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Infovox iVox 1.2 adds new voices and a pronunciation editor
Acapela Group and AssistiveWare today announced the release of Infovox iVox 1.2 speech synthesiser with new voices and a pronunciation editor.
Dialectic – A Versatile Telephony Tool for Mac
Dialectic – a versatile telephony tool for Macintosh – provides system-wide dialing of phone numbers using Bluetooth mobile phones, landlines, many VoIP services and more. It integrates with leading contact management applications including Marketcircle Daylite, Microsoft Entourage, Now Contact, Palm Desktop, FileMaker Pro & other databases as well as Apple’s iCal and Address Book.
More flexible startup scheduling
Macworld 911 explores ways to have your computer turn itself on when you want it on.
Voice Commander
VoiceCommander helps you expand Mac OS X built-in speech recognition technology to control any application.
ChatterBlocker blocks background noise so you can concentrate
ChatterBlocker plays soft sounds designed to reduce distraction from nearby conversations or other noise. It may be especially useful for those who are easily distracted or startled, and people with tinnitus or hyperacousis.
Touchpad Pro
It’s difficult to find a touchpad/trackpad for a desktop computer like an iMac or Mac Pro. Here’s a solution that lets you use an iPhone or iPod Touch as an external trackpad.
KeyCue 4.1
Today KeyCue 4.1 was released with new themes especially designed for low vision users including a light-on-dark large print theme and a dark-on-light large print theme.
Text-to-Speech in Languages other than English
OS X only offers US English text-to-speech voices, and they are not of a very high quality. Leopard’s “Alex” voice is a great improvement, but even that voice is jarring and mechanical to listen to for more than a few minutes and only offers American English. So what are your alternatives for text to speech?
1Password: Password Manager + AutoFill Forms
1Password can put your personal information and login in web forms either automatically or on your request. It stores information in the OS X Keychain where the password for your computer account are stored – it doesn’t get more secure than this.

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