this is a question of fact. The fact is that their statement is correct in marketing parlance. It "complements" the accessibility features of the Mac because it broadens them. There was a time when visiovoice did not work well with VoiceOver but it complemented voiceover because it added functionality to the visual components of VoiceOver and enhanced the overall accessibility of the Mac.
As I said when the release came out, what it was saying what not what you were reading into it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "william lomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:41 PM Subject: Re: furhter to my mail on mac speech dictate hi i believe it does, why mention accessibility on the press release if they can't support it it rubbish On 13 Mar 2008, at 16:56, David Poehlman wrote: > "which nicely complements VoiceOver" > does not mean works with as I warned you when the release was posted. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "william lomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS > X by > theblind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:06 PM > Subject: furhter to my mail on mac speech dictate > > > hi i found this on the press release of mac speech dictate, so from > this i would expect complete complance with mac speech to work with > voice over > > "Apple's commitment to accessibility is evident throughout Mac OS X, > including such ground-breaking features as VoiceOver, our built-in > screen reader," said Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice president of Worldwide > Developer Relations. "We're delighted that Mac OS X users now have > access to advanced speech-to-text dictation technology from MacSpeech, > which nicely complements VoiceOver. > > > > > >
