All the screen readers as previously mentioned have to do quite a bit of hacking to work with it on Windows, they'll need to overhall access on both platforms imho.
Mike On May 3, 2011, at 12:42 PM, Chris Moore wrote: > That is because there is no built in screen reader for Windows, all the > screen readers rely on scripts to work. scripting to get programs to work on > OS X is not an option available to us, so therefore we have to apply pressure > on Microsoft to become more compliant with Apple's standards. Adobe are > making strides to improve accessibility on the Mac for Flash and Acrobat. ok > it is not here, yet but it will be here within the next 12 months. > > We have to bare in mind that Microsoft does not make any of the screen > readers on the Windows platform, so it is up to the vendors to get their > products to work with the OS and it's applications. > On 3 May 2011, at 19:40, E.J. Zufelt wrote: > >> Good afternoon, >> >> Just as an FYI, MS Office for Windows isn't actually compatible with Windows >> screen-readers. There is a great deal of scripting required in order to >> make windows screen-readers work with MS Office products. >> >> I'm not saying that your campaign won't work. But, I just wanted to point >> out that MS Office isn't actually natively accessible on either platform. >> >> >> Everett Zufelt >> http://zufelt.ca >> >> Follow me on Twitter >> http://twitter.com/ezufelt >> >> View my LinkedIn Profile >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt >> >> >> >> On 2011-05-03, at 2:28 PM, Chris Moore wrote: >> >>> hi, >>> >>> Maybe we should start a campaign to get Office on the Mac accessible. >>> Anyone up for it? If you know anyone who is willing to send an email >>> requesting that Microsoft make their Office Suite accessible then point >>> them to this web page.http://www.microsoft.com/mac/product-feedback >>> >>> Select the Office product you are interested in providing feedback for and >>> say something like "I am very interested in purchasing your Office Suite >>> for the Macintosh platform. However, i understand your product is not >>> accessible as it is not compatible with VoiceOver which is the built in >>> screen reader for the blind for OS X. If you were to add support for >>> VoiceOver, this would result in thousands of Sales. >>> >>> Money always gets their attention. >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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.
