Of Daniel Miller
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 8:58 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: OT: Why Did Apple Create VoiceOver?
Hi,
I completely agree here. Just look at other companies, Microsoft for
example, a company that claims all their products are accessible to persons
with disibilities. That
one@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Christopher Chaltain
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 5:26 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Cc: Ricardo Walker
Subject: Re: OT: Why Did Apple Create VoiceOver?
I'm one of those people who felt that way. I admit now though that what
Apple ha
;s nothing
>>>>> wrong with that.
>>>>>
>>>>> I agree VoiceOver is a great product, and I can understand your
>>>>> willingness to support a company that builds accessibility into their
>>>>> product, but I don't think it&
being present at one of the public announcements of Narrator.
>>> Microsoft was very careful to ensure people that Narrator wasn't intended to
>>> take the place of the other screen readers--that it was just intended for
>>> emergency use, not every day use.
>>>
>>> My guess is that Ap
do Walker
> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 2:03 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: OT: Why Did Apple Create VoiceOver?
>
> Hello,
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> I totally agree here.
>
> It would have been easy, and truth be told, probably more profitable, if
> they decided to put out a
en readers available for OSX. There wasn't, so things worked out
>> differently.
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>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegr
e, a company that claims all their products are accessible to
> persons
>>>> with disabilities. That statement couldn't be any more wrong. I myself
> would
>>>> much rather pay a premium for an apple product with accessibility built
> in
>>>> out of the box,
rom: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
> Of Pete Nalda
> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 4:05 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: OT: Why Did Apple Create VoiceOver?
>
> I also think Apple did something else no other company did, by ha
June 24, 2012 4:05 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: OT: Why Did Apple Create VoiceOver?
I also think Apple did something else no other company did, by having us,
the blind community,test what was then called "Spoken Interface", before it
became VoiceOver, and released in Tiger (10
companies
>>> like Freedom scientific and GW Micro could ever dream of creating.
>>> I'm sorry if my post strayed off topic, I just can't help but admit I'm also
>>> a fanboy and an Apple geek.
>>>
>>> P.S.: I can't wait to see them try t
bad motherboard.
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Ricardo Walker
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 2:03 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: OT: Why Did Apple Create VoiceOver?
Hello,
I totally agree here.
It would have
m] On Behalf
Of M. Taylor
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 3:05 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: OT: Why Did Apple Create VoiceOver?
Christopher,
Your recollection is dead on.
I was managing an Apple computer lab at a city college back in those days
and Apple was, indeed, losing ou
Christopher Chaltain
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 11:01 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: OT: Why Did Apple Create VoiceOver?
I know you didn't want conjecture, but I've seen several times, from people
who were involved with the issue at the time, that Apple did this because
t
>> I'm sorry if my post strayed off topic, I just can't help but admit I'm also
>> a fanboy and an Apple geek.
>>
>> P.S.: I can't wait to see them try to make Windows RT accessible on tablets.
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: vi
o see them try to make Windows RT accessible on tablets.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
> Of Scott Howell
> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 7:37 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: OT: Why Did App
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 7:37 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: OT: Why Did Apple Create VoiceOver?
Craig,
I am not sure you will find a specific reason. I have heard stories that
range from Apple facing a lawsuit (not likely at all) to some child of an
engineer (more likely) who w
Craig,
I am not sure you will find a specific reason. I have heard stories that range
from Apple facing a lawsuit (not likely at all) to some child of an engineer
(more likely) who was blind. I suspect the real reason is that Apple saw an
opportunity and opted to take a risk which I should note
Hi,
If you go back and read any of the Jobs biographies or watch any of the movies
I believe that you will see that although he could be an asshole, Jobs was a
visionary. His ideology was the driving force behind total control of the
products that Apple created. Universal access was only a part
Greetings to the list.
Over on the vi-kindle email list from freelists.org, a user asked a
penetrating question: "Why did Apple build accessibility into all of
its products?" Knowing the answer to this query might prove helpful
as blind and visually impaired people work with other companies to
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