[guispeak] Re: Fwd: windows 8 narrator, provides hype and not hope
- From: David hilbert Poehlman <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:53:02 -0400
so what else is new? I just saw an article last week saying that it is much
improved and listing all the new features.
On Mar 28, 2012, at 7:48 AM, Jamal Mazrui wrote:
I have not independently evaluated the statements below, but the author is a
respected colleague with considerable expertise in this area, so I think the
message is worth sharing.
Jamal
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From: John J Herzog [mailto:johnjherzog@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 1:12 AM
Subject: windows 8 narrator, provides hype and not hope
Hello everyone,
I just completed a podcast explaining how narrator works in the new windows 8.
Here is the link, and below are my opinions. I urge you to share this with
every blind person you know, before our time to change things for the newest
windows has passed.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15813782/windows%208%20narrator%20demo.mp3
Ok, now here are my thoughts. Long story short, Narrator is incredibly
disappointing, and yet Microsoft is emphatically stating how great the upcoming
accessibility will be on their developer blog.
I am sending this podcast to all of you with the hopes that you will have ideas
on how we can encourage blind consumers to pressure Microsoft to do better. It
is clear to me that Microsoft is interested in nothing more than positive
publicity for helping everybody out, yet does not want to put in the effort to
give the blind a truly usable screen reader. Louis, narrator is no better in
the consumer preview than it was in the developer version of windows released
last September. Microsoft claims that over 100000 changes were made from the
first preview of windows to the current beta. And yet nothing was done for
accessibility in that time. If we do not voice our disappointment as a
community, then the final version of windows will likely not contain further
accessibility improvements.
To Marlaina and everybody else, you need to give this a listen to understand
what Microsoft claims they are doing versus what they are actually doing.
Scott, I know you were with me when I produced this tonight. However, I cannot
find the link needed to submit this to the blind cool tech web site. Maybe one
of you can get this posted to serotalk? If not, then I hope you all will share
this with every other blind person you know. I normally don't get upset when
things won't work as advertised. However, Microsoft really should know better
than to produce such a flawed access solution. When better screen readers can
be found in free operating systems such as Linux, there is a definite problem
that needs to be addressed. And when they market accessibility, they really
should have a product that stands up to the claim that it makes windows an
inclusive operating system for everybody.
I don't mean to rant, but give this a listen and let me know what you think.
Thank you,
John
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