I agree, look at the Bing app for the iPhone for example, totally accessible. I think the problem with Microsoft is based on their old coding, such as office for example which is coded using C++ and contains millions of lines of code. They have no excuse not to add accessibility to new products. And yes we know they did not add this to Windows Mobile 7, but they did not add cut and paste either and Apple did not add accessibility until version 3.
Here's hoping anyway. Chris On 10 May 2011, at 16:53, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hi All, > Yes, while MS's buying Skype did come out of left field for almost everybody, > I tend to believe that at least in the short term we won't see much in the > way of degraded accessibility. Skype's codebase has been worked on by the > company for years, and I have trouble imagining the new management will > completely toss out all that effort. Longer term, perhaps, the outlook is > less than ideal, but I still don't see any really drastic changes in the > pipeline. Call me an optimist, but I'm willing to give MS the benefit of the > doubt in this case and avoid predicting doom when it might not be certain. > Best, > Zack. > > On May 10, 2011, at 8:26 AM, Jes Smith wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> Looks like the days of Skype's being useful, and accessible to the blind are >> over. Microsoft just confirmed the purchase of Skype for 8.5 billion. Read >> below entitled: >> Yes, Microsoft is buying Skype - The Term Sheet: Fortune's deals ... >> Know what this means? This means the installer for Skype version 6 won't >> even be VO accessible. >> Jes >> >> >> -- >> 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.
