Sweet. On Sep 25, 2009, at 11:53 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > > I didn't notice this mentioned on the list previously. I was one of > the > speakers at the NFB Web Accessibility Day in Baltimore MD on Tuesday > and > during the lunch Marc Maurer, President of the NFB, gave out some > awards > to companies they felt were leaders in the accessibility space. In > particular they gave an award of commendation to Apple for the iPhone > and iPod touch for doing what many folks said could not be done - to > make a touch screen UI fully accessible. I know that the NFB in the > past > has been a follower in recognizing the feat of design and engineering > that accessibility on the iPhone is but it sounds like at least the > top > brass are now fully aware as Dr. Maurer gave clear praise to Apple and > the work done there. Lets hope NFB now give full and fair promotion in > the rest of its communications. > > http://www.nfb.org/nfb/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=468&SnID=1364143865 > > As a side note, it was interesting to overhear the questions folks had > of the Apple rep before and after the presentation. Some wanted to > know > more or how it worked (apparently having never tried an iPhone/iPod > Touch). The Apple rep also pointed out that the gesture technology has > been backported to Snow Leopard for use with trackpads which was > warmly > received. I'm sure everyone on this list is fully aware of these > things > but it kind of surprised me that a room full of accessibility > 'experts' > were so unaware. > > CB > > >
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