April 2008
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By Ricky Buchanan on April 29, 2008
Acapela Group and AssistiveWare today announced the release of Infovox iVox 1.2 speech synthesiser with new voices and a pronunciation editor.
Posted in Content producers, New Software, Supporters, Text to Speech, Users, VoiceOver | Tagged commercial, computer speech, computer voice, free trial, mac voice, non english, proloque, speak text, speech synthesizer, text speak, Text to Speech, tts, voice output, voices for mac |
By Ricky Buchanan on April 28, 2008
Mike Phillips – a Mac journalist, artist, and SwitchXS user – will be featured in the first episode of the new season of This American Life on Showtime in the USA.
Posted in Information, Primary Switch Users, User Stories, Users | Tagged switch user |
By Ricky Buchanan on April 25, 2008
Now that KeyStrokes and LayoutKitchen work together, I have adapted the stardard KeyStrokes keyboards to work more the way I want them to. Here’s how to do the same for yourself.
Posted in Geek, Information, Primary Mouse Users, Users | Tagged adapt KeyStrokes keyboards, change keystrokes keyboards, features, free download, keystrokes, layout kitchen, on screen keyboard, onscreen keyboard, virtual keyboard |
By Ricky Buchanan on April 24, 2008
Louisa Muscatine Elementary school in the USA is using Video iPods to help students with reading difficulties take tests in a regular classroom environment instead of in special ed
Posted in Educators, Information, iPods, Supporters, User Stories | Tagged ipod, special education |
By Ricky Buchanan on April 21, 2008
Lon Thornburg from the NoLimits2Life and NoLimits2Learning blogs has started an Assistive Technology Blog Carnival – come and join in the fun!
Posted in Content producers, Developers, Information, Supporters, Users |
By Ricky Buchanan on April 20, 2008
If you’re in the USA, the iTunes Store now allows you to search for movies with Closed Captions available.
Posted in Deaf, Information, Users | Tagged captions, close captions, itunes |
By Ricky Buchanan on April 20, 2008
So you’ve decided you want to learn to type using the Dvorak layout but aren’t sure how to set your computer up? Here’s how to do it in Mac OS X Leopard.
Posted in Overuse Injuries, Primary Keyboard Users | Tagged dvorak, keyboard layout, keyboard mapping, qwerty, touch typing, type faster, type quicker |
By Ricky Buchanan on April 19, 2008
Switching to the Dvorak keyboard layout doesn’t cost anything but it does take time and effort. Here’s how to go about it, and why it’s worth the energy to do so.
Posted in Geek, Overuse Injuries, Primary Keyboard Users, Users, VoiceOver | Tagged dvorak, features, keyboard layout, keyboard mapping, qwerty, touch typing, type faster, typing quicker |
By Ricky Buchanan on April 17, 2008
Will Henderson’s MultiClutch [gives you] flexibility by extending multi-touch gestures to all programs.
Posted in New Software, Primary Mouse Users, Users | Tagged free, minimize typing, mouse alternative, mouse enhancement, touchpad, trackpad, unusual input devices |
By Ricky Buchanan on April 17, 2008
SloMotionX is a utility program that can be used to slow down games – or other programs – to make them more accessible to OS X users with disabilities.
Posted in Intellectually Impaired, Neurologically Impaired, New Software, Other Impairment, Primary Mouse Users, Primary Switch Users, Supporters, Users | Tagged features, free, free download, slomotion, slomotionx, slow down programs, slow motion, slowmotion |
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