If this actually is happening, but will happen. Will voice over go away? Jenifer Barr Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 23, 2013, at 8:48 AM, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Its a BBC article. You can find it here. > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21552733 > > Ricardo Walker > [email protected] > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Feb 23, 2013, at 8:30 AM, Craig Werner <[email protected]> wrote: > >> David, what is the source of this article? For whom does Leo Kelion write? >> >> Craig >> >> On 2/23/13, David Chittenden <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Subject: VoiceOver threatened by Samsung >>>> Reply-To: Blind Democracy Discussion List <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> Even if Samsung does not succeed in their action, the very fact they've >>>> even tried it guarantees I will never buy a Samsung product. >>>> And to think Samsung was instrumental in establishing the guide dog school >>>> in Korea. >>>> Unconscionable. >>>> Alice >>>> Samsun g struggles to block iPhone function for the blindBy Leo Kelion >>>> >>>> Technology reporter >>>> >>>> The VoiceOver function is designed to help >>>> blind and partially sighted consumers use the >>>> iPhone Samsung has suffered a setback in its >>>> effort to win an iPhone ban based on a function >>>> making its software accessible to blind people. >>>> >>>> The South Korean firm had sought an injunction in >>>> a German court arguing Apple's VoiceOver >>>> screen-access facility infringed one of its patents. >>>> >>>> However, the judge has ordered the case to be >>>> suspended pending another ruling that could invalidate Samsung's claim. >>>> >>>> Disability campaigners had expressed concern about the case. >>>> >>>> Apple's VoiceOver function is used by blind and >>>> partially-sighted people to hear a description of >>>> what the iPhone is showing by touching its screen. >>>> >>>> The software covers text and icons including >>>> audio descriptions of the battery level and >>>> network signal. It also allows the phones to be >>>> operated via Braille-based add-ons. >>>> >>>> Samsung had argued that Apple had failed to >>>> licence a patent it owned which describes >>>> pressing a button to make a handset describe its >>>> display. The basis for this was that VoiceOver >>>> could be switched on by triple-clicking the iPhone's home button. >>>> >>>> Apple declined to comment. >>>> >>>> A statement from Samsung said: "For decades, we >>>> have heavily invested in pioneering the >>>> development of technological innovations in the >>>> mobile industry, which have been constantly reflected in our products. >>>> >>>> "We continue to believe that Apple has infringed >>>> our patented mobile technologies, and we will >>>> continue to take the measures necessary to >>>> protect our intellectual property rights." >>>> >>>> 'Regrettable in the extreme' >>>> >>>> Patent consultant Florian Muller, who was first >>>> to report the Mannheim Court's decision, questioned Samsung's tactics. >>>> >>>> "If Samsung had only requested monetary >>>> compensation in this action, it would have made a >>>> much better choice than by trying to achieve, >>>> through the pursuit of an injunction, the >>>> deactivation or (more realistically) degradation >>>> of the voiceover functionality Apple provides to >>>> its German customers," he wrote on his blog. >>>> >>>> The British Computer Association of the Blind >>>> said it was worried such an important feature might be threatened. >>>> >>>> "A lack of access to information is arguably the >>>> biggest potential barrier to inclusion in society >>>> for blind and partially-sighted people," a spokesman told the BBC. >>>> >>>> "If something as important as access to telephone >>>> technology had been blocked by the actions of one >>>> company over another the consequences for blind >>>> people everywhere would be regrettable in the extreme." >>>> >>>> The Wall Street Journal's AllThingsD tech site was more damning. >>>> >>>> "Leaving aside the ethics of asserting a patent >>>> against a feature designed to help the blind, >>>> this is unwise," wrote John Paczkowski. >>>> >>>> "It's the PR equivalent of punching yourself in >>>> the face. Samsung has now identified itself as a >>>> company willing to accept the loss of >>>> accessibility for the vision-impaired as >>>> collateral damage in its battle with Apple." >>>> >>>> Apple and Samsung have fought a number of patent >>>> cases against each other in courts across the world. >>>> >>>> The biggest award involved a US jury ordering >>>> Samsung to pay Apple $1.05bn (£688m) in damages. >>>> The judge in the case later rejected Apple's call >>>> for the sum to be increased and a sales ban on some Samsung handsets. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Blind-Democracy mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://www.octothorp.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-democracy >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >>> Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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