May 2008
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MondoMouse
MondoMouse lets you resize and move background windows, and have window focus follow your mouse pointer’s movements without clicking on the window.
Freedom – Turn off the internet and get some work done!
This small application disables internet access for a specified period of time – up to 3 hours. Can be very helpful to those who have trouble staying on task – which at times is all of us!
Text Expansion Tools
“Text Expansion: Wasting Time Trying to Save Time” tells of Dustin’s travails as he trys several tools to improve his typing speed. He recently added an addendum, “Text Expanders Revisited”.
Simple: Speak selected text
Did you know that there is a very simple way to get your Mac to speak pretty much any piece of text?
MacWorld Podcast Features VoiceOver and Accessibility
Here’s the blurb for the most recent episode of the MacWorld Podcast: In this episode of the Macworld Podcast we explore two such issues. The first is the under-reported benefits that OS X brings to visually impaired and blind Mac users. I’m joined by Josh de Lioncourt a blind developer and operator of Lioncourt.com, a [...]
“Text to Speech” or “Speech to Text”?
It’s easy to confuse “speech to text” and “text to speech” – they’re very similar phrases – but the differences are important. Knowing which is which will help you search for what you really need.
iPhone text accessibility plan for customers with disabilities
AT&T and Apple introduce new iPhone text accessibility plan (TAP) for customers with disabilities. This is a great step forward, but do they ever reject application for the TAP and would that leave users saddled with a contract for a plan they can’t use?
Microsoft Messenger for Mac 7.0 Released without Accessibility
The new Microsoft Messenger for Mac OS X is inaccessible to VoiceOver users and it seems like there’s no good reason. We suggest you try alternatives, where they exist.
Simple: Announce when application needs your attention
An application “needing attention”, in Apple’s language, is one that’s waiting for you to tell it something before it can keep going and isn’t the app you’re currently working with. Here’s how to set things up so the computer will use the system voice to tell you that an alert is being displayed.
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