Software Update Makes iTunes Accessible To Blind Users

Posted by timothy on Sunday September 28, 2008 @01:32PM from the rockbox-already-has-voice-guidance-note dept.

rickthewizkid writes "Recent updates to the iTunes software allow blind users to access the program without assistance. From the article: 'The new software — which transforms the written information on an iTunes-linked computer screen into speech or Braille — stemmed from an agreement between Apple, the Cupertino, Calif.-based computer company, the National Federation of the Blind and Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley.'" It's not just the actual iTunes app, though; the article notes that this update makes iTunes U useable as well.

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OSX UI is great by electrosoccertux · 2008-09-28 13:50 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Personally, I never used the screen, anyways. The Mac UI is so wonderful, I just think what I want to open, and it practically opens it for me. Frankly, I don't understand why anyone would use a screen.