Joe Barnick
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LayoutKitchen Button That Activates Multiple Keys
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 much easier if you could save yourself two or three clicks by triggering complex commands like these with one button. Fortunately, LayoutKitchen makes this possible – and it couldn’t be easier!
Fullscreen gaming discovery
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a tidbit on ScreenRecycler, an app that allows you to use another Mac’s screen as a second display. In it, I theorized that ScreenRecycler could allow on-screen keyboard and scan panel users to play inaccessible fullscreen games by letting them display the game on their main Mac’s screen [...]
Accessible digital photography
In the July – August ’08 issue of MDA’s QUEST Magazine, there is an interesting article in the QuestTech section about Orlando Valle, a young man with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and the specialized digital photography equipment he uses for a middle school digital media course. Of particular interest is the motorized pan & tilt mount [...]
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 [...]
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