Donna, the battery indicator is back in 10.12.3 beta 1. At least the percentage / charged indicator.
> On Dec 15, 2016, at 3:43 PM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I just wanted to write to say that I have written to Apple accessibility re > the battery issue, and I would encourage others to do the same. If there is > an icon that sighted users can view, then there also needs to be an > equivalent for us. I'm sorry, but the notion that anyone would rely on a > laptop--which theoretically is intended for computing on the go--without > providing them good access to battery information is ridiculous. Yes, I > know. You can go into Activity Monitor. But that is a fairly time consuming > process. And yes, you can ask Siri. But that's hardly convenient or > appropriate if you're in the middle of a meeting, a class, etc. I had been > planning to purchase one of the new MacBook Pros, but right now, I'm thinking > I may follow Jonathan Mosen's lead and purchase a PC instead. > > To my thinking this is absolutely unacceptable. If you agree, I encourage > you to write to Apple accessibility and ask that we at least be given battery > information equivalent to that provided to sighted users. > Best, > Donna > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.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 https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.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 https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
