Friday, October 5 2012 marked the one-year anniversary of the passing of Steve Jobs, Apple’s visionary CEO that brought the iPod, iPhone, iPad and a bevy of other devices into the world. Jobs and Apple essentially jump-started the smart-phone revolution, and that revolution has been very useful for the accessibility community. What Now for Accessibility at Apple? Last year I voiced my concerns that Accessibility may be left to degrade (especially if the accountants took over) but maybe I was wrong.

Without the option of a Job’s return, will Apple once more sacrifice software and systems quality? If so then I would imagine VoiceOver to be on the hit list of ’things we can pay lip service too’. With the untimely death of Steve Jobs - I wonder ‘what now for accessibility at Apple?’ You may think this is a strange question, Steve Jobs not being know for his accessibility insights, and I’d agree - but all I can go on is hearsay.