Comments on: Apple takes Giant steps toward Accessibility http://universallydesigned.net/general/apple-takes-giant-steps-toward-accessibility/ Knowbility blogs about technology that everyone can use. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:49:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Adrienne http://universallydesigned.net/general/apple-takes-giant-steps-toward-accessibility/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Adrienne Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:32:43 +0000 http://universallydesigned.net/general/apple-takes-giant-steps-toward-accessibility/#comment-158 Well I think Apple deserve praise for more than the improvements to Itunes and the development with the Nano. I am writing this on a Mac using OSX Leopard's Voiceover feature, speech output which is embedded in their operating system. It took a bit of getting used to, but I find it really difficult to understand why there is not more use made of Macs by visually impaired people like myself. All Macs now talk the minute you bring them home from the shop and plug them in. As with the Nano, this is at no extra cost to us. It's like getting a really cool computer free with the purchase of a talking programme! This is only one of the features in Universal Access. Do you know what? It really feels good to be able to go out and buy kit on exactly the same footing as everyone else. Well done Apple. Did I mention the new voice? It makes all the other computers sound like a bee in a tin box. Well I think Apple deserve praise for more than the improvements to Itunes and the development with the Nano. I am writing this on a Mac using OSX Leopard’s Voiceover feature, speech output which is embedded in their operating system.

It took a bit of getting used to, but I find it really difficult to understand why there is not more use made of Macs by visually impaired people like myself. All Macs now talk the minute you bring them home from the shop and plug them in. As with the Nano, this is at no extra cost to us. It’s like getting a really cool computer free with the purchase of a talking programme! This is only one of the features in Universal Access. Do you know what? It really feels good to be able to go out and buy kit on exactly the same footing as everyone else. Well done Apple.

Did I mention the new voice? It makes all the other computers sound like a bee in a tin box.

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