Hello everyone! Since I will need to put an app in the iOS Appstore in a short while, i decided to get myself a Mac Mini M1 2021 or whatever they are called. I have used OSX back in 2013, and I didn't like it then because of strange VO commands and such. From what I have gathered now, VO is laggy and there are no external TTS voices which makes it very hard to code on Mac in my opinion, then there are some Voice Over bugs and missing basic features, such as reading the date and time, ETC. I want to ask, why these bugs aren't addressed? Its not from today that I hear such opinions. Don't people report to Apple or they just don't care? I ask because this company advertises as the pro-disabled one, and my iPhone experience was rather good, even though I have switchedt o Android because of the screenreader. What are your opinions on this?
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Agreed
The last comment reflects my thoughts for several years now. Mac accessibility isn't a priority, despite what the Apple apologists say. We can't talk to anyone inside Apple because they're so secretive, and anyone who tells you this isn't true is some sort of very privileged individual who has insider access for an unknown reason. We mere mortals/customers aren't worthy to talk to the almighty Tim Cook or any of his executives/engineers. Well, I guess the exception consists of false PR representatives, but that's not the same at all. I welcome Sarah Herrlinger, Tim Cook, any other executives, or the developers themselves to come out here to publicly apologize and pledge to drastically improve. It's a nice fantasy, right? Vote with your wallet and stop buying Macs that have subpar accessibility. There was a time when VoiceOver was great and had lots of potential, but that ship sailed a long long time ago. I went as far as to email Tim Cook 3 years ago expressing my concerns and requesting more attention be dedicated to the Mac, but of course nothing happened.
Its a pity
Its a pity that such things happen, as VO has a lot! of potential. Since I am rather stupborn, so I will be spamming Apple. Just tell me where. Also, I knew one person who worked at apple, this relation is hidden under lots of dust though, and so I need to find this person online somewhere and ask whether they couldn't do anything
Not Bad Here
I just got an M1 MacBook Air for Christmas and really like it. I think the only issue I'm having is that I frequently get an error message upon startup that is not being read by VoiceOver. I've done everything I can think of, and still no luck. I seem to be the only techie around here. Others have iOS, but they can't figure it out either. Other than that, it's been smooth sailing on my end.