[talks-uk] Re: [access] WFA User Protest

Elliott Barnes <elliottabarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Tue, 2 Mar 2010 06:37:21 +0000

If JAWS, Window-Eyes, and/or Hal and Supernova were abandoned and a
petition was created, would you sign that? Or would you use the same
logic that you're using now, and just say hey! I bet other companies
are working on an alternative?
What if, however, other companies were not working on other
alternatives, and a new operating system was created, and that
particular screenreader didn't work properly because it had been
abandond?
Some of you really make me wonder about this community, and how much
people care about screen readers and navigational assistants.
On 01/03/2010, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav <talks@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A quick note to all of you who have, and those who as of yet have not signed
> the WFA user protest site.
>
> Before I start my message the link right here and now is
> www.talknav.com/protest
>
> Firstly, a note to all of you who have signed, thank you, but I have to at
> this stage say that it is way too few who have made this effort. We are
> nearing 700, yet for Vodafone to take this seriously we need thousands.
>
> To date we've not even got close to even the number of users of the
> application signing, let alone additional support.
>
> Can I especially ask those of you who either work with or for the
> organizations that supposedly represent us as blind folk, yes you lot, those
> of you at the RNIB, CNIB, AFB, NFB, etc, etc, you lot really have made me
> rather upset and irritated.
>
> To date I've posted two messages via each of your web-sites informing you
> all of our protest, has any one of you got back to me to ask for more
> detail, have you mass mailed your members, have you lobbied in our favour,
> have you, no sir. Is this an outrage, is this a complete lack of competence
> when it comes to supporting those who you claim to represent? This
> individual thinks so. So if you represent, or have a contact at your local
> blind organization please forward this message, we, or certainly I, am very,
> very disappointed in you all.
>
> As for those private individuals who have not yet signed, even if you do not
> own Access or a Symbian phone, your name should be on this list, the list
> says something about who we are and what we stand for as blind folks, it
> says that we will not lay down and be ignored whilst our tools to freedom
> and mobility are stolen from us. It says we have a voice and we are prepared
> to use it when necessary.
>
> This protest is about more than just Wayfinder Access, it is a symbol, now
> please, I urge you all, we need this link spreading, we need it sharing,
> Face Book pages, Twitter, those of you who produce pod casts, mailing lists
> etc, etc, if you believe in your freedom to mobility and your rights to
> accessible products then make your mark.
>
> More than this, those you know need to say that they too are in support of
> our cause, so get your address book and forward this link, personalize it
> with a few lines of message, get the word out there.
>
> The protest site has a league table on it at the bottom of the public
> signatures page, it's dynamic and countries move about on the list. To date
> we've only had a tiny portion of blind people around the world sign up.
> Spread the word folks.
>
> www.talknav.com/protest
>
> This issue rests squarely in your hands, make a difference today...
>
> Regards.
>
> Neil Barnfather.
>
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