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Infovox iVox 1.2 adds new voices and a pronunciation editor

By Ricky Buchanan on April 29, 2008

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.

Posted in Content producers, New Software, Supporters, Text to Speech, Users, VoiceOver | Tagged commercial, computer speech, computer voice, free trial, mac voice, non english, proloque, speak text, speech synthesizer, text speak, Text to Speech, tts, voice output, voices for mac | 2 Responses

Dialectic – A Versatile Telephony Tool for Mac

By Ricky Buchanan on April 17, 2008

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.

Posted in Environmental control, New Software, Users | Tagged commercial, dial phone, eadl, ecu, Environmental control, free trial, growl notifications, phone, phone control, telephone | Leave a response

More flexible startup scheduling

By Ricky Buchanan on April 1, 2008

More flexible startup scheduling

Macworld 911 explores ways to have your computer turn itself on when you want it on.

Posted in Environmental control, New Software, Other Impairment, Users | Tagged free trial, shareware, start computer automatically, startup schedule, turn computer off automatically, turn computer on automatically | Leave a response

Voice Commander

By Ricky Buchanan on March 25, 2008

Voice Commander

VoiceCommander helps you expand Mac OS X built-in speech recognition technology to control any application.

Posted in New Software, Speech to Text, Users | Tagged dictation, efficiency, free trial, minimize typing, productivity, shareware, speech commands, speech recognition, talk to your mac, time saving, use the computer better, use the computer faster, voice commands, voice recognition | Leave a response

Making the most of SwitchXS

By Ricky Buchanan on March 22, 2008

Making the most of SwitchXS

Read about Marie-France Bru’s ultra efficient SwitchXS writing method.

Posted in Information, Primary Switch Users, Supporters, Users | Tagged assistive ware, assistiveware, commercial, double switch, efficiency, free trial, multiple switches, single switch, switch access, switch accessible, switch adapted, switch user, time saving, two switches | 2 Responses

ChatterBlocker blocks background noise so you can concentrate

By Ricky Buchanan on March 20, 2008

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.

Posted in Neurologically Impaired, New Software, Other Impairment, Users | Tagged ADD, ADHD, attention, block distraction, block noise, concentration, distraction, free trial, shareware | Leave a response

Touchpad Pro

By Ricky Buchanan on March 19, 2008

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.

Posted in iPhone/iPod Touch/iTouch, New Software, Primary Mouse Users, Users | Tagged free, free trial, ipod touch, mouse, mouse alternative, mouse enhancement, mouse replacement, multitouch, opensource, shareware, touchpad, trackpad, unsual input devices, unusual input devices | Leave a response

KeyCue 4.1

By Ricky Buchanan on February 19, 2008

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.

Posted in New Software, Primary Keyboard Users, Users, Vision Impaired | Tagged efficiency, free trial, keyboard enhancement, keyboard shortcuts, large print, memory aid, productivity, shareware, time saving, use the computer better, use the computer faster | 1 Response

Text-to-Speech in Languages other than English

By Ricky Buchanan on February 8, 2008

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?

Posted in Content producers, Information, New Software, OS X, Text to Speech, Users, VoiceOver | Tagged abandoned, commercial, computer voice, e speak, espeak, espeech, features, free trial, languages other than english, mac voice, multilingual, non english, speak text, speech synthesizer, text speak, tts, voice output, voices for mac | 18 Responses

1Password: Password Manager + AutoFill Forms

By Ricky Buchanan on January 31, 2008

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.

Posted in New Software, OS X, Primary Keyboard Users, Primary Mouse Users, Primary Switch Users, Users | Tagged 1Passwd, efficiency, fill in forms, fill in web forms, free trial, memory aid, minimize typing, password, remember passwords, save typing, shareware | 2 Responses

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