Xbmc not working for blind users.
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(2013-06-25, 05:56)Traker1001 Wrote: Sadly many many developers seem to think, "I am not blind, Why should I care." Unfortunately, While I don't agree with this selfish attitude, I can't fault or force anyone.
Please, distance yourself from such harsh assumptions. In reality - I'd assume many developers aren't blind themselves and they do not even know people who are blind. It is, nevertheless, regrettable that handicapped people get overlooked, but please - you are not doing yourself any favour if you assume that this happens because the devs do not care or because they are selfish and even worse: Do it on purpose. I just think that for a lot of people this just is "out of scope": They simply do not think about that, because they never had to experience this challenge first hand or at least from a friend/collegue/etc..

I for one am with you - but I have to be honest first: I was also one of those people who even thought "Isn't that stupid? Watching videos when blind?" - I know that this was ignorant today, but I didn't in the past - I really thought I'd give a valuable opinion when saying things like that. This is just to show you that never experiencing the issue at hand leads to the ignorance you are talking about. Over the time, I came to another, different opinion which is in line with yours.

XBMC is making huge steps towards accessibility and as Ned, I think at some point we will certainly profit from the new possibilities XBMC includes today. There is a long road to be gone, certainly, but rome wasn't built in one day either. I think it's an ambitious project, and it should be realised eventually. XBMC is gearing more towards this today, and in the future I'm sure we'll see accessibility done just right!
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[No subject] - by natethomas - 2011-12-19, 05:25
[No subject] - by Ned Scott - 2011-12-19, 05:43
[No subject] - by Banjer - 2011-12-19, 18:58
[No subject] - by jhsrennie - 2011-12-19, 19:05
[No subject] - by Anders74 - 2011-12-20, 17:54
[No subject] - by Anders74 - 2011-12-20, 17:55
[No subject] - by Ned Scott - 2011-12-20, 19:08
[No subject] - by skybird1980 - 2011-12-21, 00:47
RE: Xbmc not working for blind users. - by HenryFord - 2013-06-25, 16:19
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