After a gentle poke from Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, Apple is redesigning iTunes to incorporate accessibility for the blind. After the AG pointed out that Apple was violating the federal Americans with Disabilites Act, the company agreed to work with the blind community to rectify the issue. Apple has since stated they will be redesiging iTunes to properly work with screen reader applications which the blind use to navigate their computers.
Apple has ensured that this change will happen by June 30th of next year. On top of this, Apple also donated $250,000 to the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind to assist in buying software for blind individuals to get more out of their computer.
How thoughtful of Apple, all it took was a mild threat from a state Attorney General.
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