Hello, I'm not really sure if this is the case. Apple had a choice. Make your products reasonably accessible, or loose your multi million dollar government contracts. Apple then went out and did what made sense economically for them. To be fair, they went way beyond what the government states for reasonable accessibility. In this case, keyboard makers have no incentive what so ever to make their products accessible except some sense of right and wrong. This often doesn't get you very far when money is involved. haha. On May 22, 2013, at 3:22 PM, Nicole Massey <[email protected]> wrote:
> Remember too that Apple didn't do it by choice -- they were told to do so by > the state of California. > There's a simple solution to this -- don't use anything that's inaccessible. > Vote with your wallet. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan > Paganelli > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 2:02 PM > To: QWS list > Subject: Re: QWS List Question > > My understanding is, Yamaha was asked by several blindness related > organizations to develop a means by which blind people could hear the names > of buttons and switches and the company flat out said no. I was told it was > NFB doing the asking. Sense I'm not a member, it's just hearsay. The > feeling is if Apple can build accessibility into their products, why can't > Yamaha. > > I understand that it sounds great on principle, however, I'm not sure I'd > like my keyboard announcing every key press I made either. So what's your > thoughts on keyboard accessibility on keyboards etc? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Florian-achtige <mailto:[email protected]> > To: QWS list <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 11:27 AM > Subject: Re: QWS List Question > > Hi, > > How does their record on accssibility suck? :S > I think their manuals in text version, their non-wrapping menus etc > are a hell of a lot more accessible than for example the way Korg is > going with all their touch--based stuff ...I wouldn't be surprised > if > Roland goes that way with their high-end keyboards , if it hasn't > already ... > > Florian > > 2013/5/22, Alan Paganelli <[email protected]>: > > I'd hate to think it's true. Their record on accessibility > already sucks. > > That would be a huge step backward. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Brian Olesen > > To: QWS list > > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 7:42 AM > > Subject: Re: QWS List Question > > > > > > Hi, > > wow if this true they're gonna lose market share like hell. > > roland has just gone back to no touch and lots of bottons on > their new > > Bk9, so this is in my opinion Yamaha on the wrong track so to > speak. :-) > > > > Brian > > > > > > From: Alan Paganelli > > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 4:33 PM > > To: QWS list > > Subject: QWS List Question > > > > Hi All, > > > > It's been awhile sense I've posted to this list. I've heard > talk that the > > Yamaha Tyros 5 for a lack of a better term is said to have a touch > screen > > and no buttons. All on screen menus so if I understand that > right, it'll be > > more like an iPhone screen instead. I have no idea if this is > true or not. > > My hunch is, there won't be any screen reader for it either. Does > anybody > > know anything about this or heard any rumors etc? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Regards, > > > > Alan > > > > Teenagers; Tired of being harassed by your stupid parents? Act > now!!!!! > > Move out. Get a job. Pay your bills wile you still know > everything. > > > > Please click on: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ > > There, you'll find free files of my arrangements and > performances played > > on > > the Yamaha Tyros 1 keyboard. I often add files so check back > regularly! > > > > The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still > > available upon request. Thanks for listening! > > > To unsubscribe or change list options, see > http://lists.andrelouis.com > > for archived list posts, see > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com > > for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
