Jaws is not the only game in town for windows. There is nvda, which is quite respectable these days. The argument that you get a freebie with a Mac and Windows screen readers are expensive just doesn't cut it anymore, especially with Apple producing but here releases of OS X when they are supposed to be "rock solid". I bought my first mac went snow leopard was the current version of OS X. It was pretty solid. Since then, there certainly have been improvements in voiceover features. I still believe it is clear that Apple has made for more of a commitment to accessibility then has Microsoft. After all, the new edge browser is totally inaccessible to all but the experimental support with the latest build of NVDA. However, Apple is quite open about this commitment, therefore, they have set themselves a higher standard. And they are not meeting it with this new release. When they release a product with serious voiceover issues, they are sending a message that their commitment to accessibility is not quite up to the standard of their commitment to those who do not need accessibility features. Is that really what they want to do? Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 16, 2015, at 9:18 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu <kgli...@icloud.com> wrote: > > The only problem is that Jaws costs a lot of money and Voice Over comes with > the Mac and has no ILM life. I have thought about getting a small windows lap > top but haven't done anything about it as yet. I do wish there was better > Braille sufport on the Mac. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 16 Oct 2015, at 4:46 p.m., Devin Prater <d.pra...@me.com> wrote: >> >> They should really hire a blind software engineer. I think that's about the >> only way we'll get any progress. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Oct 16, 2015, at 2:20 AM, Brian Fischler <brianfisch...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hey guy, >>> >>> Thanks so much for pointing out this is why it is great to wait to the next >>> version of an operating system comes out. Wow, what a original novice >>> concept that has never ever been pointed out on this list. >>> >>> Ok, now that that is out of the way. I want to thank everyone who has >>> posted about their issues with safari in El Capitan the IOS 8 for VO users >>> on the mac. Holy cow, Apple what a crap operating system. Thankfully I will >>> be rolling back this weekend. Just need to do some more backups. Seriously, >>> I love Apple, but you got to call them out when they shit the bed and El >>> Capitan is just that. Apple claimed IOS 9 and El Capitan were going to be >>> focused on Quality Control instead of fancy new things. Well, how can Apple >>> expect any VO user that they seriously test VO when safari on a lot of >>> websites is absolutely unusable. It is great that VO seems to be much >>> snappier but with it constantly crashing and turning on and off it is >>> unusable, and I am finding the same issue in chrome on the same websites so >>> it is definitely VO. >>> >>> Another issue which I have not seen posted is how VO just does not read >>> things. For example go through your contact list in contacts and you will >>> constantly have to go back up to a previous contact and then back down >>> again to get VO to read it. These two issues alone are so severe that Apple >>> should fire anyone doing Quality Control for VO or they just do not care >>> about the quality of it. Very disappointed in Apple again. >>>> On Oct 15, 2015, at 10:30 PM, Mike Arrigo <n0...@charter.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> This is why it’s always best to wait until at least the first, and >>>> sometimes the second major update before installing a new version of the >>>> operating system, let the major bugs get worked out first. >>>>> On Oct 15, 2015, at 5:42 PM, Sadam Ahmed <sadam.li...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> This is why I have Rolled back to Yosemite. >>>>> >>>>> These are some of the worst bugs I've seen since I started using the Mac >>>>> back in 2010. >>>>> >>>>> Won't be updating until a update comes out to address these problems. >>>>> >>>>> Yours truly, >>>>> >>>>> Sadam Ahmed >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On 16 Oct 2015, at 9:16 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland >>>>>> <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Is that with the official build, or is that with the private beta? I >>>>>> confess I really haven't tried doing anything with Safari over there >>>>>> since I finally got successfully updated. How are people getting around >>>>>> this being that surfing the web is so heavily done now adays with >>>>>> computers? Are folks just using Crome instead? What about Webkit? Is >>>>>> it any better? >>>>>> >>>>>> Chris. >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Miller" <miller...@gmail.com> >>>>>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 6:12 PM >>>>>> Subject: Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> Safari on 10.11 is pretty pathetic right now. It’s the worst experience >>>>>> I’ve ever had while using OS X. >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Oct 15, 2015, at 4:41 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu <kgli...@icloud.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Just been using Safari as I went to the online RNIB library catalogue. >>>>>>> Safari is terrible on that website and I wonder if Safari is broken? >>>>>>> Once I sign in and browse for books either in braille or for Talking >>>>>>> books, Safari won’t read the search results as it keeps saying >>>>>>> dialogue. Also I am going to try out Overdrive again in due course so >>>>>>> I hope it’s been fixed with IOS9 as I had problems with it when I tried >>>>>>> it on the I phone 6 Plus. Now I am using the 6 Plus S wonder if it >>>>>>> will improve. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I wish I could get rid of the favourites bar in safari and get it back >>>>>>> to how it was when I was using it in Yosemite. I apologise if I have >>>>>>> misspelt the name wrong again but I try to spell it wright. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Kawal. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> 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. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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