I initially was not going to respond to the individuals who not only 

didn't feel they would benefit from what I'm trying to do but to those 

who actually are trying to discourage me from this advocacy. I assure 

you that this will be my first and last response. It may generate some 

sympathizers but it likely won't gain me many supporters. I don't care.



I am frankly amazed at the individuals who almost seem to have contempt 

regarding my wish to work with one of the top antivirus programs in this 

industry and make it accessible. Suppose that Microsoft Office, which 

many consider to be the best office suite, was not very accessible and 

Microsoft didn't seem to care, a scenario which I'm sure we all agree, 

is thankfully not the case. If one of you were trying to work with them 

to make it work with your screen reader, how would you feel if I said, 

Oh, just use LibreOffice or OpenOffice and count your losses. When your 

beloved iPhones no longer work with your favorite chat apps or your 

precious games you wouldn't hesitate to write to the developer and 

report bugs. You would expect your accessibility issues to be resolved 

and resolved quickly. If the developer doesn't listen you won't hesitate 

to send them tweets, emails and petitions until your favorite game gets 

fixed. Oh, and don't give me this nonsense about Kaspersky being in 

Russia to justify your contempt. How convenient for you that Apple, 

Microsoft, Amazon and Google are all located in the United States. You 

know bloody well that if Apple was located in Moscow, rather than 

Cupertino, you wouldn't hesitate to scream at them as loudly as you do 

now when their accessibility falls short, and well you should. You 

demand that your phones and tablets work with the latest apps which 

sometimes do nothing but provide entertainment but yet some of you are 

so willing to put up with substandard and barely adequate solutions for 

keeping your precious computers safe. I just can't wrap my head around 

some of the reactions I'm reading from this as well as another list 

regarding what I'm trying to do. Blind people are so good about 

expecting and demanding access to every program, facility and service, 

which is admirable and commendable. Yet, when it comes to computer 

security, some of you are not only complacent but you have the audacity 

and gall to actually discourage someone from engaging in the very 

advocacy you yourself engage in when something you want is denied to 

you. It's shameful. Look, I'm all for consumer choice. If some of you 

want to use Windows Defender and if that solution makes you happy then, 

by all means, do so. I won't stop you or stand in your way. There are 

those who engage in advocacy in areas that I may not be able or willing 

to assist but I at least support that person for trying to do some good 

which will benefit not only that person but the community as well.

I also realize that the individual to whom I initially responded wrote 

to me offlist. If any of you wants to tell me that I should stop or that 

I'm wasting my time I can't stop you from expressing yourselves on this 

list but refrain from sending your discouraging and useless emails 

privately to me in my inbox. I won't respond and I'll just block you as 

I don't have the time for it.



David Goldfield, Assistive Technology Specialist Feel free to visit my 

Web site WWW.DavidGoldfield.Info



On 4/2/2017 8:54 PM, Guerra Access Technology Training LLC wrote:

David, I agree with another listers assessment.

You should walk away and consider yourself better off.







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