[macvoiceover] Re: Fwd: Adobe accessibility

Both organizations stand to loose if Apple is too strongly endorsed-- just my thoughts. ACB did go over the top, though. 

Jane




On Jun 10, 2008, at 2:05 AM, Richie Gardenhire wrote:
Travis, I agree with you up to this point: if we deluge companies with our e-mails, it will seem as if we are singling one particular company out. I would like to suggest that those who are working to develop third-party aps for VoiceOver and sending their recs to Apple, organize a campaign that is constructive, but at the same time, not come off as "demanding". Quite frankly, when the ACB put forth their resolution concerning Apple's iPhone, quite frankly, I felt thr organization was coming off somewhat strong-arming. Perhaps I was misinterpreting what the resolution said, in part; it just came off that way to me. There are lots of people on this list who are keeping constant communications with Apple, I'm sure, even though they cannot, under contractual agreements with Apple, divulge any company plans except those which come as a press release directly from Apple. I just think it would serve a better purpose this way. Richie Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska. 


On Jun 9, 2008, at 8:39 PM, Travis Siegel wrote:
And once again, we see the cost of having misinformation spread by those who have no clue what they're talking about. How many times have we heard folks claim vo isn't ready for use as a mainstream access technology? It's because folks say such things (and some of them very loudly and in rather public venues) that we get situations like this one. How many other companies decided not to support voiceover, because their conception of it was completely flawed, because of something they read or heard from someone was misinformed, or just plain wrong about how voiceover works. 
It hurts everyone folks.
Please don't spread misinformation, and stamp it out where you can.
Now, I'm not saying deluge poor Mr, adobe guy with hundreds of emails about how flatly wrong his perception is, but perhaps a few dozen well mannered messages about how voiceover is used everyday (yes, even on html) could serve to educate our poor misinformed adobe guy (either through ignorance or by being the victim of misinformation) to let him know that voiceover is indeed not only usable, but *is* used by hundreds everyday to do our work. 
<sigh>
Until we can stop organizations like nfb (oops, I didn't say that) from distributing misinformation, this lack of proper knowledge will continue. Please be nice when responding to adobe, but be firm, and let them know we *are* a user base, and one that would like to have access to not only flash content, but other things as well. I strongly urge everyone who uses voiceover even on a semi-regular basis to write to this person and explain why product development on the mac platform would be in his companies best interest. 



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