May 2008
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Espy, a picture address book for Mac OS X
Espy is a newly released Mac OS X Address book program whose browsing is based on pictures of your contacts. It’s a great example of a program not designed specifically for people with a disability but having great applicability for people with memory, intellect, or reading problems.
CapScribe
CapScribe is an open-source Mac OS X application to help you add captions and/or audio description to audio and video files.
Assistiveware's Proloquo AAC Software Updated
AssistiveWare have released the Proloquo version 2.0, a major upgrade to their communications software for people whose disabilities prevent them from speaking or make speech difficult or unintelligible.
ATMac Contributors Needed!
ATMac needs more writers! Are you interested in contributing? Do you have what it takes?
Xmart Volume
Xmart Volume listens to the ambient sound level and turns down your headphone volume when there’s a louder-than-average sound outside – like somebody trying to get your attention.
Simple: Word Completion
Mac OS X has a simple type of word completion built right into it! It’s available in nearly every program you use, and nearly every text box you need to type in.
Sim Daltonism
Sim Daltonism is a color blindness simulator for Mac OS X. It filters in real-time the area around the mouse pointer and displays the result – as seen by a color blind person – in a floating palette.
Using iChat for Telepractice and Remote Service Delivery
Lon has a great new article about some of the issues around remote service delivery and telepractice for special education providers. Using some of the features built into OS X Leopard – iChat’s new screen sharing as well as the video conferencing – on broadband internet connections means the up-front costs of providing remote services are greatly reduced.
Camp VoiceOver in Wyoming
Long-time Mac OS X VoiceOver user and developer Greg Kearney of CUCAT has announced a 2 day residential camp to provide training in VoiceOver and use of the Macintosh.
Horizontal Scrolling for Older Mice
MacWorld magazine posted a great hint about horizontal scrolling for older mice and pointing devices which offer vertical scrolling but not horizontal scrolling.
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