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Title: Apple: Accessibility is a Human Right Post by: HCK on May 17, 2019, 04:05:20 pm Apple: Accessibility is a Human Right
"When we work on making our devices accessible by the blind, I don't consider the bloody ROI." That's one of my favorite Tim Cook quotes ever, because it's fiery and passionate and filled with righteous indignation. It's not a side of Apple's CEO we see almost ever. He's typically the definition of cool and collected. But, when he feels that our core human rights are under assault, be it security, privacy, or accessibility, that Tim Cook comes out. And yes, Tim Cook's Apple believes accessibility is a human right. For people who have low or no vision, low or no hearing, low or no interactivity, primarily and absolutely. But also for people who've been injured and temporarily can't use their dominant hand, are trying to watch Brooklyn 99 and the kids… or parents, just won't stop talking, children who are trying to learn their first language or anyone trying to learn new languages, people who have just had surgery and you can't move around a lot, or, like me right now, are ... Source: Apple: Accessibility is a Human Right (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/MiMpmpQBy3w/apple-accessibility-human-right) |