
been a hard sell. Richie Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska.
On Apr 16, 2007, at 3:19 PM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
Hey Holly and all,
Yes, I totally agree. I'm always listening in to various Apple
related podcasts and Mac news sites, hoping for a mention of
VoiceOver, and it is depressing, frequently, when there is none. I
emailed a couple of places to mention it, but got no responses
whatever. This is just the way it goes with access technology, it
seems.
On Apr 16, 2007, at 2:15 PM, Holly Anderson wrote:
This article did make me laugh a bit, but at the same time it kind
of makes me sad. It seems the only press voice over ever gets in
the mainstream mac sites is that it is annoying and how do I turn
it off. I'm not saying vo should get top story or anything like
that, but when the itunes update came out and was accessible that
was mentioned nowhere. I tried emailing some podcasters about it
and when I did get responses it was like oh that's cool but they
never mentioned it on the podcasts. It just sometimes feels like
we are invisible in both the blindness community and the sighted
community as well. I remember when tiger came out and it had
voice over, I never heard voice over mentioned. People talked
about spotlight being new and all the cool new features but voice
over was never mentioned. If I didn't read blindness related
blogs and that sort of thing I wouldn't know about voice over.
I'm not saying sighted people should always talk about voice over,
but a positive mention every now and then wouldn't hurt would it?
Holly
On Apr 16, 2007, at 3:28 PM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
Here's a link, good for a chuckle.
http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/2007/04/accidentua/
index.php?lsrc=mwrss
Thought you all might enjoy.
