Hi Cara, Yep. In fact, I just played a hand of Hearts, the version that comes with Windows 7, using NVDA and I'm glad its accessible. That wasn't possible on XP a few years ago and the fact of the matter is Microsoft's new U.I. Automation is changing the way screen readers and technologies handles accessibility for the better. Yeah, XP people may think Windows 7 and Windows 8's new look and feel is a bit of a headache, but the fact of the matter is the underlying accessibility APIs are improving and becoming more like Cocoa on Mac in a lot of ways. The Narrator that comes with Windows 8 is a huge improvement over prior versions, and hopefully will continue to do so. All I'm saying in short is we really should be careful about keeping our negativity in check because I think things are improving for the better and if we must complain at least do it constructively.
Cheers! On 4/1/13, Cara Quinn <caraqu...@caraquinn.com> wrote: > Agreed! I'm not a Windows user but I sure appreciate the fact that MS is > listening or at least starting to. This is really, really important. > > I know inaccessibility is absurdly frustrating for us but we really do need > to be careful of negative attitudes and sentiments because what you pay > attention to becomes more prevalent. So rather than focus on what we may not > have, it's really important to focus on what we actually want, and do this > in a way that helps this along. > > I.E. rather than greet accessibility with negativity, show some appreciation > as well as helping the process to continue forward… > > I could elaborate on this, as many here can, but I just wanted to share my > agreement. So glad the Win games are finally playable out of the box! I hope > this goes even further! > > Smiles, > > Cara :) --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
