Erik, Yes you could always install Debian etc. However, that should not be necessary. OO does work reasonably well, but iWorks suite is also quite accessible and I am hoping the next version will be even more accessible. I am not sure Mark when it will be out, but I gather sometime in the next couple of months.
On Sep 26, 2010, at 5:33 PM, Erik Heil wrote: > Well, it may be issues with support as well as development. Remember we also > have access to OOo, which is accessible. Barring that, you could always > install Debian within a BM and use the GO.OO.org version which is nincluded > in the distribution. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Sep 26, 2010, at 4:58 PM, Scott Howell <scottn3...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Mark, >> >> I suspect Microsoft is simply not interested in accessibility for the Mac. I >> have never heard anything that would indicate a reason for Microsoft to take >> the time to make the Office suite accessible. If accessibility is not in the >> beta now, I would wager it will not be in the final version. In fact it >> seems that it would take more effort to add the accessibility in now instead >> of doing it at the beginning if you will. So, forget it, our hope is that >> iWorks 10 is even more accessible then 09. >> On Sep 26, 2010, at 4:18 PM, M. Taylor wrote: >> >>> Hello Greg, >>> >>> Thank you so much for providing this info. >>> >>> I cannot begin to relay how sad and disappointed I am at the news of >>> Microsoft's Office 2011 VoiceOver inaccessibility. >>> >>> Wow! >>> >>> You know, when I installed the very first beta of Windows 7, it was >>> completely accessible. That is to say, as soon as one launched the >>> installation program for Windows 7, a very clear voice prompt asked if audio >>> assistance was required. This came as a total surprise to me, to say the >>> least. I answered in the affirmative and was able to install Windows 7 >>> without any sighted assistance, whatsoever. I installed that first beta on >>> three of my computers. By the way, the voice that was used to guide me >>> through the setup was not that of Narrator--it was much clearer. >>> >>> Astonishingly, with the release of the next beta of Windows 7, this feature >>> was removed. I was shocked, disappointed, and angry, to say the least. >>> >>> It was then that I began considering purchasing a Macintosh. >>> >>> It's been much too long to recall how I came to learn Microsoft's reason for >>> removing this feature but they said they removed it for security concerns; >>> to which I exclaim, "TommyRot!!!!!" Or, to put it in the vernacular, >>> "That's a load of crap!!!!" >>> >>> Greg, is it possible that the final release of Office 2011 will be VoiceOver >>> accessible? I mean, you reviewed a beta, did you not? Perhaps I'm just >>> grasping at straws, eh? (Smile) >>> >>> Thanks again for giving us a proverbial "heads-up" on this one. >>> >>> Most Sincerely, >>> >>> mark >>> - >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Greg Kearney >>> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 1:22 AM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com; macvoiceo...@freelists.org; Mary Beth >>> Janes; Mike Shebanek >>> Subject: Microsoft Office 2011 and VoiceOver >>> >>> It is my sad duty to report that after getting a chance to test Microsoft >>> Office 2011 for Mac that it is no more accessible in this version than in >>> any of the previous versions. As in the past it is impossible to interact >>> with any of the content areas of the program. You are not able to review, >>> read or edit the text area in Word or Excel. >>> >>> It should not be clear to all that Microsoft has no intention of ever fixing >>> these issues. I communicated directly with Microsoft over the same failing >>> in Office 2008. The fact that after a complete rewire of the programs they >>> remain inaccessible to the built in screen reader of the OS to me speak >>> volumes about Microsoft's total lack of commitment to accessibility on the >>> Macintosh platform and may well speak to Microsoft's general commitment to >>> the platform as well. >>> >>> Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media >>> Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA >>> PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA 6100 >>> Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696 | www.guidedogswa.com.au >>> Tel: 307-224-4022 (North America) >>> Email: greg.kear...@guidedogswa.com.au >>> Email: gkear...@gmail.com >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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