Hi all, Thanks for all the information over the last few days on Apple's braille support woes. It looks like the primary problems right now are lack of formatting indicators/input, no independent braille cursor, flaky display connections, the rotor problem, the way the VO cursor is indicated, and general focus problems when using a display (touch cursor not tracking, things not appearing, etc).
I just want to remind everyone that none of us here can do much except report things back to Apple. So, if you are someone who regularly uses braille on OS X (or iOS, but OS X seems the bigger problem) and who is affected by any or all of these problems, please remember to report them, even if you've done so in the past. The best way is to send feedback to accessibil...@apple.com with as much detail as you can after every major software update. That's really the best thing you can do, and it's the only way they can know how widespread any problem is. Plus, the more perspectives and system configurations they get, the easier it will likely be for them to get a handle on how to fix things. I said to re-send after every major update because, sometimes, a developer will think they fixed a bug and take it off their list. Then, when the wider public gets that update, some people find it isn't fixed at all. The developer thinks it is, but the unlucky user sees that it isn't. Thinking the developer must know, the user stays silent, yet the developer thought the problem was fixed so never knows to keep working on it. I've seen this from time to time while beta testing apps for independent app developers, and I imagine Apple would run into the same thing. The only way for them to know that what they thought they'd fixed is, in fact, still broken is to hear from us. I know this is true of all accessibility problems, but braille seems to have been in need of attention for a long time, and I know it can get old, sending the same messages after every major OS X update. All I'm saying is, if you've contacted Accessibility about this in the past, please remember to do so again now that El Capitan is out. Braille needs work, but up-to-date feedback is the only way Apple will know what to work on. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.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/d/optout.
