and here's another thing I would like to see work... remote access without having to install the screen reading software on the other machine. rick software developer Paul Ecke Ranch mailto:rwatson@EckeRanch.com www.Ecke.com Tel. (760)944-4007 (760) 753-1134 Ext 4007 -----Original Message----- From: blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Darragh OHeiligh Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 11:40 AM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Windows 8 The main thing I really want to see from assistive technology developers such as FreedomScientific and GWMicro is some kind of method that will enable blind users to access the system using the touch interface. I particularly like the Mac, the iPhone and the iPod for their utilization of touch to enhance accessibility. For example, on the Mac, jestures can be used to move between controls and interact with elements etc. The touch pad can be used as if you were touching the screen giving me a better idea of the visual layout of web pages and dialogues. This is very useful when someone sighted tells me that a control that I want to interact with is at the top right of the screen for example. On IOS devices web browsing is really easy with the utilization of the touch screen even without using swipe jestures and the roter. It's going to be a chalange but I feer that the main compeditors in the screen reader industry will not be up to the task. I also thing that there may be secret feers of litigation if they infringe on pattents filed by Apple regarding copyrighted touch screen access techniques. I'd like to be proven wrong on that point though. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins ECKE RANCH / ECKE GERANIUMS, LLC Providing Integrity, Innovation, & Grower Solutions for 3 Generations! This communication (including any attachments) may contain privileged or confidential information of Paul Ecke Ranch and is intended for a specific individual. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this communication, including any attachments without reading or saving them in any manner, and you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this communication, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. Proporcionando integridad, innovaci?n, y soluciones para cultivadores por tres generaciones! Esta comunicaci?n (incluidos los anexos) puede contener informaci?n privilegiada o confidencial de Paul Ecke Ranch y est? dirigida a un individuo espec?fico. Si usted no es el destinatario, debe eliminar esta comunicaci?n, incluidos los archivos adjuntos sin leerlos o guardarlos de ninguna manera, y se le notifica por este medio que cualquier divulgaci?n, copia o distribuci?n de esta comunicaci?n, o la toma de cualquier acci?n basada en ella, est? estrictamente prohibido.