http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2008/12/de-facto-foolishness-is-inaccessability-a-form-of-segregation/ A blind photographer's exploration of his vision through photography and accessibility. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:07:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2008/12/de-facto-foolishness-is-inaccessability-a-form-of-segregation/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Lodro Rigdzin Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:52:07 +0000 http://www.timobrienphotos.com/?p=1020#comment-61 I think you've been understating your case even. I got the same kind of response when I stated,also on jankodesign, that I'd be in the market for a vi accessible camera. I see accessibility as a design attribute like any interface. the same design features that make the iPhone's interface so irresistible will also carry over into a sonified interface. It's a real shame that so much is vaporware in this field. Keep up the fight. We all do that. I think you’ve been understating your case even. I got the same kind of response when I stated,also on jankodesign, that I’d be in the market for a vi accessible camera. I see accessibility as a design attribute like any interface. the same design features that make the iPhone’s interface so irresistible will also carry over into a sonified interface. It’s a real shame that so much is vaporware in this field. Keep up the fight. We all do that.

]]> http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2008/12/de-facto-foolishness-is-inaccessability-a-form-of-segregation/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Tim Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:23:39 +0000 http://www.timobrienphotos.com/?p=1020#comment-60 I could not have put it better. Thanks! I could not have put it better. Thanks!

]]> http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2008/12/de-facto-foolishness-is-inaccessability-a-form-of-segregation/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Mark Willis Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:20:54 +0000 http://www.timobrienphotos.com/?p=1020#comment-59 The very first accessible speech synthesis software I ever used ran on an Apple IIE in 1984. Apple didn’t make that software. A blind programmer made it. Apple doesn’t have to break any banks to make iPhones accessible. Apple just needs to get out of the way and let blind and visually impaired developers build accessible apps. The very first accessible speech synthesis software I ever used ran on an Apple IIE in 1984. Apple didn’t make that software. A blind programmer made it. Apple doesn’t have to break any banks to make iPhones accessible. Apple just needs to get out of the way and let blind and visually impaired developers build accessible apps.

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