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By Ricky Buchanan on September 19, 2008
Have you ever wanted to make phone calls on the net using a synthetic computer generated voice? If you’re an AAC user, then this is a great way to communicate with people remotely. This article will show you how to set up Wiretap Anywhere to send your speech voice to Skype’s internet phone system.
Posted in AAC, Environmental control, Information, New Software, Supporters, Text to Speech, Users | Tagged AAC, alternative communication, assisted communication, audio chat, augmentative communication, communication aid, complex communication needs, features, IM, instant message client, instant messages, instant messaging, making phone calls with AAC, non-verbal, phone call, skype, speech synthesizer, Speech to Text, telephone, text chat, text message client |
By Paul Natsch on July 21, 2008
If you use Skype and MacSpeech Dictate Paul has found a way to make hands-free phone calls with a little help from some simple AppleScript.
Posted in Environmental control, Information, Speech to Text, Users | Tagged audio chat, IM, instant message client, instant messages, instant messaging, phone call, telephone, text chat, text message client, video chat, voice dial |
By Ricky Buchanan on May 18, 2008
Lon has a great new article about some of the issues around remote service delivery and telepractice for special education providers. Using some of the features built into OS X Leopard – iChat’s new screen sharing as well as the video conferencing – on broadband internet connections means the up-front costs of providing remote services are greatly reduced.
Posted in Information, Other Impairment, Supporters, User Stories | Tagged audio chat, ichat, IM, instant message client, instant messages, instant messaging, screen sharing, special education, teleconference, text message client, video chat |
By Ricky Buchanan on May 3, 2008
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.
Posted in Developers, Information, Users, Vision Impaired, VoiceOver | Tagged free, IM, instant message client, instant messages, instant messaging, microsoft chat, msn, msn chat, msn live messenger, msn messenger, text message client |
By Ricky Buchanan on March 29, 2008
What’s out there in terms of IRC clients for VoiceOver users?
Posted in New Software, Users, VoiceOver | Tagged free, IM, instant message client, instant messages, instant messaging, irc, irc for blind users, irc for voiceover users, opensource, text chat, text message client |
By Ricky Buchanan on January 14, 2008
Adium is a fast and free instant messaging client which supports AIM, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!, Google Talk, Yahoo! Japan, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Novell Groupwise, and Lotus Sametime. Adium X version 1.2 is now properly accessible to VoiceOver so you won’t have to guess who you’re talking to.
Posted in New Software, Users, Vision Impaired, VoiceOver | Tagged AIM, AOL Chat, facebook chat, free, growl notifications, gtalk, ichat replacement, IM, instant message client, instant messages, jabber, ljtalk, microsoft chat, msn, msn chat, msn live messenger, msn messenger, open source, text message client, Yahoo Chat, Yahoo IM |
By Ricky Buchanan on December 21, 2007
Here’s a quick-and-easy OS X 10.5 iChat tip (with a bonus OS X 10.4 variant thrown in, along with a little iTunes/iChat tip) for your Thursday morning.
Posted in Information, Primary Keyboard Users, Primary Switch Users, Users, Vision Impaired, VoiceOver | Tagged audio chat, auto answer chat requests, free, IM, instant message client, instant messages, instant messaging, screen sharing, text chat, text message client, video chat |
By Ricky Buchanan on July 30, 2007
For those who use Skype and have trouble answering calls quickly enough, you can set Skype to answer for you automatically. To do this, open the preferences (from the Skype menu) and select the “Calls” button from the top row. Check the box for “Auto-answer Calls”. To return to answering calls manually, just uncheck the [...]
Posted in Information, Primary Keyboard Users, Primary Mouse Users, Primary Switch Users, Users, VoiceOver | Tagged audio chat, auto answer chat requests, free, IM, instant message client, instant messages, instant messaging, text chat, text message client, video chat |
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