That is because there is no built in screen reader for Windows, all the screen readers rely on scripts to work. scripting to get programs to work on OS X is not an option available to us, so therefore we have to apply pressure on Microsoft to become more compliant with Apple's standards. Adobe are making strides to improve accessibility on the Mac for Flash and Acrobat. ok it is not here, yet but it will be here within the next 12 months.
We have to bare in mind that Microsoft does not make any of the screen readers on the Windows platform, so it is up to the vendors to get their products to work with the OS and it's applications. On 3 May 2011, at 19:40, E.J. Zufelt wrote: > Good afternoon, > > Just as an FYI, MS Office for Windows isn't actually compatible with Windows > screen-readers. There is a great deal of scripting required in order to make > windows screen-readers work with MS Office products. > > I'm not saying that your campaign won't work. But, I just wanted to point > out that MS Office isn't actually natively accessible on either platform. > > > Everett Zufelt > http://zufelt.ca > > Follow me on Twitter > http://twitter.com/ezufelt > > View my LinkedIn Profile > http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt > > > > On 2011-05-03, at 2:28 PM, Chris Moore wrote: > >> hi, >> >> Maybe we should start a campaign to get Office on the Mac accessible. >> Anyone up for it? If you know anyone who is willing to send an email >> requesting that Microsoft make their Office Suite accessible then point them >> to this web page.http://www.microsoft.com/mac/product-feedback >> >> Select the Office product you are interested in providing feedback for and >> say something like "I am very interested in purchasing your Office Suite for >> the Macintosh platform. However, i understand your product is not >> accessible as it is not compatible with VoiceOver which is the built in >> screen reader for the blind for OS X. If you were to add support for >> VoiceOver, this would result in thousands of Sales. >> >> Money always gets their attention. >> >> Chris >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
