[Athen] Slightly OT: A concern for the future of Windows-based AT

Jiatyan Chen jiatyan at stanford.edu
Tue Jul 24 15:31:09 PDT 2018




> On 2018 Jul 23, at 13:46, Deborah Armstrong <armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu> wrote:

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> So despite what we see at conferences with Microsoft’s waving of the accessibility banner, I don’t think it’s going to be smooth sailing ahead. If it doesn’t improve growth it’s going to be ignored.


Not everything is the bottom line when it comes to decisions companies make.

Microsoft's Satya Nadella has a personal interest in accessible products. <https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/07/microsoft-commits-25m-to-its-ai-for-accessibility-program/>

To Apple's Tim Cook, accessibility is not part of the ROI equation.
<https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2014/03/07/why-tim-cook-doesnt-care-about-the-bloody-roi/#22405b7855f2>

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Jiatyan Chen



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