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For users whose main method of computer interaction is via the keyboard and who are unable or unwilling to use a pointing device like a mouse, or find it difficult to use a pointing device.

MacWorld has released a great new article which has a bunch of productivity tips for those using Leopard. If your disability impacts your computer use then it will take longer for you to get things done, so making sure you’re saving as much time as possible can make a big difference in how much you can do.

iSoftPhone VoIP software now supports SMS as well as voice calls and also sports tight integration with OS X.

Doing math can be a big problem for students who can’t write or work with rulers and protractors and compasses. It’s hard to type math problems in a regular word processor, and it’s impossible to work out “protractor and ruler” type problems. Here are some programs which can help students do this type of maths on a computer

AlphaOmega Software’s Function Keys Mapper guides you to set your function keys to launch applications or open specific files or websites.

The Mac Tips & Tricks website have a nifty little post up which guides you through how to Print Envelopes From Address Book. Very handy if handwriting isn’t your greatest ability!
- Ricky Buchanan, ATMac

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 [...]

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 menu. [...]

As part of their Summer of Mac Gems series, MacWorld online profiles ScreenRecycler 1.16:
Wish your Mac had another display so you could spread out your workspace? Most Macs support multiple displays, but for those that don’t—or if you don’t want to go out and buy another monitor—ScreenRecycler 1.16 lets you use another Mac as your [...]

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.
Lioncourt.com is aimed at OS X users with vision impairments, primarily users of the VoiceOver screen reader, but this article is almost entirely applicable other users [...]

Dustin Oakley from The Crass Pip blogged about Mac based Text Expansion tools in the last AT Carnival:
Text Expansion: Wasting Time Trying to Save Time tells of my travails as I tried several tools to improve my typing speed. I recently added an addendum, Text Expanders Revisited. While this reads too much like an [...]