There is work being done on an accessible version of OpenOffice there is no Mac version of WordPerfect any longer.
The fundamental issue here is that Microsoft Office is so common that many schools, government agencies and businesses require its use. having it be accessible on the Mac, with the Mac's low cost compared to a PC with a screen reader such as JAWS or WindowEyes would give a blind or print disabled student or employee a real advantage.
Think of two potential blind employees one is a PC user and one is a Mac user. The Mac user requires only a Mac Mini and Microsoft Office total cost, less than $1000. The PC user requires a PC, Office and a $1000 screen reader. Who will you hire? But if Office for the Mac is not accessible then the Mac user is at a disadvantage.
535 S. Jackson St. Casper, Wyoming 82601 307-224-4022 gkearney@xxxxxxxxx On Jan 23, 2008, at 7:58 AM, John Moore wrote:
What about OPen Office? I heard somewhere that they are working on accessibility for Open Office. Or, if there is WordPerfect for the Mac, what's wrong with it? Apple is making good strides, yes, but both companies don't seem to care about a small community like the blindness community. Maybe onlione petitioning really works. Why don't we start one? I mean it. In it, we'll bash MicroCrap and talk about how many scripts we need because noone makes an effort. On 1/23/08, Shaun Jones <vjones@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:What no one gets is that who ever makes a accessible package will get the majority of our money just because they were the first who's done it. On Jan 23, 2008, at 4:51 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote:I think Apple's best course of action will be to spend more time working with the writers of neo-office and less time with Microsoft. At least if all of neo-office gets accessible users of it will have a data base development package included which is more than Microsoft ever made available to the Apple user community whether or not those users had accessibility requirements.Click on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.com Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email tomacvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxwith 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.comManage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.//www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover-- John MooreClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.comManage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.//www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
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