Category: Content producers
For those who use Apple products to create content such as web pages, videos, etc., and wish to make sure their content is accessible as possible to users with disabilities.
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Infovox iVox 1.2 adds new voices and a pronunciation editor
Acapela Group and AssistiveWare today announced the release of Infovox iVox 1.2 speech synthesiser with new voices and a pronunciation editor.
Assistive Technology Blog Carnival
Lon Thornburg from the NoLimits2Life and NoLimits2Learning blogs has started an Assistive Technology Blog Carnival – come and join in the fun!
Leopard Accessibility Presentation Resources
In October 2007, Mike Shebanek ran a webcast with with MacLearning entitled Mac OS X Leopard Accessibility Update, focussing mainly on Leopard and VoiceOver improvements in Leopard. Leopard had not been released when the webcast was made, so Shebanek spends some time describing Leopard updates not related to accessibility.
Text-to-Speech in Languages other than English
OS X only offers US English text-to-speech voices, and they are not of a very high quality. Leopard’s “Alex” voice is a great improvement, but even that voice is jarring and mechanical to listen to for more than a few minutes and only offers American English. So what are your alternatives for text to speech?
"Text to Speech" isn’t "VoiceOver"
I have noticed in several places now that some people are confused about what’s “VoiceOver” and what’s “Text to Speech” in terms of Mac OS X. This post is to attempt to clarify what each one is and why it’s important to know which one you’re talking about if you’re asking for help.
Captioned Movies In The USA iTunes Store
The deafmac.org blog has posted a list of captioned movies currently available in the iTunes Store, by which I assume they mean the USA iTunes Store. Only twenty one captioned movies so far, but hopefully the number will grow quickly. Does anybody have news about iTunes stores in other countries and whether captioned movies are [...]
New Apple Discussion Forum
Part of the support area on the Apple web site is the Apple Discussions area where users can write about problems and receive feedback from other users and occasionally Apple staff. Now there’s a new section specifically for Leopard’s Universal Access topics.
VoiceOver 2 – a WebDev’s guide
VoiceOver, the screen reader for Apple’s OS X, has undergone a major update [with the introduction of OS X 10.5 Leopard]. This article looks at the new functions, and what that means for people browsing websites. I am not looking at VoiceOver in general, just how different aspects of web pages affect the experience when using VoiceOver.
GhostReader 1.1.1
Amsterdam – 18 September 2007 – ConvenienceWare™ / AssistiveWare® today announced the release of GhostReader™ 1.1.1 text-to-speech software for Mac OS X. GhostReader 1.1.1 is Leopard-ready, now creates true bookmarkable audiobook files from text, offers better PDF import and enhanced performance on large documents. Through a partnership with Application Systems Heidelberg a boxed version of [...]
New look, New pages
I finally spent some time organizing the http://atmac.org/ website and there are some new pages that you might want to look at: About Ricky is about me, the assistive technology that I use, and why I started ATMac. About ATMac describes the aims of the blog and what I hope to do with it. Links [...]
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