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Re: Mac OS X
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kathleen Cahill)
Fri Feb 23 15:57:14 2001
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Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 15:57:59 -0500
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From: Kathleen Cahill <kcahill@MIT.EDU>
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I recently queried a listserv that I'm on regarding accessibility of Mac OS
X and here is an answer I received.
Kathy
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>From: Ron Stewart <Ron.Stewart@ORST.EDU>
>Subject: Re: Mac OS X
>To: Multiple recipients of list ADTECH-PS
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>
>Here is the spiel from Apple, currently the necessary accessibility hooks do
>not exist in OSX, but they are supposed to be enabled by the first service
>release due in July. ALVA intends to have OSX products available by fall at
>the latest. We shall see. OSX is actually built on a Linux shell, and
>application have to be "carbonized" in order to work in native mode. Having
>had some experience with Linux and accessibility I am going to wait and see.
>
>Ron
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kathleen Cahill [mailto:kcahill@MIT.EDU]
>Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 2:03 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ADTECH-PS
>Subject: Mac OS X
>
>
>Hello;
>
>Have any of the lister heard anything about accessibility features (or lack
>thereof) in Mac OS X?
>
>I'm including a link to an article by Joe Clark about Apple's recent lack of
>attention to accessibility issues:
>http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=06311 . Enjoy.
>
>Kathy
>
>
>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>Kathy Cahill
>MIT Adaptive Technology (ATIC) lab
>77 Mass. Ave. 11-103
>Cambridge MA 02139
>(617) 253-5111
>kcahill@mit.edu
>
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Kathy Cahill
Coordinator, MIT Adaptive Tech. Lab
MIT 11-103
77 Mass. Ave.
Cambridge MA 02139
(617) 253-5111
kcahill@mit.edu
