New Apple Discussion Forum

By Ricky Buchanan • December 30, 2007

Part of the support area on the Apple web site is the Apple Discussions where users can write about problems and receive feedback from other users and occasionally Apple staff.

There has been a support area available for Tiger Universal Access & VoiceOver ever since I can remember using Tiger, but until a few weeks ago there wasn’t a similar one in the Leopard discussion area. I emailed accessibility@apple.com about this and I don’t know if my email had anything to do with it, but there’s now a new discussion area for Leopard Universal Access & VoiceOver!

There aren’t many posts in the Leopard forum yet because it’s so new, but it’ll grow. If you have a query about any accessibility related topic for Tiger or Leopard these are probably the places to go to find people who know the answers.

- Ricky Buchanan

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Ricky Buchanan

Ricky Buchanan is 34 years old and the founder and main writer for ATMac. She's bedridden with severe CFS/ME or perhaps a primary mitochondrial disorder - the doctors are not sure. When she's not working on ATMac or her other websites she composes music, listens to audio books, does other disability advocacy, watches TV with her flatmate, and enjoys her cat.

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