Re: Screen readers
Re: Screen readers
- Subject: Re: Screen readers
- From: Michael Kamprath <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 21:29:21 -0700
on 10/4/02 5:33 PM, Bill Cheeseman at email@hidden wrote:
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on 02-10-04 8:11 PM, Raymond Fischer at email@hidden wrote:
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> Suppose I do the work to make an app accessible, are there any apps
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> which will make use of the accessibility? Or are we still in a
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> chicken/egg situation?
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I'm writing one. More are in the works, I'm sure.
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This is one of those enabling technologies that no application should be
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without. Among other things, the law is clear -- the federal government,
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state government agencies relying on federal money, and educational
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institutions relying on federal money, cannot legally purchase software that
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fails to meet Section 508 requirements. If you don't support it, you're
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locked out of those markets. This law has only been in effect for a few
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months and I don't think it has received full enforcement attention from the
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Justice Department yet, but it will.
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Plus, the infrastructure Apple is developing will support cool utilities for
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all of us. If your app isn't accessible, it won't work with those utilities.
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Ideally, though, all you have to do is make your application in Cocoa or use
Carbon Events (**ahem**) and your application should be accessible for all
of Apple's standard GUI elements. The only time that you as an application
developer would need to take special measures is when you develop your own
custom GUI elements.
Michael F. Kamprath
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