• Retweet: @vmwarefusion : Fusion 50% off today, one day only. Details: http://is.gd/9Gqi Coupon code "CyberMondayDeal" # 23 hours ago
• It's Thanksgiving Day in the United States. We're thankful for Apple's commitment to accessibility in their products. # 2008/11/27
• We've added social bookmarking and "Send this to a Friend" to the Mac-cessibility Site as a trial. Let us know what you think. # 2008/11/27
• Apple released Safari 3.2.1 today. No known accessibility changes, but a good update to have nonetheless. Stability is the focus. # 2008/11/25
• News: Comparing Accessibility of the Big Three Operating System http://www.lioncourt.com/?p=247 # 2008/11/21

In the 119th episode of the MacWorld Podcast, host Christopher Breen is joined by Josh de Lioncourt to discuss VoiceOver and Apple’s progress in accessibility for the blind and visually impaired. The show also discusses the recent news of Mac clones.

We’d like to thank Mr. Breen and MacWorld.com for taking the time to explore VoiceOver and Apple’s accessibility efforts.

Mac-cessibility Quick Tips is a feature of Lioncourt.com to provide brief tips and tricks to assist blind and visually impaired Mac users improve their Apple experience. Not all tips will be specific to VoiceOver, and most will work on either Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger or Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Now for this week’s tip!

Did you ever wish there was a quick and easy way to copy the text from a dialog box? A way to copy a serial number or password from one window to the next when it isn’t provided in text that can be copied? Maybe you just want to copy an error message to a friend who is trying to give you some tech support. VoiceOver provides an easy way to do this. Simply move VoiceOver to the item in question, and then press VO-Shift-C. This command will copy the last thing spoken by VoiceOver to the clipboard in a textual form that can be pasted anywhere text can be placed with the standard Paste functionality. (i.e., Command-V).

Until next time!

Today, Forbes is reporting that Apple is to acquire microprocessor maker PA Semi. The deal is thought to be worth $278 million, and could see the Cupertino-based company providing its own microprocessors in some of its products. Speculation is rife that these products may include the iPhone and iPod lines. If so, it could potentially mean more powerful portable devices, better capable of supporting text-to-speech and other access technologies.

Apple does purchase smaller technology-based companies from time to time, and never comments on their plans for such acquisitions. Where this eventually leads is anyone’s guess, but more powerful devices can only benefit all users.