|
| > This notice and appeal was originated by Justin Daubenmire, president of
| > Blind Software. We felt it was worth sharing with all those who use
screen
| > reading applications.
| >
| > Microsoft is coming out with a free new AntiSpyware product
| > detection/removal tool which is now in beta 1. It is / will be the best
| > antispyware utility
| > created. I downloaded the beta and it is 100% inaccessible. I was
baffled
| > by this since microsoft is so big on accessibility. Since this was so
| > important,
| > I emailed freedom scientific and asked them to contact the accessibility
| > rep at microsoft. Eric damery wrote me back and said / asked me to get
| > involved
| > as much as possible since the more people that give feedback, the better
| > chance we have of getting accessibility into the program. This is why,
as
| > a blind
| > or visually impaired computer user, you are getting this email.
| >
| > With this utility being so necessary, it has to be accessible. Bare in
| > mind, this will be the best spyware utility made, you can read over its
| > project specks
| > later on.
| >
| > I would ask that each of you get involved and forward this onto any
| > mailing list that is for the blind and ask folks to get involved. If you
| > do not know
| > what spyware is, go to google.com and do a search on spyware.
| >
| > How can you get involved? Simple. We need to go to the microsoft website
| > and submit a comment asking them to improve the accessibility of the
| > program.
| >
| > Read these instructions below on how to submit a comment. I have
outlined
| > exactly how to do it so read them over prior to trying to do it. First,
| > here is
| > a link you can follow to submit a comment to them. Keep reading past it
| > though for exact instructions on how to submit the comment:
| >
| > http://www.microsoft.com/enable/feedback.aspx
| >
| > When the page appears, Read until you come to the text, not a link, but
| > the text Microsoft Products: (you can start at the top of the page and
do
| > a screen
| > find for the text "microsoft products" and land right on it.
| >
| > Below that line of text is a combo box, set it to Suggesting Product
| > Improvements and tab one time to the go button and press enter on it.
| >
| > The next page has a form you can fill out and submit to them. Start by
| > getting into the combo box for country, tab once to the comment text box
| > and type
| > in a comment to them. I suggest something like this (copy/paste if you
| > wish):
| >
| > Hello.
| >
| > I am a blind computer user using a screen reader. I have tried your
| > microsoft AntiSpyware application that is in beta 1 and it is
inaccessible
| > to me. I
| > cannot use it. I would ask that you improve the accessibility of this
| > program since it is so essential for us to have access to. Microsoft is
| > committed
| > to accessibility and I am asking that you contact the development team
of
| > this application and improve the accessibility of it. It isn't fair that
| > we don't
| > have access to such an important security application.
| >
| > After you paste in the above text, or type your own comment, tab once to
| > the email box, type in your email address, then tab once to the next
| > button and
| > press enter. Your comment will be posted to microsoft.
| >
| > If enough of us submit this request to them, we will have a necessary,
and
| > accessible, anti spyware tool that will be the best on the market.
| >
| > If you do want to check out the inaccessibility of the beta 1 version,
or
| > read up on its features, go to this link:
| >
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=321cd7a2-6a57-4c57-a8bd-dbf62eda9671&DisplayLang=en
| >
| > Thank you for getting involved!
| > Regards,
| > Justin Daubenmire
| > President BSC
| >
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