I totally agree, fancy dropping them a line? I have been in touch with the RNIB over here and a couple of other organisations on this side of the pond. Will keep you posted of any outcome. On 4 May 2011, at 22:49, Laura McGlynn wrote:
> I think I've said this before, but what I find annoying is the silence of > blind-oriented organisations, like NFB. If it was a big deal for Apple not to > have accessibility built into iTunes, I'm not sure why Microsoft gets a pass, > especially when Office is so ubiquitous. The lack of Office support isn't the > only reason agencies are reluctant to offer the Mac as a viable solution for > blind users, but I bet it doesn't help. In that respect, Microsoft's failure > is a much bigger deal than Apple's was with iTunes. > > I know some people will say that's exactly why organisations like the NFB > aren't making a big deal about it, but I'm not sure that's true. Either way, > why they're not doing it at the moment isn't as important as letting them > know that there's a problem, and that there's a sizeable number of blind > users who want them to do something. Targeting them to take action might be > as good an effort as targeting Microsoft directly. Because, as noted, our > market share is tiny. It's going to take more than just us telling them > they're losing money to bring change, and that's what organisations designed > to advocate for the blind should be good at, IMO. > >> "Tony Hernandez" <tonyhspe...@gmail.com> May 04 10:20AM -0400 ^ >> >> It seems to me that this effort is aimed at trying to creaet the force of a >> number of people rather than just one. Also, another problem is that the >> office formats are industry standard, so as Carolyn says, "Microsoft knows >> they have the public around the neck." Gates meant serious business when he >> said, "A computer in every home, and Microsoft software on every computer." >> He's pretty much achieved this as much as anyone can, so the company is >> quite complacent. Our market share is chickenfeed compared to that which >> they already hold, not that I think Gates himself is to blame for the >> accessibility issues, but MS as a company has no reason at present to try to >> expand their customer base. That being said, I see no reason why the effort >> should not be made to bring this issue to the attention of Microsoft, >> especially since Apple is outdoing them by leaps and bounds on accessibility >> for the blind, the deaf, and those who have motor difficulties. >> >> Tony Hernandez >> > > -- > 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.
