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iPod Nano Talking Menus - Demonstration

iPod Nano Talking Menus - Demonstration

David Niemeijer of AssistiveWare has put together some videos demonstrating the “Spoken Menus” facility in the new iPod Nano 4G in both French and British English.

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Did you know your Mac could do that? (4 comments)
- jason Nolan: you can use the search, mail and ical functions as a cognitive prothesis to keep track of names, and...
Voice-Activated Mouse Clicks with MacSpeech Dictate (62 comments)
- Ricky Buchanan: @Larry: if your other MacSpeech Dictate commands are not working fully this is probably affecting the...
- Ricky Buchanan: @David: Usually longer commands are recognised better, which is why I used “mouse click”,...
- Larry: Thanks for the reply. this is what i got: Last login: Mon Jan 5 06:59:28 on console larry-jordans-imac:~...
- David O'Connor: Greetings and a Happy New Year to everybody from New Zealand! I have been using MacSpeech Dictate,...
LayoutKitchen Button That Activates Multiple Keys (8 comments)
- Kati: Thanks Joe. You’re a Star! I had been debating whether to upgrade office 2004 which I have a copy of or...
- Joe Barnick: @Kati: I’l send you my keyboard in an email. Regarding desktop publishing software on the Mac, the...
- Ricky Buchanan: You can find “force quit” in the Apple menu (top left corner of the screen) Kati, you...
iPhone/iPod Touch: The Ultimate E-book Reader (6 comments)
- Ricky Buchanan: Aha. According to the FAQ although my computer is a Mac Pro it’s not actually a 64-bit machine,...
- Tim Wood: @Ricky: I’m on the last Mac Book Pro before the unibody model. When I run Stanza on that Mac, I get...

Other Featured Posts

Firefox and VoiceOver - the Mozilla perspective

The Firefox web browser offers an interesting alternative to Safari, but at the moment it’s not compatible with Apple’s accessibility API. VoiceOver users can’t use it, programs like the Dictionary and the services menu programs don’t work within it, and third party enhancements like Quicksilver can’t access it. Aaron Leventhal from the accessibility team at Mozilla explains some of the reasons the incompatibility hasn’t been fixed yet, and may take a long time to be fixed at all.

Accessible iTunes, Accessible iPod - Apple’s September Special Event

Apple put on a September Special Event yesterday, announcing iTunes 8, the iPod Nano 4G and other smaller upgrades to software and to the iPod Touch. These announcements, especially that of iTunes version 8 now with full accessibility for Windows and OS X Mac, are fantastastic for users with a disability and reaffirm Apple’s commitment to accessibility.

Aims and Goals

This journal aim to be of interest to all OS X users and developers with an interest in disability.

Make iTunes Easier To See and Use

There are lots of very simple things which can improve the accessibility of iTunes for those with low vision and reading impairments. This tutorial will take you through them step by step.

MacSpeech Dictate Global Commands List & Cheat Sheet for 1.2.1

MacSpeech Dictate is a great program but learning so many commands at once can be intimidating. I’ve put together two documents to help you learn and remember all the global commands found in Dictate version 1.2.1.