Thread Subject: Re: "closedsoftware"

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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Wed, Jan 03 2007 8:20 AM


David,
The Mac OS has an accessibility API that is capable of supporting
assistive technologies - it just happens that Apple made their own, but
an outside company could develop a screen reader or other AT for that
OS.
AWK

David wrote:
greg, am I to understand then that your #2 excludes the Mac which has
its ownn AT?

Greg wrote:
2) that products that require productivity (e.g. workstations) need to
be accessible to assistive technologies to allow matching of user
abilities necessary to achieve high levels of productivity.


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