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Infovox iVox 1.2 adds new voices and a pronunciation editor

Infovox iVox 1.2 adds new voices and a pronunciation editor

Acapela Group and AssistiveWare today announced the release of Infovox iVox 1.2 speech synthesiser with new voices and a pronunciation editor.

Mike Phillips to feature on This American Life

Mike Phillips to feature on This American Life

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.

Adapt KeyStrokes Keyboards with Layout Kitchen

Adapt KeyStrokes Keyboards with Layout Kitchen

Now that KeyStrokes and Layout Kitchen 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.

Using The iPod in Special Education

Using The iPod in Special Education

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

Assistive Technology Blog Carnival

Assistive Technology Blog Carnival

Lon Thornburg from the NoLimits2Life and NoLimits2Learning blogs has started an Assistive Technology Blog Carnival - come and join in the fun!

Search for captioned movies with iTunes

Search for captioned movies with iTunes

If you’re in the USA, the iTunes Store now allows you to search for movies with Closed Captions available.

Dvorak Keyboard Layout - Switching

Dvorak Keyboard Layout - Switching

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.

MultiClutch

MultiClutch

Will Henderson’s MultiClutch [gives you] flexibility by extending multi-touch gestures to all programs.

SloMotionX 1.0

SloMotionX 1.0

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.

Dialectic - A Versatile Telephony Tool for Mac

Dialectic - A Versatile Telephony Tool for Mac

Dialectic - a versatile telephony tool for Macintosh - provides system-wide dialing of phone numbers using Bluetooth mobile phones, landlines, many VoIP services and more. It integrates with leading contact management applications including Marketcircle Daylite, Microsoft Entourage, Now Contact, Palm Desktop, FileMaker Pro & other databases as well as Apple’s iCal and Address Book.