[macvoiceover] Re: Please Contact FileMaker About Accessability

  • From: flint <flintman@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:03:47 -0400

I have contacted them, several times concerning their lack of accessibility. If 
many clients bother them something may happen. I am not holding my breath, 
neither did I require my money back.

Mark
On 2011-06-27, at 1:46 PM, Robert Munro wrote:

> Hi folks.
> 
> I'm a lawyer in Virginia.  Colleagues have suggested that I use a program 
> called FileMaker Pro to create databases.  FileMaker is put out by the same 
> company that produces Bento, a less powerful database program  They seem to 
> be a subsidiary of Apple.
> 
> When I downloaded the trial version of FileMaker Pro, I found that it was 
> mostly accessible.  The only areas I could not read with Voiceover were the 
> menu bar, if there is one, and the scroll area where all the data fields and 
> their contents are displayed.  This last, of course, is the main reason for 
> buying the program.  Until this scroll area is readable with Voiceover, there 
> is no point in buying the program.
> 
> I have contacted the company to suggest that they make Bento and FileMaker 
> Pro fully accessible.  I would appreciate it if members of this list would 
> chime in support.  Here is the URL to visit.  
> http://www.filemaker.com/company/contact/feature_request.html  There is a 
> form to fill out.  I had no trouble.
> 
> Thank you for your support.
> 
> P.S.  If there is another database program I should be looking at, please let 
> me know.
> 
> Onward!
> 
> Rob Munro
> Attorney at Law
> r.g.munro@xxxxxxxxx
> 
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