I didn't notice this mentioned on the list previously. I was one of the speakers at the NFB Web Accessibility Day in Baltimore MD on Tuesday and during the lunch Marc Maurer, President of the NFB, gave out some awards to companies they felt were leaders in the accessibility space. In particular they gave an award of commendation to Apple for the iPhone and iPod touch for doing what many folks said could not be done - to make a touch screen UI fully accessible. I know that the NFB in the past has been a follower in recognizing the feat of design and engineering that accessibility on the iPhone is but it sounds like at least the top brass are now fully aware as Dr. Maurer gave clear praise to Apple and the work done there. Lets hope NFB now give full and fair promotion in the rest of its communications.
http://www.nfb.org/nfb/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=468&SnID=1364143865 As a side note, it was interesting to overhear the questions folks had of the Apple rep before and after the presentation. Some wanted to know more or how it worked (apparently having never tried an iPhone/iPod Touch). The Apple rep also pointed out that the gesture technology has been backported to Snow Leopard for use with trackpads which was warmly received. I'm sure everyone on this list is fully aware of these things but it kind of surprised me that a room full of accessibility 'experts' were so unaware. CB --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
