Thread Subject: Re: "closed software"

From: Randy Marsden (Home)
Date: Tue, Jan 16 2007 5:14 PM

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Rich:

I think you misinterpreted the post because of the subject line (which was
left-over from an earlier discussion). No-one was saying the Mac was a
closed system. My main point was that AT made by the original IT vendor is
still AT. A rose by any other name... ;-)

-Randy
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> From: Richard Schwerdtfeger < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Reply-To: TEITAC Web/Software Subcommittee
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> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:40:44 -0600
> To: TEITAC Web/Software Subcommittee < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Subject: Re: [teitac-websoftware] [teitac-general] [teitac-closed] "closed
> software"
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> I am a bit late to this discussion, but I don't agree with this
> interpretation. Just because Apple is bundled with the OS does not mean that
> it is a closed system. A closed system should be something like a self voicing
> application. There is no guarantee that VoiceOver will work with every single
> application that is included with the Mac or which runs on it.
>
> Rich
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> Rich Schwerdtfeger
> Distinguished Engineer, SWG Accessibility Architect/Strategist
> Chair, IBM Accessibility Architecture Review Board
> blog: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/schwer
> "Randy Marsden (Home)" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
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>>>>> "Randy Marsden (Home)" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
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> Re: [teitac-websoftware] [teitac-general] [teitac-closed] "closed software"
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> A screen reader is but one category of assistive technology. Because Apple
> happened to make their own for the Mac doesn¹t mean all aspects of assistive
> technology are covered. (Access for the mobility impaired, for example, is
> not addressed by a screen reader).
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> Also, Apple¹s screen reader uses accessibility API¹s built into the operating
> system, as any other assistive technology screen reader would. It just
> happens that the same company makes both the IT and the screen reader. So,
> technically, I think it would fit into Gregg¹s category 1: an IT product that
> is compatible with external AT.
>
> -Randy
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>>> From: David Poehlman < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>>> Reply-To: TEITAC General Interface Accessibility Subcommittee
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>>> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 05:37:33 -0500
>>> To: TEITAC Web/Software Subcommittee < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>>> Cc: 'TEITAC self contained/closed products subcommittee'
>>> < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >, 'TEITAC General Interface Accessibility
>>> Subcommittee' < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>>> Subject: Re: [teitac-general] [teitac-websoftware] [teitac-closed] "closed
>>> software"
>>> greg, am I to understand then that your #2 excludes the Mac which has
>>> its ownn AT?
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