14 May, 2008 @ 6:06 pm by Lioncourt
Today, Assistiveware released their first product under the Convenienceware banner, version 1.5 of their popular GhostReader.
GhostReader converts text to speech, both in real-time or sending the output to iTunes/iPod/iPhone compatible formats for easy playback on the go. It works with a variety of document formats, and can speak selected text in any application. It is available in multiple languages and includes high-quality voices.
This update offers new voices for Czech, Polish, Swedish and Finish languages, enhancements to previously available voices, a pronunciation dictionary, direct exportation of documents to iTunes at different encoding qualities, support for more document formats, and iTunes exports are now handled in the background. Other minor enhancements and bug fixes are also included.
GhostReader V1.5 is available as a free upgrade for existing users, or may be purchased for $39.95 US from Convenienceware.
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14 May, 2008 @ 9:00 am by Lioncourt
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!
When navigating the Songs table in iTunes, you can quickly move the Play Target to the currently selected track by pressing Enter. The track will immediately begin playing. Using the Spacebar will only pause the currently playing track, or start playing the track which is currently marked with the Play Target, regardless of which track is selected. The Play Target can be found in the Status column of the Songs table.
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