[infoshare] Re: Fwd: windows 8 narrator, provides hype and not hope
- From: Sam Troia <samtroia@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: infoshare@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:15:18 -0400
At least with a Mac, a blind person doesn't have to buy a separate screen
reader.
Sincerely,
Sam Troia, NYC
Rock 'n' roll forever
On Mar 29, 2012, at 7:09 PM, Lynne wrote:
> Listening to this and it's really sickening. sigh Thanks much for sending
> it, though.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise C." <quest74@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <infoshare@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 11:42 PM
> Subject: [infoshare] Fwd: windows 8 narrator, provides hype and not hope
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>>
>>> I got this from a friend and thought some of you might be interested in
>>> reading it.
>> Denise
>>
>>> -----Forwarded Message-----
>>> 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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