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iPad Keyguard Review
Dana from Uncommon Sense reviews one of the LaseredPics keyguards for the iPad. Their daughter Maya uses the app Speak For Yourself and her iPad has an iAdapter1 case. The keyguard has hugely improved her AAC abilities!
AppleVis Provides Resources for Blind Apple Users
AppleVis is a website by and for blind and vision-impaired users of Apple devices, primarily iOS device users but including some resources for Mac OS X users. The focus is on VoiceOver users but there are some resources for other blind users who use zooming to access devices too.
How to use your Mac without a mouse
Everyone knows a few keyboard shortcuts (like Command-P for print, or Command-Q for quit). Mastering more, along with other efficient ways to control your Mac without reaching for the mouse, will help you get your work done faster, leaving more time for Angry Birds.
Speech-to-Text: Dictation software for Mac OS X
An overview of the types of speech-to-text software that are available for Mac OS X. Speech-to-text software, sometimes known as dictation software, lets you talk to the computer and have the computer react appropriately.
My Computer Won’t Stop Talking!
Quite often on Apple’s Universal Access forums there are questions from users who have found that their computer’s suddenly started talking to them, and putting a black box around whatever they’re working on. What’s happening?
Accessibility For Lion
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion was released today. For the first time it’s available via download instead of on DVD and comes with international voices for speech synthesis users. There’s also multi-touch gestures, auto save, and a bunch of other updates relevant to accessibility.
Time-Independent Games
Most computer games get faster, relying on reflexes and coordination. Untimed games such as turn-based games rely on strategy and tactics instead, which makes them excellent if the user’s disability affects perception, thinking/memory, or movement.
Getting An iPad/iPhone/iTouch For Communication
A comprehensive list of groups that I know of who are currently accepting applications for an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch to be used for AAC and communication.
iPad Keyguards Available
The American company Lasered Pics is now making keyguards available for the iPad. Keyguards for the standard iPad keyboard, Proloquo2Go, TapSpeak Choice and Speak It! are available, and custom keyguards are available on request.
MovieCaptioner 4.2
Use Mac OS X’s MovieCaptioner to quickly and efficiently produce captions, subtitles, and transcripts for your iPod, iPad, DVD and Flash film and video segments. MovieCaptioner is now upgraded to version 4.2 and can also read YouTube’s captioning format so you can let YouTube try to auto-caption your video and then correct and re-upload the results.
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