That sounds like a good idea.
On Sep 7, 2009, at 12:58 PM, dannyboy wrote: > > I am in full agreement that voice over needs not to be full of scripts > to do everything for us. Maybe we could write to accessibil...@apple.com > and share our thoughts on this. > On Sep 7, 2009, at 7:52 AM, Jes Smith wrote: > >> >> Hi all. >> >> I am greatly concerned that voice over now has support for scripting. >> Especially now that you can make voice over launch an application >> with >> a single script. I'm not talking about glancing at the time or seeing >> how many unread messages you have in mail. I'm talking about opening >> up apps like mail or Safari from within Voice OVer. I am concerned >> that voice over is starting to become a bit like Jaws, and that if we >> don't get a grip on it now, voice over will become Jaws for >> Macintosh. >> I, like Mike Arrigo, don't feel that launching apps is something that >> should be implemented in a screen reader. Also, I fear that the use >> of >> apple scripts will replace the responsibility of an application >> developer to make their application accessible right out of the box. >> On the Windows side, if something isn't accessible with Jaws, you >> just >> download scripts for it. What if you go to another person's computer >> and they don't have the scripts for the app you are trying to use? >> It's my belief that a certain article from the NFB prompted this >> scripting support. Folks, the thing I like about voice over is that >> it >> gives the blind user the same conceptual layout and information as it >> appears on the screen to a sighted user. No other screen reader does >> this, and we should keep voice over as a screen reader, and let it >> be. >> If we don't, eventually, when we try and contact an Apple developer, >> they will either ignore us, or will say, "Well, just download the >> scripts for my application and you will have access." >> Any thoughts? If someone disagrees with me, I'd love to hear your >> arguments, not so that I can persuade you to agree with me, but so >> that I can have a new perspective. >> >> Jes >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
