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

[John Heim]

My opinion is that this discussion belongs on the VoiceOver list, not here.


At 01:57 PM 3/30/2006, W. Nick Dotson wrote:
>What sound editing.  ProTools isn't as yet accessible with Tiger, and who 
>wants to run OS9 and OutSpoken?  Again,
>programs are only as accessible on a Mac as programmers choose to make 
>them by adhering to the strictly volunteery
>standards which make applications accessible to the not-Screen Reader.
>
>Nick
>
>On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:39:04 -0500, 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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