[macvoiceover] Re: You know, I really like Apples Voiceover!

  • From: John Panarese <jpanarese@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:32:30 -0400

      I think, among the issues we all have and the bugs we find, it is often 
lost that Apple has come so far with VoiceOver overall.  We are at 10.6.4 Snow 
Leopard, but for those of you, like me, who were there in the beginning with 
Tiger, think of how far our access on the Mac has come in such a relatively 
short time.  There were so many people who wrote off Apple's initial efforts as 
just a quick and dirty way to avoid lawsuits and predicted that there would not 
be any real development for the product.  So many didn't take the Mac 
seriously, and we often heard the, "everyone uses Windows, so the Mac is a fad 
that will just go away."  I really don't think that the VoiceOver team and 
accessibility people working for Apple receive enough credit at times for all 
the hard work and effort they have put into the VoiceOver development that has 
benefited us all.

    Now, well, consider where we stand today.  Not only has VoiceOver evolved, 
expanded and improved on the Mac platform, but we have it on the iPhone and 
iPad and iPod Touch.  How many people would have thought the blind would have 
access to a touch screen?  To me, I just have to sit back and feel a sense of 
utter amazement and satisfaction every so often.  

     And, yes, iBooks truly rocks.  Also, for all the reports of the problems 
with safari 5, I have had few issues and I find the reader to be simply amazing.


    Thank you, Apple, for providing the continued and ever improving access to 
your products.

Take Care

John D. Panarese
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On Jun 23, 2010, at 1:25 AM, Mary Otten wrote:

> Hi Keith,
> I love ibooks. I just bought my first one, a book that isn't on
> bookshare, nor audible nor web braille. I could, of course scan this
> 400 page book and come out with excellent copy. But clicking and having
> it immediately available without having to take the time to scan and
> fix is pretty awesome. The only problem with ibooks is, of course,
> they're not free. <smile> Not quite as good as going to the public
> library and picking up a book without having to scan or pay for it. But
> still pretty darned cool. I'm also really glad for the keyboard input
> and braille support in ios4. I see a braille display in my future, for
> sure. Oh and multi-language support for speech and braille. 
> 
> Mary
> 
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