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HippoRemote Replaces Your Keyboard, Mouse, and Remote Control
HippoRemote will connect to your computer and hand the reins over to you. Your iPhone is now a fully-featured multi-touch trackpad. Tap the keyboard button at the top of the screen and HippoRemote will provide you with a standard iPhone keyboard with some extra features attached. Explore further, and you will see that HippoRemote turns your iPhone or iPod Touch into an advanced media browser that lets you interact with some of the coolest media programs on your Mac
Make Appliances and Controls Accessible with Digit-Eyes
Digit-Eyes is an application that runs on the iPhone and which uses inexpensive off-the-shelf address labels and a standard inkjet or laser printer to enable iPhone users to make labels that are read aloud by their phone. It can also be used to read manufacturer’s UPC barcodes.
Make Your iPhone A Personal Library
Anyone who has browsed iPhone apps know that the iPhone can do just about anything. Now it can even be your own personal, portable library. You can use your iPhone to carry around massive amounts of specialised information without having to carry around all those books.
Improving White On Black Screen Mode
The White on Black inverse screen mode can be useful for many people with low vision but it’s inappropriate for some applications, such as windows containing video content. Matt suggests a solution that could make this function much more useful – if Apple implemented it.
Dictating Well: Principles From A Master
For most people, dictation results in better structured and more creative writing of letters, essays etc. than either handwriting or typing out your own thoughts. Learn the principles of excellent dictation from somebody who’s dictated documents professionally for nearly fifty years.
Using QuickLook with VoiceOver
Leopard has very useful feature called QuickLook that lets you preview files without opening them in an application. But how can VoiceOver users make use of this feature?
A Happy iPod Touch Stylus User
My husband got me an iPod Touch for Christmas last year. I have no arms but I can use the iPod touch with my foot. We had thought at first that one would be able to type on the screen using anything with a sharp tip. I noticed on the first day that this was not the case – it was happy with me using my nose, but not using the top of a pen!
A Mac, A HeadMouse, One Amazing Guy
Some people burst with talent and will manage to create amazing stuff irrespective of the physical setbacks one suffers if affected by ALS. Tucker is certainly one of those people. Being confined to a wheelchair and having to control his computer with his head this sound designer, video editor and multimedia magician is as creative as ever.
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?
Top Ten Myths About the Mac and Its Accessibility to the Blind
The following list is not all inclusive, but it does provide information on the most commonly held Mac myths in the VI community. I hope you find this list informative and helpful.
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