That is so true! Any excuse that assists companies to ignore accessibility is a terrible thing!
You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Jun 7, 2013, at 11:13 AM, Christine Grassman <cgrassman1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not just a specialty phone, though: a specialty carrier providing those > phones. Such things make equality and equity harder for us; it makes it > possible for companies to say, "Well, there's that special company helping > the visually impaired, so there is no need for us to make our goods and > services accessible. This perpetuates the idea that we require marginalized > goods and services as well, which has ramifications for education, > employment, recreation, and integration into our communities at every level. > Christine > > > On Jun 7, 2013, at 11:54 AM, Mike Arrigo <n0...@charter.net> wrote: > >> We really don't, especially with the out of box accessibility that is >> provided by IOS and Android. There's simply no need for specialty phones. >> Original message: >>> Does anyone know anything about these phones or this project? Seems pretty >>> pointless if you want more than just a phone, and the full range of >>> experiences available to the sighted on any mobile carrier. Why on earth >>> do we need a special phone carrier? Separate and marginalized, rather than >>> expecting to be included in available services. >> >>> Christine >>> http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/05/odin-mobile-first-mobile-service-provider-for-the-visually-impaired/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget >> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
