rofl. I can "see" the commercial tha apple would do with their apple vs. pc.
"hello there, I'm an apple and I'm accessible" (queue the sound of voiceover reading a text document) "hello. I'm a pc. now how's you do that talking thing? I don't have that application installed. oh, here it is and its $1,000" (queue the sound of jaws after the sound of money being poured out of a sack_ you get the idea. -Eric On Oct 12, 2010, at 2:11 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > 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 > > -- > 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. Eric Oyen - N7ZZT Phoenix Arizona Geocode: 33.488462 -112.234926 N33° 29.3077', W112° 14.0956' -- 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.
