Category: Simple
These articles contain detailed step by step instructions with screen pictures that anybody can generally follow, no matter how little they know of Mac OS X.
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By Ricky Buchanan on December 10, 2008
Keyboard shortcuts are a quick way of getting many things done without needing to access the menus or the mouse. If you know to press command-s to save your work, you’ve used a keyboard shortcut. For people who primarily use a keyboard or a switch interface, using keyboard shortcuts can save a lot of time and effort.
Posted in Educators, Information, OS X, Overuse Injuries, Primary Keyboard Users, Primary Switch Users, Simple, Supporters, Users | Tagged carpal tunnel syndrome, efficiency, features, free download, keyboard shortcut, keyboard shortcuts, memory aid, overuse, overuse injury, productivity, repeditive strain injury, rsi, save time, shortcut keys, strain, tendonitis, tension, time saving, use the computer better, use the computer faster |
By Ricky Buchanan on November 3, 2008
There are lots of very simple things which can improve the accessibility of iTunes for those with low vision and reading impairments. This tutorial will take you through them step by step.
Posted in Information, Intellectually Impaired, Neurologically Impaired, Simple, Supporters, Users, Vision Impaired | Tagged features, itunes, Simple, simple interface, user interface |
By Ricky Buchanan on May 20, 2008
Mac OS X has a simple type of word completion built right into it! It’s available in nearly every program you use, and nearly every text box you need to type in.
Posted in Information, Simple, Users | Tagged automatic word completion, finish words, Text Expansion Tools, word completion |
By Ricky Buchanan on May 7, 2008
Did you know that there is a very simple way to get your Mac to speak pretty much any piece of text?
Posted in Information, Neurologically Impaired, Other Impairment, Simple, Supporters, Text to Speech, Users, Vision Impaired | Tagged computer voice, mac voice, speak text, speech synthesizer, text speak, Text to Speech, tts, voice output, voices for mac |
By Ricky Buchanan on May 1, 2008
An application “needing attention”, in Apple’s language, is one that’s waiting for you to tell it something before it can keep going and isn’t the app you’re currently working with. Here’s how to set things up so the computer will use the system voice to tell you that an alert is being displayed.
Posted in Information, Neurologically Impaired, Simple, Text to Speech, Users, Vision Impaired, VoiceOver | Tagged bouncing icon, computer voice, dock icon bounce, mac voice, speak text, speech synthesizer, text speak, Text to Speech, tts, voice output, voices for mac |
By Ricky Buchanan on April 12, 2008
When you use the zoom function Mac OS X automatically smoothes the zoomed image – this isn’t always what’s wanted.
Posted in Information, Simple, Users, Vision Impaired | Tagged font smoothing, interpolation, pixelation, Simple, smoothing, text smoothing, zoom |
By Ricky Buchanan on April 8, 2008
If an application displays an alert, Mac OS X will bounce its dock icon a few times – easy to miss. Here’s how to set things up so the computer will also use the system voice to tell you what’s going on.
Posted in Information, Neurologically Impaired, Simple, Text to Speech, Users, Vision Impaired, VoiceOver | Tagged bouncing icon, computer voice, dock icon bounce, mac voice, speak text, speech synthesizer, system alert, text speak, Text to Speech, tts, voice output, voices for mac |
By Ricky Buchanan on February 20, 2008
If you have a MacBook with a trackpad or a mouse with a scroll wheel, there’s a very simple way to zoom in to see something small on the screen.
Posted in Information, Simple, Users, Vision Impaired | Tagged magnify screen, zoom in, zoom screen |
By Ricky Buchanan on January 31, 2008
Did you know that the open dialog and save dialog boxes can show you files as icons just like the Finder can? If you are using Leopard, it even shows the icon previews like Finder. If you have trouble finding the right file with the usual list display, this can be very helpful.
Posted in Information, Neurologically Impaired, Simple, Users, Vision Impaired | Tagged open file dialog, save file dialog |
By Ricky Buchanan on January 27, 2008
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.
Posted in Content producers, Developers, Information, Simple, Supporters, Text to Speech, Users, Vision Impaired, VoiceOver, Windows Users | Tagged beginners, computer speech, computer voice, mac voice, screen reader, speak text, speech synthesizer, text speak, Text to Speech, tts, voice, voice output, voice over, VoiceOver, voices for mac |
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