Vision
Accessibility to Apple products for those requiring speech, screen reader or Braille access.
NEW Voices that will come with the new OS Lion VoiceOver: Introduction to each voice and a statement to demonstrate their accents:
New voices reading The Man From Snowy River:
Learning to Touch Type - Audio
Dragon Dictation and Search now in Australian iTunes Store - David's Review
Australian Developed Talking Calculator
Talking Scientific Calculator ($8.99) has just released Talking Calculator ($1.99) for basic numeric functions:
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/talking-calculator/id424464284?mt=8
VoiceOver Accessible Apps in the Mac App Store: Mac Apps Review
TIPS FOR MAC AND IOS MOBILE DEVICES by David Woodbridge from Vision Australia.
Mac OS (10.6.4 Snow Leopard)
iOS 3.22 (iPad), and iOS 4.1 (Ipod touch, and iPhone 3gs/4
Main Mac OS VoiceOver commands (Control+Option equals VoiceOver or VO command keys)
Daisy Readers for Apple Products
David's thoughts on Kensington Bluetooth Keyboard
Vision Australia Evaluations of Apple Devices
Common Braille commands for VoiceOver navigation
When using a Braille display with VoiceOver using iOS 4.1 or later, you can use the following key commands, or chords, to navigate.
Resource links
NB - email any Apple accessibility questions to accessibility@apple.com.
Resources to Download:
1st, 2nd and 3rd level VO Commands
What I listen to keep abreast of latest technology news.
Rich text format for iPhone4 manual.
Roch Text Format of Diverse Learners Booklet
Comments
1. Microsoft Office on the Mac not accessible by VoiceOver.
2. PDF documents can only be viewed by VoiceOver using Preview on the Mac.
3. Word documents can be read by Textedit or Pages on the Mac..
4. Files can be transferred via iTunes via USB cable or via a wireless network using FTP to an iOS device. I.e. this is how a user would transfer Daisy books.
5. Preview on the Mac a great way to listen to audio files on the fly (I.e. doesn't open up iTunes to play the file).
6. Can read email attachments in iOS and Pages or other third party apps do allow the accessing and reading of txt/doc files as well (which will work with VoiceOver)
7. No suitable typing tutor for a screen reader user on the Mac as yet. However, can get audio mp3 typing practise files from Vision Australia to play in iTunes and practise keyboarding whilst listening (remembering that F8 can be used to stop and start playback of the mp3 file).
8. If requiring a video magnifier (CCTV), investigate the use of a digital microscope which can perform a similar function at a much lower cost.
9. Print to text scanning (OCr) recommended to use Iris Pro with a flat-bed scanner.
10. More and more assistive technology companies producing mac and iOS applications. iOS very popular. Can hardly listen to an assistive technology podcast without an Apple product being mentioned. Most calls on the Vision Australia Adaptive Technology Help desk concerning Apple: is How do I use? rather than: its not working?
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