June 2008
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AssistiveWare KeyStrokes 4.1 released
Today AssistiveWare released KeyStrokes 4.1, an update to their on-screen keyboard application for those with physical impairments and graphic tablet and touch screen users: Version 4.1 is now Universal Binary, offers enhanced compatibility with Spaces, and on Leopard provides automatic layout switching when the user changes the keyboard layout in the Mac OS X Input [...]
Screen sharing tweaks
A while back, Mac OS X Hints (via MacWorld online) posted an awesome article on how to get the most out of Leopard’s built-in screen sharing: First, here’s a potentially easier way to share the screens of other Macs on your network. First, realize that the screen sharing feature is just an application. It resides [...]
ScreenRecycler
Many of Mac OS X’s standard keyboard shortcuts, such as “New Folder” (Shift + Command + N), “Save As” (Shift + Command + S), and “Paste and Match Style” (Option + Shift + Command + V), require pressing multiple keys simultaneously. While this isn’t very difficult to do with KeyStrokes or SwitchXS, it would be [...]
What's missing on the Mac?
Now that a built-in screen reader and a powerful speech recognition solution are available, what is the next biggest assistive technology feature missing on Mac OS X?
AudialHub: The Universal Audio Converter for Mac
AudialHub can convert audio files (and even the audio inside video files!) in as little as three steps.
Growl – Useful notifications that you control
There’s a new version of the Growl notification system available. What is Growl anyway, and why might you want to use it?
SmartNav 4
The head controlled mouse replacement SmartNav 4 is now available for Mac OS X users thanks to RJ Cooper and Associates. The upgrade can be ordered through RJ Cooper’s website.
Using the keyboard with Leopard
The wonderful Lioncourt.com site have an article “A Key to Leopard” which is about using the keyboard to assist in quick and efficient navigation of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
MovCaptioner 2.0
MovCaptioner keeps repeating a segment of the movie until you are done typing what you hear. Just hit the Return key and it will save your caption and automatically advance to the next few seconds of the movie, allowing you to zip through your captioning tasks in no time flat. You don’t need to be a Flash or QuickTime guru, either. The caption track is added automatically with the click of a button.
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