Exactly so. Not only that but talk back and NVDA are open sorce. This means that when users or companys have issues with the screen reader they can fix issues them selvs. This means that companys will no longer be dependant on other companys like fs or gw micro to fix there problems for them. Appel has led the way in mobile access to date. The reality is they are not going to do so for much longer and appel is not going to when the mobile war, and they are not going to when the accessibility war in the long run either. The reasons for this are shown in history and are beyond the scoap of this message. If you know your history of computing how-ever you don't need me to point this out to you. The trends of history repeating it self are clear.
From: Gary King [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 7:15 PM To: GW-Info Subject: Re: Opinions Of A Former AT Software Engineer One of the most interesting items of information I found in the first article concerns the huge profit margin on hardware sales. It's no wonder that Mr. Hamilton wanted to sell hardware when he became the CEO of FS. Magnifiers and Braille displays will always have a market, but with the good accessibility of Android and iOS devices, I suspect that the notetaker cash cow may soon run dry. Gary King [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Gary King <mailto:[email protected]> To: GW-Info <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 10:14 AM Subject: Opinions Of A Former AT Software Engineer Last night I ran across a couple of interesting articles written by a former head of Software Engineering of a major assistive technology company. Since Window-Eyes was mentioned in the articles in a historical context, I am passing them along to the list. http://chrishofstader.com/the-death-of-screen-reader-innovation/ http://chrishofstader.com/screen-reader-failure-innovation-deterioration-des pair/ Gary King [email protected] If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
