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The TandemMaster Morse-2-USB interface is a fantastic device which converts morse code entered by two switches into keyboard presses and mouse movements. It gives the user complete control of a computer, as much as any regular keyboard/mouse user would have and can be used on any computer, with no drivers or software needed to be installed on the computer itself.

Vocalia is an iPhone dialler which provides speech recognition running directly on your iPhone.

iWork ‘09 was announced earlier this month at MacWorld and is already available for purchase and trial. The good news is that for the first time iWork is almost fully accessible to VoiceOver Users.

MacBreakZ is an ergonomic assistant which prompts the computer user to take long and short breaks at regular times, depending on how heavily you use the computer. It prompts the users with ergonomic exercises during breaks and can be heavily customised to suit usage patterns.

PDFpen is a PDF editing and form-filling application for Mac OS X. PDFs are important to many people with disabilities because scanned documents are usually converted to PDF format. So for those who can’t handle physical paper, being able to edit or add to a PDF file is important.

Design Science has announced the release of MathType 6, a new version of its mathematical equation editor for Mac OS X. MathType is the full-featured, professional version of the Equation Editor in Microsoft Office and many other products, and is used by math and science educators, engineers, research scientists, students and publishing professionals to include mathematical notation in printed documents, presentations and web pages.

Medical eXpense Tracking was created to assist the tracking of tax-deductible medical expenses, health insurance annual deductibles, coinsurance limits, co-payments, insurance payments, patient payments, and medical provider account residual balances for those within the USA. Highly recommended for those with chronic illnesses and complex medical issues.

Doing math can be a big problem for students who can’t write or work with rulers and protractors and compasses. It’s hard to type math problems in a regular word processor, and it’s impossible to work out “protractor and ruler” type problems. Here are some programs which can help students do this type of maths on a computer

Cepstral has released version 5 of its text to speech voices, announcing improved voice quality and engine efficiency.

Today AssistiveWare released KeyStrokes 4.1, an update to their on-screen keyboard application for those with physical impairments and graphic tablet and touch screen users:
Version 4.1 is now Universal Binary, offers enhanced compatibility with Spaces, and on Leopard provides automatic layout switching when the user changes the keyboard layout in the Mac OS X Input menu. [...]