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Archive for April 29th, 2008

  • Microsoft Messenger for Mac 7.0 Released without Accessibility> 29 April, 2008 @ 3:14 pm

    Today, Microsoft released Microsoft Messenger for Mac 7.0, the latest version of their popular instant messaging client for the Live Messenger and Office Communications services. Unfortunately, Microsoft apparently paid little or no attention to accessibility.
    Like most Mac software, Microsoft Messenger for Mac 7 could have been made accessible. In fact, it nearly is. [...]

  • AT&T Offers New iPhone Plan for the Deaf and Speech Impaired> 29 April, 2008 @ 12:19 pm

    Today, AT&T Wireless announced a new Text Accessibility Plan (TAP) for the iPhone, intended to give users with hearing and speech disabilities unlimited text messaging, Web browsing and e-mail for $40.00 per month.
    "Our Text Accessibility Plan allows customers who are deaf or have hearing or speech disabilities to literally tap out their communications on the [...]

  • BBC America shows added to itunes store> 29 April, 2008 @ 11:25 am

    Finally here in America we can get some of the great shows from The UK. Three new titles have been added to the itunes store from BBC America. They are Torchwood series 1 and 2, little Britain sereis 3 only, and Robinhood series 2 only. Hopefully this means more will be on [...]

  • Assistiveware Releases Infovox iVox 1.2> 29 April, 2008 @ 9:17 am

    Today, Assistiveware released Infovox iVox version 1.2. Version 1.2 is a free upgrade for existing users that adds a pronunciation editor that allows users to add abbreviations or change the pronunciation of words. It also introduces a number of new voices and languages: Eliska and Sabrine for Czech, Ania for Polish, Snorri for Icelandic, [...]

  • Loquendo Text-to-Speech Now Available to Mac Developers> 29 April, 2008 @ 8:57 am

    Loquendo is now offering their high-quality text-to-speech voices to Mac developers for use in their software products. These voices do not currently integrate with the Mac’s speech services, as far as we can determine, so they are not yet suitable for use with VoiceOver. Given the multitude of languages and the quality of [...]

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