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

[Scott Howell]

And don't forget the gui runs on top of Darwin which is open source.


Scott



On Mar 30, 2006, at 1:39 PM, Travis Siegel wrote:

> 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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