Woopid Video Tutorials For Access Topics

By Ricky Buchanan • November 5, 2008

Woopid is a website offering free short video tutorials on computer and gadget-related topics. Most of the tutorials focus on Mac computer topics, and there are many which are directly focussed on access related topics.

Increase The Text Size in Leopard - Seven short videos about increasing text size or screen magnification in different areas in Leopard.

Make Your Computer Easier to Use - Eight short videos on different areas of universal access.

You Speak, Computer Listens - Five short videos about the “command and control” style speech to text system built into OS X.

You can check out the topics covered by Woopid by seeing the different bundles on offer, or browse or search the whole library for individual titles. There are plenty of others which are also related in some way to access and assistive technology.

- Ricky Buchanan, ATMac

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Ricky Buchanan

Ricky Buchanan is 33 years old and the founder and main writer for ATMac. She's bedridden with severe CFS/ME or perhaps a primary mitochondrial disorder - the doctors are not sure. When she's not working on ATMac or her other websitse she composes music, listens to audio books, does other disability advocacy, watches TV with her flatmate, and enjoys her cat.

2 Responses to “ Woopid Video Tutorials For Access Topics ”

diane bechtler Nov 7th, 2008 at 12:32 am

The tutorials are very helpful

I find at least one and usually more than one helpful thing in ATMac each day

Diane Hoover Bechtler

brain disease resulting in movement disorder

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Ricky Buchanan Nov 8th, 2008 at 12:13 am

@diane: Thanks for the compliment I work hard on ATMac because I love doing it, but it’s still hard work.

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