Category: New Software
Articles about newly available third-party software, or software which hasn’t previously been reviewed on ATMac. This doesn’t include software which comes as part of OS X such as the Finder, for example.
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Remote Controls for Macs without a Remote Control
Almost all of the newer Mac models come with the Apple Remote control, and they can be used for a surprising amount of your computing. So what’s available for those of us who have a Mac that didn’t come with a remote, or who need a different remote for accessibility? There’s a huge range that will have an option appropriate for almost any user, no matter your assistive technology needs.
PinPoint 3 – Never Lose Your Mouse Again
PinPoint 3 is a program which puts a great animated or static graphic around your mouse pointer when you want it, so you can always locate the cursor. Great for people whose eyesight isn’t the best, or who have large or multiple screens.
Fluid – Create Site Specific Browsers
Have you ever wished that you could have one copy of Safari for Facebook, and a different copy for your “serious” work? With Fluid, you can! Fluid is a nifty utility which lets you create site-specific web browsers (SSBs). These are web browsers which only work on one (or a few) specific websites. If you click on a link for any other website, it will open in your regular browser.
Speak It! Keyboard-based Text to Speech for iPad/iPhone
Speak It! is an application for iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad which lets you enter text via the regular keyboard and then speak the words via the built-in speaker, or save them to an audio file to email to others.
Ventrilo For Communication For The Chronically Ill
Ventrilo is a free speech-based chat server that you can set up on your home network so that people can communicate using speech between different computers in the same house. It doesn’t access the internet to work, so even if your net connection is broken Ventrilo will still work.
New MacSpeech Scribe For Transcription
One of the major things that the MacSpeech Dictate family has been lacking is the ability to take pre-recorded files and convert them to text. Not any more: MacSpeech Scribe will do just that for you, with up to 99% accuracy.
Dictation For Your iPhone/iPod Touch
In December, Nuance surprised everybody by releasing two apps for the iPhone – Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search. Those apps are now also available for iPod Touch users and they’re free for a limited time.
2009 New Year's Eve Gifts
It’s the last day of 2009, and I have some gifts for my wonderful ATMac readers. A LayoutKitchen resources page for KeyStrokes, Proloquo, and SwitchXS users, and five free postcards (real physical postcards!) to you can spread the new year cheer with your friends.
Jitouch – More Gestures For Your MacBook
Jitouch is an application which adds eight new sets of gestures to the MacBook multi-touch trackpads. New gestures include ones for window management and some specifically for web browsing.
Multilingual Braille Output For Snow Leopard
Snow Leopard’s support for Braille displays is now fantastic, but did you know that you can install uncontracted multilingual braille output for Arabic, Danish, French, German, Greek/Coptic, Hebrew, Italian, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and even US Unicode?
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