http://www.lioncourt.com/2008/09/09/how-itunes-accessibility-works-under-windows/ ...extra! extra!... Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:37:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.lioncourt.com/2008/09/09/how-itunes-accessibility-works-under-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Jake Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:11:12 +0000 http://www.lioncourt.com/?p=168#comment-65 Wow. I don't know what else to say, really. This has been one awesome day for us blind Apple supporters. I absolutely love iTunes 8 at least with Voiceover (haven't tried it with window-eyes yet). And now, to here that we at last have talking iPods... awesome. I'll reserve judgement on the approach Apple has actually taken with this until I can lay my hands on one, as I am and probably always will be skeptical of the pre-recorded speech approach, but it would seem to be a good compromise in this case. Maybe we'll get accessible iPhones or apple TVs next, although with the iPhone they really would need a TTS engine, ditto for the Apple TV. I have a few friends who were of the Apple doesn't care mindset. I must say it's very satisfying to tell them: "I told you so." And the fact that they're extending it to windows users now as well is awesome too. If nothing else it gives me an excuse to fire up that windows VM I've got laying around just to test it. Wow. I don’t know what else to say, really. This has been one awesome day for us blind Apple supporters. I absolutely love iTunes 8 at least with Voiceover (haven’t tried it with window-eyes yet). And now, to here that we at last have talking iPods… awesome. I’ll reserve judgement on the approach Apple has actually taken with this until I can lay my hands on one, as I am and probably always will be skeptical of the pre-recorded speech approach, but it would seem to be a good compromise in this case. Maybe we’ll get accessible iPhones or apple TVs next, although with the iPhone they really would need a TTS engine, ditto for the Apple TV.
I have a few friends who were of the Apple doesn’t care mindset. I must say it’s very satisfying to tell them: “I told you so.” And the fact that they’re extending it to windows users now as well is awesome too. If nothing else it gives me an excuse to fire up that windows VM I’ve got laying around just to test it.

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