No, but that is a wonderful suggestion and I will see what they say. Sincerely, Ryan Jean Assistant IT Specialist The Disability Network Flint, MI _____ From: Phill Jenkins [mailto:pjenkins@us.ibm.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 5:00 PM To: Ryan Jean Cc: 'Michael Cooper'; jan.richards@utoronto.ca; jbrewer@w3.org; public-comments-wcag20@w3.org; public-wai-rd@w3.org; w3c-wai-au@w3.org Subject: Re: JavaScript vs. Screen Readers > . . . I suggest that somehow screen readers be made compatible to read the text I think that is what the screen readers have done - their model though is to upgrade to get the new function. Are you suggesting that they patch the older versions? From what I understand that is not their business model - bug patches yes, but new feature support costs developer time and resources that needs to get funded from somewhere - currently the only source is their business model to charge their customers for some upgrades. Have you sent your request to the screen reader vendors? What did they tell you? Regards, Phill Jenkins IBM Research - Human Ability & Accessibility Center http://www.ibm.com/able
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