So instead of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) having to sue the computer giant, Apple has agreed to make its dominant iTunes software accessible by next year. Here’s a link to the press release from the NFB:
Apple will make iTunes U (a dedicated area of the iTunes Store for content provided by colleges and universities) fully accessible by December 31, 2008, and will ensure the full accessibility of the iTunes software and the rest of the iTunes Store to blind people using both Mac and Windows operating systems by June 30, 2009.
Also, it seems that the iPod is not accessible. Only the newly released iPod Nano (generation 4) has accessibility features such as spoken menus and high contrast screens.
More:
- iTunes U Accessibility Evaluation, Joe Humbert, Indiana University (PowerPoint presentation)
- iPod Accessibility from Apple
One reply on “Apple to Make iTunes Fully Accessible”
Read more from AlastairC: iPods get speech, Apple gets accessible