February 2008
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Moving day for ATMac
ATMac is moving to a new web host – there may be some time where you can’t access the site. Don’t panic.
Simple: Trackpad mouse clicks without using the buttons
Did you know you can generate mouse clicks using a laptop trackpad without using the trackpad buttons? If you have a fairly new MacBook, you can even use this method to generate right clicks without touching the buttons.
GarageBand Now Accessible For Blind Users
Somewhere within the recent updates of OS X and iLife ’08 the accessibility of GarageBand was greatly improved. GarageBand is now almost fully accessible to VoiceOver users and others who need the accessibility API. On the MacVisionaries list Lewis Brock reports about GarageBand: There are one or two main areas which are not very accessible: [...]
Leopard Accessibility Presentation Resources
In October 2007, Mike Shebanek ran a webcast with with MacLearning entitled Mac OS X Leopard Accessibility Update, focussing mainly on Leopard and VoiceOver improvements in Leopard. Leopard had not been released when the webcast was made, so Shebanek spends some time describing Leopard updates not related to accessibility.
Alltop features ATMac!
And I’m happy to announce that the Alltop Macintosh site now happily sports stories from ATMac along with well known Mac sites like MacSlash and MacWorld.
Simple: Zoom in to see screen details more easily
If you have a MacBook with a trackpad or a mouse with a scroll wheel, there’s a very simple way to zoom in to see something small on the screen.
KeyCue 4.1
Today KeyCue 4.1 was released with new themes especially designed for low vision users including a light-on-dark large print theme and a dark-on-light large print theme.
SmartNav 4 coming to Mac OS X
SmartNav is a hardware and software package that replaces a regular mouse by tracking small head movements – head tracking. A Mac OS X port of the SmartNav 4 software expected to be released by the end of March.
Did you know your Mac could do that?
If your computer already has the assistive technology you need, then accessing things via a computer means you don’t need to deal with yet another set of accessibility aids. So what amazing things might your Mac be able to do?
Mac OS X 10.5.2
Apple released two updates for Leopard today – first the Mac OS X 10.5.2 update and then a graphics update. What accessibility improvements are included with the update?
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