[Electronics-talk] safari on the PC can you?

[Jude DaShiell]

Also, Microsoft has the blind-l list as one it monitors and made no 
response to the list traffic denying what the other list member had 
written. On Sun, 14 Apr 2013, Christopher Chaltain wrote:

> Well, I don't think Microsoft is being hurt much by Safari not being
> accessible on Windows, so I'm not sure why Apple would retaliate against MS
> that way. The only people who suffer would be the blind, which is exactly why
> Safari should be accessible on Windows regardless of what MS applications are
> or are not accessible on Apple platforms. By your reasoning, iTunes shouldn't
> be accessible either. For that matter, since Windows Phone isn't accessible,
> the iPhone should also be inaccessible.
> 
> Why do you say MS Office is intentionally not accessible on Apple platforms?
> Are you saying that MS specifically coded MS Office to be inaccessible on
> Apple platforms and spent engineering dollars to build inaccessibility into MS
> Office? I would doubt that's the case myself. I think it's much more likely
> that MS just didn't make accessibility a high priority for the Apple ports of
> their office suite, just as Apple probably doesn't consider Safari
> accessibility on Windows to be a priority.
> 
> On 04/14/2013 11:07 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> > Yes you can put safari on a pc, and no you can't buy anything from the
> > itunes store with it once you've done that.  Reason is, safari on
> > windows is inaccessible.  I think it may be a reciprocity policy on
> > Apple's part and if so, well deserved.  Microsoft office isn't
> > accessible for VoiceOver users on the mac because of the way Microsoft
> > wrote it.  So why should Safari be accessible on Windows?  This may not
> > have been intentional on Apple's part but it most certainly is
> > intentional on the part of Microsoft.
> >
> > On Fri, 12 Apr 2013, Mike wrote:
> >
> > >                  Can you put safari on a pc & if yes can you surf the
> > > itunes
> > > store & buy apps?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
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> > Microsoft, windows is accessible. why do blind people need screen readers?
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jude <jdashiel at shellworld.net>
Microsoft, windows is accessible. why do blind people need screen readers?