Here here!... especially for those refrigerators.
Seriously, I am stunned anyone would think they could market such a thing.
It is not like much of the windows paid screen reader market was aimed at
the real users in he first place, had it been the lack of customer service e
especially in the face of inflated prices would have ended that ages back.
and of course there is the obvious, Apple is committed, and making a
fortune not by aiming for one group, but by including methods that help
many groups, those with sight loss, dyslexia communications issues etc.
etc. compute with the same tool at the same price. while feeding
the imagination and creativity of developers to expand on that
universal idea...common ground on a common device.
Pay for what exactly? you can run windows if you desire, and you can
expand the functionality of i-works, or open office if you desire, so
where
is the practicality of a paid audience for a f free show?
Karen
On Mon, 25 Jun 2012, Gail the U. S. Male wrote:
Bravo Mark! I heartily agree!
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[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark BurningHawk
Baxter
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 10:39 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: is a paid screenreader for the mac a option?
First: A very helpful way to work with tables, at least on web pages, is
possible if you have a full-sized keyboard, by using NumPad Commander; it is
possible to use the number keys to move up, down, left or right in a table
by unit, so that you can get a much better sense of how things are laid out
and why it makes sense that way.
Similarly, all the other things you mentioned--Office, DropBox, etc.--have
work-arounds that, while not precisely the same as Windows, work just fine.
Third, if you want a "paid," screen-reader, just install VMWare or use Boot
Camp and install Windows and Jaws or whatever you prefer on another
partition. Best of both worlds.
However, what distresses me most is your conclusion that paying someone else
to design a screen-reader that would work better, simply because there's
money involved. Apple has worked *VERY!* hard to make VoiceOver work while
*NOT* replicating the mistakes and limitations of Windows. Developing an
app that does what VO does is not only reinventing fire, the wheel *and* all
of basic astronomy, it's downright insulting. I, for one, will NEVER pay
for a screen-reader for the Mac when VoiceOver is not only free, but stands
as a beachhead in terms of universal accessibility, which is what we should
be shooting for in Mac, Windows, refrigerators, Cable TV boxes, department
stores, etc. Paying someone else to make sure that something works right
"for the blind," is something we should be striving very hard to get *AWAY*
from, not reestablish.
. Mark BurningHawk Baxter
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