September 2007
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Series: Simple accessibility hints
I have realised the need for a series of simple posts explaining the built-in accessibility and usability features of OS X and commonly used Mac programs. These will be tips that anybody can use, things that are simple to do and don’t cost anything; tips for “Accessibility Beginners” if you will. They will probably be [...]
Get the Most out of Apple’s OS X Address Book
This is a great article from MacTips explaining most of the many things the OS X Address Book app is able to do: Although it at first appears to be a very simple application, Apple’s Address Book actually has a lot of tricks up its sleeve, and some excellent plugins are available to guide its [...]
Spark
Spark is a powerful, and easy to use shortcuts manager. With Spark you can create Hot Keys to open applications and documents, execute AppleScripts, control iTunes, trigger menu items, and more.
GhostReader 1.1.1
Amsterdam – 18 September 2007 – ConvenienceWare™ / AssistiveWare® today announced the release of GhostReader™ 1.1.1 text-to-speech software for Mac OS X. GhostReader 1.1.1 is Leopard-ready, now creates true bookmarkable audiobook files from text, offers better PDF import and enhanced performance on large documents. Through a partnership with Application Systems Heidelberg a boxed version of [...]
New look, New pages
I finally spent some time organizing the http://atmac.org/ website and there are some new pages that you might want to look at: About Ricky is about me, the assistive technology that I use, and why I started ATMac. About ATMac describes the aims of the blog and what I hope to do with it. Links [...]
Mail Type Select
Mail Type Select adds Finder-like keyboard navigation to the list of messages in Mail.
New French voice for Mac OS X
Acapela Group and AssistiveWare have been busy – another voice for OS X less than 3 weeks after the release of Peter! This one is a female French speaking voice they are calling Alice.
Apple Mail plug-ins and tools
Apple’s Mail.app program is a pretty good application for email, and pretty much accessible as far as I know. That said, there are always things that could be improved and people with different disabilities need different types of assistance and accessibility. These are some plug-ins that give Mail.app extra commands and functions that people with disabilities may find helpful.
iTunes 7.4
A new version of iTunes was released yesterday, and the notes about new features includes this: You can now also play purchased videos with closed captioning (when available). Does anyone know how much iTunes Store material is captioned? Does it also play existing video with captions like QuickTime Player? I don’t use iTunes for video [...]
Ignore laptop trackpad
Laptop users who don’t use an external mouse, or have trouble with bumping the trackpad while typing may find a useful preference hidden away in the System Preferences. From the Mac’s help file: Making the trackpad inactive when a mouse is connected or when typing If you’re using a portable computer, you can set it [...]
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