Making my own Apple operating system that is compatible with Apple devices

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No, you will not be able to create your own universal operating system that will run on all of those platforms. Loving your self believe, though!

I wish you every success in this project. I look forward to the release of DominOS version 1.0 - now is that not just the best name ever? You could give Dominos a run for their money.

Might as well make a version for the BBC Micro, the Nintendo Gameboy and the Speak and Spell while you're at it.

Jenna, that's just not specific enough. DominOS is still alive. the name is just superb.

As Jenna said, you are asking way to much for yourself. As for the name, I'm not a fan of naming it after yourself, I don't care for it and to be frank, it sounds absolutely stupid. However, I knew a guy who wanted to do what you want, create something, but he was going to take the source code for a popular screen reader and publish it so again, people in your situation would do whatever they wanted with it. I knew a higher up and told them what was gonna happen and it was shut down quickly. Is apple the best out there, of course not, neither is any operating system. whatever works for the end user, which is to say your or I, is what works and that's awesome. To be honest again, if you didn't even realize the difference between a virtual machine and a network, I'd not enjoy the idea of you trying to come up with an operating system. You seem to be around college age or that type of category. I'd say keep learning, and come back with an idea that really might go somewhere. Note, I am not attacking you or saying you can't come up with something so please don't be offended.

Even if this was possible, it would do more harm than good, as it would isolate us even further in the mainstream world as far as technology, which wouldn't be doing anyone any favors, as we need to be able to be on equal footing as our sighted peers to be able to work, do jobs, etc. I mean think about it, when you get employed in x place, and they tell you, as an example, oh we use windows... What would you say? Oh I don't use windows, I use a special operating system which is only available for the blind? You'd get nowhere, and not even considered for the job your applying for for that reason alone. That aside, legally speaking, at least with ios, i'm pretty sure you'd be breaking the terms and conditions, as to install another OS, you'd need to jailbreak, or some form of hacking to install the device, which, even though not illegal per say, is 1, not allowed under apple's terms and conditions and 2, this would null the warranty of devices. Then there's the whole other bit, a project this large couldn't be maintained by just one person passed a sirtain point, that's not even taking into account the bugs etc that would come up given time.
However, while a universal OS for blind that is universal and would run on every single platform isn't possible or viable, a universal screen reader, for example, is more in the realm of possibility instead of one entire OS, at least up to a sirtain point, as say, mac, linicks, and windows are... completely different operating systems, and ios and android are completely different operating systems, so while making say, a version of the screen reader for ios, android, lynicks, mac and windows would be the only option, as having a universal screen reader which would work on every platform is just... not possible, given how each OS works, how the key commands or gestures change from OS to OS... It wouldn't be possible to have a universal screen reader that would work on all platforms. The only option would be what I said above, have a different version of the screen reader for each operating system, but a universal screen reader is impossible to do, much like a universal OS that would run on every platform.

Not so possible, however, industry standards for screen readers or accessibility might be doable. Also,fairly standardized key commands for web navigation have arisen. At the very least, allowing the user to change around the key commands and gestures for a screen reader looks to be allowed on all the OSs at this time, like if I just can't get the hang of using "X" for lists on IOS Safari.

Hi there. What an amazing idea! Both of those things sound great. Would love to see how your project grows into something amazing. With squishtalker, I really hope all those voices would run on iOS. But definitely keep us posted

If not, you're going to have a hard time :P

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Have fun.

I agree with Brad on this one. Many of the drawbacks have already been mentioned in previous comments. It's not a good idea to isolate yourself in your own bubble. While it may be fun to experiment with these things if you know what you're doing (which I don't), it may not be practical in the long run. For example, if you get a job opportunity in the future, you can't tell your employer that you only use your own operating system.

A couple of podcasts spoke with the people behind the upcoming laptop called the Optima. In short, it's not a good idea to rely too heavily on these operating systems, such as Keysoft. By learning Windows from the beginning, you'll already have a good understanding of many programs if you decide to enter the workforce.

I have never owned any blindness-specific devices and am only going off demos I've heard. However, I agree with everything that was said in the podcast. For those who missed it, here is a link: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/building-the-next-generation-of-blindness-technology/id1309267346?i=1000609979077. I don't usually link to other podcasts on this forum, but this time I'll make an exception.

I'm just dropping by to put in my pizza order. I'd like 2 extra-large Hawaiian pizzas please for myself. The rest can be sent c/o Apple Accessibility Dept.
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Cupertino, California whatever is their zip code. To keep this on topic, no I won't be installing/downloading your personal operating system anytime soon.

I couldn’t remember who you were when you apologised the other day for causing issues but I remember now. Could I give you some advice respectfully and in a friendly and helpful way? I think sometimes it makes sense to be more restrained in posting. Applevis is a great resource for people to get help with problems they are having, share advice and information and even discuss ways they have found to make things work. Maybe you want to be a part of the conversation a little too much and end up spamming the group with threads that don’t necessarily help anyone. As I understand it, everyone is welcome and we should all love that but maybe it would make sense to be a little more discriminatory about what we post. It just makes the site a little noisy if we spray out topics that don’t directly help anyone or have a future potential of helping anyone. It can probably feel exciting to have a community that are interested in the same things you are but maybe you could learn to pause and ask yourself whether the thing you want to post is actually helpful. That way you wouldn’t feel bad when people got annoyed and you’d know that you were valued instead of feeling like people were getting at you and then becoming defensive. It’s a part of learning how to play nice with everyone in public that not posting can be as important as posting sometimes. This would be a great example. This isn’t possible, not even a little bit but we’ve all had thoughts like wouldn’t it be great if such and such. There’s nothing wrong with that at all but those kinds of thoughts are usually just for our own amusement. I most certainly don’t want to discourage you or make you feel bad, I hope you understand that. We’re all welcome here but if you could be a little more restrained instead of writing down every thought that comes to you, I think you’d feel better too. People would engage seriously which is what I’m guessing you are looking for. It’s just a part of growing up that we’ve all been through and you will too.