Whole heartedly! agree.
Chris.
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From: Ray Foret Jr
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: is a paid screenreader for the mac a option?
Couldn't be more wrong. Why you want to make the Mac more like clunky crashy
windows? It's not up to the screen reader to make things more accessible with
more and more scripts which you have to keep up with; rather, that's up to the
app developers. That's how it is in the Mac world. FS make a Mac screen
reader? Are you seriously kidding me? No way it ain't gonna happen.
GWMicro neither. They already have enough on their plate worying about
windows type stuff.
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!
Skype name:
barefootedray
On Jun 25, 2012, at 7:08 AM, William Windels wrote:
Hello,
After working for more than 3 years with the mac , it's my personal
opinionthat more basic programs are accessible on windows then on the mac
platform.
I find it more stable to work on the mac because of the integration of the
screenreader voiceover with the osx.
The fact that the hardware is also adapted for us by the trackpad and the
function-keys with the spoken values.
And of course the flexible way we can install , manage the system with
voiceover support everywhere.
However, we can't e.g. configure dropbox with voiceover while this is
possible on windows, office programs like microsoft office and also iWork's
aren't fully accessible with lay-out tasks, in my opinion there are several
usability issues with the browsers on the mac, some ellements of the os , like
Tables, on websites and on numbers and pages, are very difficult to
navigate e.g. you can't search for edit-fields on websites while they are in a
table and in pages, you can't work with tables on a comfortable way.
the icon's on the status bar, can't be reached on a normal way with
voiceover...
My conclusion: a paid screenreader for the mac that makes program's
accessible with scripts (like screen readers on windows do), should be very
welcome I think.
With this kind of optional screenreader, blind users should be able to use
all the equivalents on the mac of their windows favorites. Perhaps it should
push apple to make their screenreader better on a faster speed.
Why such screenreader doesn't exist yet?
I see 2 reasons for this:
1. Apple should not be happy with this and the screenreader of apple should
have more possibilities to integrate with the os then the external screenreader.
2. Other communities don't see a reason to make a screenreader for the mac
while there is one built in.
If it should be the second reason, any people with accessibility
frustrations on the mac , should communicate this to other companies like gw
micro, freedom scientific, baum...
Any opinions about this meanings should be very welcome.
kind regards,
William Windels
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