January 2008
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By Ricky Buchanan on January 16, 2008
I have finally finished a long document describing my own assistive technology and technology set up – all the things I could think of that involved my Mac in some way and even some that don’t.
Posted in Admin, Environmental control, Information, Neurologically Impaired, Other Impairment, Primary Mouse Users, Supporters, Text to Speech, User Stories, Users, Vision Impaired | Tagged asides, eadl, ecu, Environmental control |
By Ricky Buchanan on January 16, 2008
PhoneValet Home Edition simplifies life for busy households and families by announcing callers aloud and delivering personal voice mail by email. Amazingly easy to install and use, PhoneValet Home Edition helps the right person answer first, handles junk calls, plays ring tones, dials calls and gives each family member their own mailbox! Website: PhoneValet Home [...]
Posted in Environmental control, New Software, Primary Switch Users, Users | Tagged answering machine, commercial, phone call, phone control, phone valet, voice mail, voicemail |
By Ricky Buchanan on January 14, 2008
Adium is a fast and free instant messaging client which supports AIM, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!, Google Talk, Yahoo! Japan, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Novell Groupwise, and Lotus Sametime. Adium X version 1.2 is now properly accessible to VoiceOver so you won’t have to guess who you’re talking to.
Posted in New Software, Users, Vision Impaired, VoiceOver | Tagged AIM, AOL Chat, facebook chat, free, growl notifications, gtalk, ichat replacement, IM, instant message client, instant messages, jabber, ljtalk, microsoft chat, msn, msn chat, msn live messenger, msn messenger, open source, text message client, Yahoo Chat, Yahoo IM |
By Ricky Buchanan on January 9, 2008
Virtually all computer keyboards in English speaking countries are arranged so that the letter keys, if you read from the top-left, start of with QWERTY. What are the alternatives and why would you want to change anyway?
Posted in Intellectually Impaired, OS X, Overuse Injuries, Primary Keyboard Users, Primary Mouse Users, Supporters, Users, VoiceOver | Tagged alphabetic keyboard layout, colemac, dvorak, features, free, keyboard enhancement, keyboard layout, keyboard mapping, qwerty, speed up typing, typing quicker |
By Ricky Buchanan on January 3, 2008
Limit your attention to one application – any application – at any time, bring other apps up quickly if you need them, but put them out of sight again just as quickly.
Posted in Neurologically Impaired, New Software, Other Impairment, Users, Vision Impaired | Tagged ADD, ADHD, attention, block distraction, concentration, distraction, free, use the computer better |
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