Apple has a pretty flat management structure with different teams acting nearly autonomously as if they were separate companies.
The iWork team is one such business unit and may or may not place a high value on accessibility. The access technology group who make VO and the other universal access features plus maintain the accessibility API in the OS need to try to "influence" other teams within the company. The biggest motivator for a team to add a high quality accessibility experience is, of course, how much more money will they gain from performing this task. Thus, legislation like Section 255 of the telecommunications act, 504 and 508 of the rehabilitation act, IDEA and lots of state regulations can cause a product to shutdown sales to government agencies, school districts, etc. if they aren't accessible. The iwork team probably doesn't sell much into these market segments so will not be terribly motivated to meet their standards. So, just because Apple and, for that matter, Microsoft have accessibility API built into the OS, programs they develop may ignore accessibility entirely if there is no urgent need to sell the program to government agencies. Sorry for being a bit cynical but this is my experience working with mainstream developers for a whole lot of years now. cdh On Nov 28, 2009, at 11:10 PM, Rich Ring wrote: > Isn't iWorks Apple software? Are they not aware of Voiceover? And, if not, > why not? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brett Campbell" <blindinnova...@gmail.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 9:57 PM > Subject: Re: Spreadsheet software was Powerpoint on the Mac > > > I use a spreadsheet program called Tables. It works great for me and the > developer is mindful of VoiceOver. > > > Brett C. > > On Nov 28, 2009, at 8:51 PM, Dan Roy wrote: > >> Les, speaking of Iworks, have you had a chance to check out the >> spreadsheet program, IE the Excell equivalent? If so, how well does it >> work? if not, maybe someone on the list will know the answer. if the >> spreadsheet software in Iworks isn't readily and easily accessible, can >> someone suggest an alternative? >> >> >> On Nov 22, 2009, at 3:48 AM, Les Kriegler wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> In iWork, there is an application called KeyNote which is the PowerPoint >>> equivalent. I purchased iWork from Amazon.com for $56 plus tax US >>> currency a few weeks ago. Good luck. >>> >>> Les >>> >>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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=. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >> >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
