apple's screen reader (was New Linux PDA For Blind People)

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On Mar 30, 2006, at 1:52 PM, hank smith wrote:

> how is garage band does that owrk withs peech? also what sound editing
> proggies and podcast software work? email me off list
> hanksmith4 at earthlink.net
> thanks
> hank
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Travis Siegel" <tsiegel at softcon.com>
> To: <akp at eznet.net>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
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> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 10:39 AM
> Subject: apple's screen reader (was New Linux PDA For Blind People)
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>
>> What are you talking about?
>> I use the mac every day. Email, file manipulation, cd/dvd playing,  
>> cd/
>> dvd creating, online chatting, web browsing, word processing, and to
>> some degree, even programming on the mac are completely 100%
>> accessible.  There's folks using it for sound editing, and podcast
>> creation as well.  If there's stuff you can't do on the mac, there's
>> probably a third-party solution out there somewhere to do it.
>> Admittedly, some of the programs aren't 100% accessible, but there's
>> always workarounds.  The shell prompt (they call it terminal) works,
>> though not automatically, but if that's the worst I have to worry
>> about with a machine, then I'd say it's a pretty good machine.
>> Also, the apple provided dvd player won't let you get to the video
>> described sound tracks on your dvd by yourself, but the softcon DVD
>> player does (http://softcon.com/mac). and there's other developers
>> working on things like producing audio mp3 files from text using the
>> apple voices, and various other little things to make macs easier/
>> better to use.  I'd suggest going into your local apple store,
>> sitting down with a mac, and trying it before insisting it's not
>> usable.  I think you might be surprised at how much you can do  
>> with it.
>> On Mar 30, 2006, at 11:46 AM, Ann K. Parsons wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Interesting point of view.  Not sure it's accurate, but definitely
>>> interesting.  <smiling>  It may even work, if, I say if, the
>>> mainstream market can be persuaded that it is just what is needed.
>>> Somebody in this discussion used the illustration of the typewriter.
>>> Good choice, why, because that device was, in the 1880s designed
>>> specifically *for* a blind person so that person could write more
>>> effectively.
>>>
>>> You may want to be careful when talking about Apple's screen reader.
>>> I have heard that it is good, but it doesn't give sull access yet.
>>> Perhaps there have been improvements?
>>>
>>> Ann P.
>>>
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