See? This is exactly what I mean. If I get to work in the Apple Store here in Austin, at Barton Creek, I'll bring this to Apples attention. If I had their support I become a Liaison myself for free as I'm such a supporter of Apple products. I don't think anyone out there is really aware of what these machines can do. I think it's good to learn all os's also, but with the Mac this is made much easier with Boot Camp and programs like Parallels.
On Oct 11, 2010, at 8:44 PM, heather kd5cbl wrote: > 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 > > -- > 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. Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for G'day, Mates) Pete Nalda http://www.myspace.com/musikonalda http://www.facebook.com/lpnalda http://www.linkedin.com/in/lpnalda -- 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.
