ScreenlessSwitchers #26: Apple Accessibility Round Table
18 September, 2008 @ 9:18 pm by LioncourtIn episode #26 of the ScreenlessSwitchers Podcast, hosts Darcy and Holly are joined by Josh de Lioncourt of the Mac-cessibility site, Steve Sawczyn of the Assistive Technology Show, and Shane Jackson of the BlindWorld Blog and Podcast. The quintet discuss iTunes 8 accessibility, the new iPod Nano 4G and its speaking interface, Apple’s new accessibility site, accessibility improvements to OpenOffice.org, and the latest release of VMWare’s Fusion 2.0.
Chris noted:
I just listened to the latest Screenless Switchers Podcast and found it to be a very comprehensive discussion of ITunes 8. I don’t have an Ipod Nano yet but I enjoyed everything I heard relative to ITunes 8 and the Apple Accessibility site.
I have a couple of questions, though. First I need to ask a question about the Voice-over: Getting Started podcast. I have subscribed to it but have only received the table of contents and notifications that the rest of the episodes are undownloaded. Do I need to set up a store account before I can download those podcasts or will I be receiving them eventually?
My other question is about braille displays. If I were to buy a braille notetaker with a braille display would I be able to sync any notetakers of this type with my Mac to transfer E-mail and other documents from my Mac to the notetaker? If so, which ones? It wasn’t made clear to me on the accessibility site.