In a positive step , Apple has reached a deal with leading groups to make iTunes, the iTunes Store and iTunes U more accessible to the blind.
The move follows the release of iTunes 8 this month, which contains significant accessibility improvements - but these are to be extended under the new deal Apple's reached with The National Federation of the Blind and Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley.
Apple will now make iTunes 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. Ov
