Hello, I honestly think that the lack of Voiceover accessibility of the MS Office suite holds back many potential Mac users from switching over. For example, I've spent much time talking with adaptive tech specialist, rehab and state agencies and, most see the Mac as a entertainment console instead of a well rounded machine that can support both ones professional and leisure computing tasks. These agencies are all about getting visually impaired people through college, vocational training, and ultimately employed. They look at the lack of MS Office accessibility as a non starter for those wanting training or, access to Macs. Many blind and visually impaired people look to these institutions for their computer training and equipment. If the Mac could be viewed as a more productivity driven computer, the better.
Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Feb 1, 2013, at 3:33 PM, Gabe Vega <theblindt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks John and Sarah. I agree this access to Office is vital in my > line of work with cooperating with clients we work with in our field. > > Gabe Vega > CEO > Commtech LLC > Web: http://commtechusa.net > Email: i...@commtechusa.net > Phone: (623) 565-9357 > > On Feb 1, 1:02 pm, "J.P." <jshandr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Welcome Sara, >> I am glad you made it on the list. I'm excited to see what comes of this. >> To my fellow peers on this list, Sara and I have been communicating everyday >> for a week. I can assure you she is interested. Just by the questions she >> has asked. I personally wrote a note to Microsoft about the lack of >> accessibility. sara contacted me the very next day. I appreciate that when I >> explained about our lists, she took the initiative herself to join. I >> contacted the moderator last night to expedite getting her here. It's more >> genuine coming from her. Me not being the middle man. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
