Links

As with all lists of links this one is somewhat arbitrary. However, assistive technology (AT) for OS X, iPod, iPhone and other Apple products is still a fairly a small and specialised area, so I think that I have included most of what is both relevant and up to date. If you have suggestions or corrections, please contact me.

Sections on this page are:

• Announcements and Information
• Support
• Podcasts and Vodcasts
• Music and Audio
• Reference
• For Developers

Announcements and Information

Mac pour Tous (Mac for all, in French) - Resources, information, contacts, solutions, and technologies.

Lioncourt.com - For blind and vision impaired OS X users.

Deafmac.org - For D/deaf and hearing impaired OS X users.

AssistiveGaming - Information about games and how assistive tech users can play OS X games.

iPhone Accessibility by Tim O'Brien - Information about iPhone Accessibility for Blind and Vision Impaired users.

Maccessible - Covers issues related to print disabilities, mostly blindness and dyslexia, on OS X. A new blog.

Wolfgeek's Disabled Gamer Guide - A guide to Mac OS X and PC games that are accessible and playable for the disabled gamer.

The Crass Pip - Covers multiple topics sometimes including Mac OS X accessibility.

Podcasts and Vodcasts

Screenless Switchers - Audio podcast by blind OS X users.

Users in Control: A Fresh Perspective on Accessibility - Podcast in Audio and accessible PDF formats profiling assistive technology users with different disabilities and how they use computers.

Exploring the Frontiers of Assistive Technology - Vodcast showing how people use Mac-based assistive technology to communicate, express their creativity, play games and make so much more out of life.

BlindWorld Blog and Podcast - Often talk about VoiceOver-related topics, including tutorials, in their podcast.

Windows 2 Apples - Podcast about various Microsoft and Apple related topics which touches on accessibility issues, especially those around speech recognition. Transcripts for each podcast are also available.

Support

Apple Universal Access Support Forum for Tiger (OS X 10.4)

Apple Universal Access Support Forum for Leopard (OS X 10.5)

Apple Universal Access Support Forum for Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6)

Apple Universal Access Support Forum For Lion (OS X 10.7)

MacVisionaries Mailing List - For blind and vision impaired OS X users. Mostly focussed on VoiceOver users but some discussion about other vision-related assistive technology.

Mac VoiceOver Mailing List - For blind and vision impaired OS X users.

MacVoice Mailing List - For speech recognition on OS X.

Dragon Dictate Support Forums - For users of MacSpeech products, Dragon Dictate, and Dragon Express.

VIPhone - For blind and vision impaired iPhone users.

Music/Audio Related

MacMusic Disability-related Support Forum

References

Apple - Accessibility

Apple - Special Education

For Developers

Accessibility-Dev Mailing List - Support for developers wishing to use Apple's Accessibility APIs.

Accessing iPhone Apps - Tim O'Brien's guidelines for developers wanting to make iPhone apps more accessible to low vision users.

MacVisionaries Developer Mailing List - Support on all topics related to software development for Mac OS X by the blind.

As always, if you have suggestions or corrections for this page, please contact me or leave a comment!

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