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Clean Up Your Dictionary
OS X’s system-wide dictionary and spell checking service is very helpful, especially when you need to add custom words to the dictionary. But how can you delete or edit those custom words if you add them by mistake?
Doing Math on a Mac
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
iNavigate – New head mouse software for OS X
iNavigate is a new head-mouse which uses an iSight camera and is implemented entirely in software in a similar manner to Windows’ “CameraMouse” program.
SoundAsleep: Mute Your Computer on a Schedule
SoundAsleep is a freeware app which will mute and unmute the system sound at times you specify.
AudialHub: The Universal Audio Converter for Mac
AudialHub can convert audio files (and even the audio inside video files!) in as little as three steps.
Growl – Useful notifications that you control
There’s a new version of the Growl notification system available. What is Growl anyway, and why might you want to use it?
CapScribe
CapScribe is an open-source Mac OS X application to help you add captions and/or audio description to audio and video files.
Sim Daltonism
Sim Daltonism is a color blindness simulator for Mac OS X. It filters in real-time the area around the mouse pointer and displays the result – as seen by a color blind person – in a floating palette.
Freedom – Turn off the internet and get some work done!
This small application disables internet access for a specified period of time – up to 3 hours. Can be very helpful to those who have trouble staying on task – which at times is all of us!
Microsoft Messenger for Mac 7.0 Released without Accessibility
The new Microsoft Messenger for Mac OS X is inaccessible to VoiceOver users and it seems like there’s no good reason. We suggest you try alternatives, where they exist.
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