Hi, I think the idea that accessibility is less important to Apple since the death of Steve Jobs is nothing more than pure speculation and if anyone can prove otherwise, I would love to see the evidence. I see no value in such comments.
Robert Carter On Dec 17, 2013, at 7:42 AM, Scott B. <sb356...@gmail.com> wrote: > Absolutely right. They can talking to engineering. But engeeniering has the > final say. I agree since the great Steve Jobs has passed we're probably not > seeing as much interaction from Accessibility as people saw before. To sum > it up very briefly Accessibility is where you take the accessibility > suggestions or problems. They either act upon them y supporting you the > person who needs help or passing it on to the engineering team by escalation. > Please also keep in mind these are tier 2 support personnel so they can't > know everything either so be easy on these people. > > > On 12/17/2013 03:37, Ray Foret Jr wrote: >> Of late, I have noticed complaints against the Apple accessibility team as >> if to suggest that we are being ignored. It seems to be the belief of some >> that the Apple accessibility team fixes accessibility bugs and problems with >> Voice Over. I do not believe that this is the case. It is my belief that >> the Apple accessibility team has, in fact, a very limited role at Apple. >> Frankly, with the passing of the late great Steve Jobs, that role has >> perhaps demenished greatly. I believe that the Apple accessibility team >> never has had actual decision making capacity with respect to actual >> implementation of fixes for Voice Over. They didn’t even have this power >> under Steve Jobs. Unless I am very much mistaken, all the accessibility >> team has any power to do is to forward our findings over to the development >> teams but nothing more. They cannot even tell us whether or not our reports >> will be acted upon. Now, this last is most likely a part of Apple’s non >> disclosure policy: however, I suspect that even if this was not so, Apple’s >> accessibility team would not be informed in any case. In short, it seems >> that the only function that this accessibility team has and will ever have >> at Apple is not much more than a kind of clearing house of feedback from us >> blind users. I cannot help wonder how many Apple app developmental teams >> look at submissions from the accessibility team and say to themselves, “Oh, >> no, not again.”. I suspect that this explains why it is that our reports >> seem to go unheeded. >> >> >> Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind >> built-in! >> >> Sincerely, >> The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! >> > > -- > Scott Berry > Email: sb356...@gmail.com > > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > -- > 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. > 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.