Spoken interface for Mac OS X

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And how much mac does it take to run this software?

hank smith wrote:

> where on earth can I get my hands on a mac fore really really cheap?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Poehlman" <poehlman1 at comcast.net>
> To: <bob.dodd at acm.org>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 8:04 AM
> Subject: Re: Spoken interface for Mac OS X
>
> > There are quite a few potential beta candidates out there.  I am one of
> them
> > who has a titanium g4 powerbook running osx but the only way I can
> currently
> > use it is with os9 and outspoken for the mac.  There are lots of people
> for
> > one reason or another who are currently not working in some places because
> > there is no screen reading access to osx for the blind.  The last
> qquestion
> > on the survey askes if you would preview spoken interface.  No mention is
> > made anywhere of the status of the spoken interface except that it is in
> the
> > early stages of development and will appear in the next upgrade of osx.
> > Right now, it only works with some internal stuff for the mac but this is
> > planned to be expandable with additions to the development kits for
> internal
> > and external use.  Don't expect to see a beta any time soon.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bob Dodd" <Bob.Dodd at rocketmail.com>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 10:25 AM
> > Subject: Re: Spoken interface for Mac OS X
> >
> >
> > No it hasn;t. Currently they are looking for beta testers I believe:
> > http://www.apple.com/accessibility/spokeninterface/questionnaire.html
> >
> > I'm not sure how many beta testers they think they will get, since I
> > don't imagine there are many visually impaired users that currently
> > have macs...
> >
> > /bob
> >
> > --- David Poehlman <poehlman1 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > > From what I have gathered, it has not yet been launched.
> > >
> >
> >
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