Fw: Microsoft spyware and JAWS
- From: "TerriLynne" <terri_lynne@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 07:23:43 -0700
Here is a clear opportunity to speak, in large numbers, using the web as a
communication tool, and be heard by a Giant Software Company, and make a
positive difference in the future of safe computing for everyone.
...
Hello from BlindSoftware dot com,
Through our newsletters, we normally only email out product news about
blindsoftware.com and BscGames.com. This newsletter is very important and we
felt it was necessary to forward onto the community.
This letter is written by Justin Daubenmire, president of BSC, as follows:
Microsoft is coming out with a free new AntiSpyware product
detection/removal tool which is now in beta 1. It is / will be the best
antispyware utility created. I downloaded the beta and it is 100%
inaccessible. I was baffled by this since microsoft is so big on
accessibility. Since this was so important, I emailed freedom scientific and
asked them to contact the accessibility rep at microsoft. Eric damery wrote
me back and said / asked me to get involved as much as possible since the
more people that give feedback, the better chance we have of getting
accessibility into the program. This is why, as a blind or visually impaired
computer user, you are getting this email.
With this utility being so necessary, it has to be accessible. Bare in mind,
this will be the best spyware utility made, you can read over its project
specks later on.
I would ask that each of you get involved and forward this onto any mailing
list that is for the blind and ask folks to get involved. If you do not know
what spyware is, go to google.com and do a search on spyware.
How can you get involved? Simple. We need to go to the microsoft website and
submit a comment asking them to improve the accessibility of the program.
Read these instructions below on how to submit a comment. I have outlined
exactly how to do it so read them over prior to trying to do it. First, here
is a link you can follow to submit a comment to them. Keep reading past it
though for exact instructions on how to submit the comment:
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/feedback.aspx
When the page appears, Read until you come to the text, not a link, but the
text Microsoft Products: (you can start at the top of the page and do a
screen find for the text "Microsoft products" and land right on it.
Below that line of text is a combo box, set it to Suggesting Product
Improvements and tab one time to the go button and press enter on it.
The next page has a form you can fill out and submit to them. Start by
getting into the combo box for country, tab once to the comment text box and
type in a comment to them. I suggest something like this (copy/paste if you
wish):
Hello.
I am a blind computer user using a screen reader. I have tried your
Microsoft AntiSpyware application that is in beta 1 and it is inaccessible
to me. I cannot use it. I would ask that you improve the accessibility of
this program since it is so essential for us to have access to. Microsoft is
committed to accessibility and I am asking that you contact the development
team of this application and improve the accessibility of it. It isn't fair
that we don't have access to such an important security application.
After you paste in the above text, or type your own comment, tab once to the
email box, type in your email address, then tab once to the next button and
press enter. Your comment will be posted to Microsoft.
If enough of us submit this request to them, we will have a necessary, and
accessible, anti spyware tool that will be the best on the market.
If you do want to check out the inaccessibility of the beta 1 version, or
read up on its features, go to this link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyID=321cd7a2-6a57-4c57-a8bd-dbf62eda9671&DisplayLang=en
Thank you for getting involved!
Regards,
Justin Daubenmire President BSC
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