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It’s easy for anybody to loose track of time when they’re using a computer, and if you have a neurological or attention problem then you may get even more lost than most. Here’s how to get your computer to regularly announce the time.

AssistiveWare and Acapela Group today announced an update to the British Infovox iVox voices for Mac OS X. This update improves the pronunciation of a number of Mac related terms as well as several other words.

Great news for all users of text-to-speech technology, with the low prices for Infovox iVox voices being extended permanently.

Amsterdam - 10 October 2007 - AssistiveWare® today announced the release of VisioVoice® 1.1. VisioVoice enhances access to Mac OS X for people with vision impairments through a system-wide talking interface and typing echo, text and image zoom windows, large cursors as well as a document and selection reader. VisioVoice provides naturally sounding voices through [...]

Amsterdam - 18 September 2007 - ConvenienceWare™ / AssistiveWare® today announced the release of GhostReader™ 1.1.1 text-to-speech software for Mac OS X. GhostReader 1.1.1 is Leopard-ready, now creates true bookmarkable audiobook files from text, offers better PDF import and enhanced performance on large documents. Through a partnership with Application Systems Heidelberg a boxed version of [...]

Acapela Group and AssistiveWare have been busy - another voice for OS X less than 3 weeks after the release of Peter! This one is a female French speaking voice they are calling Alice.

Acapela Group and AssistiveWare have introduced a new British English text-to-speech voice available for Infovox iVox and the quality is simply amazing. I use the Infovox iVox voices with VisioVoice to help me access my computer, and prefer the British English voices rather than the American; they are easier for this Australian to understand. My [...]