But what is the other extreme? Does a vendor need to support any
platform they have an app for? What if they take the Adobe approach and
support the IAccessible2 API which doesn't exit on Mac? Adobe could
claim safe harbor because they did implement accessibility and it's
Apple's lack of support of an open standard that makes it fail. Or
should they be required to support a specific AT on each platform? That
would work well for the Mac where VO is pretty much it, but on Windows
or BlackBerry where AT is bolted on from a menu of different vendors,
that could be untenable. Will be interesting to see how this plays out
and if there are any unintended consequences.
CB
On 12/15/11 12:09 PM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote:
if that were to be the case, that in itself is product exclusion and
discrimination to users relying on the mac.
lew
On 15 Dec 2011, at 17:07, Chris Blouch wrote:
I wonder what impact the new FCC notice of proposed rule making will
have for accessibility in communications apps. Will any email or chat
app have to be accessibly implemented on at least one platform? So if
they make Skype work with Jaws on Windows does that mean they don't
have to do anything for VO on OSX?
CB
On 12/15/11 5:58 AM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote:
Even though we're a small group (thanks for highlighting my comment)
we still have rights of equality and access. it's just a question of
working in partnership with developers, even if it means becoming
beta testers officially and having direct input.
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