Don't know if APple would do that, but if you put that out on YouTube, it sure 
would grab some attention. :)

On Oct 11, 2010, at 9:44 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 

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