I live in Austin Texas. We have an Apple corporate office here. The university uses macs and some of the school districts too. I remember when I had to use a mac, know one told me about voiceover. They simply said "macs are not accessible so you cant take that class," and now the answer is, "good luck we don't have technology specialist to help you but, if you figure it out, can you help us?" I don't like the rehab agencies because, they sign contracts with one thing and you have to fight to use the other. Like in Texas, jaws is the only screenreader the state will buy unless you have some reason to get window eyes. So instead of giving blind consumers a lot of options, there is just one or two. For example, the federal government signed a contract with apple, not sure when, people will have to know how to use a mac. The federal government is one of the largest hiring bodies of the blind. But because, the windows are pushed on us and the macs are not shown to us, some of us will not take the jobs as we have been told the macs are not accessible for the blind. I think it would be really cool to have an apple commercial featuring a blind mac user using voiceover. It could go like this:Scene Two blind people are shopping for a knew computer at the store. One has to buy all these products while the other decides on a mac. "windows quality pc 900 dollars.; windows office products, 300 dollars; The latest windows, 200 dollars; Windows Monitor with keyboard 150 dollars; windows screenreader 2000 dollars. Blind person buying a mac with I works and taking it home to use it without sighted assistance, priceless!" Heather
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