29 January, 2009 @ 2:23 pm by Lioncourt
Today, Icon Factory released version 3.2 of their tremendously popular Twitter client, Twitterific. The new version boasts improved accessibility, and our testing of the software show that it now appears to be entirely accessible with VoiceOver. The application displays tweets and even direct messages, designating the latter with a "D" before the user’s name. The folks at Icon Factory have done a tremendous job.
For a list of all of the changes in version 3.2, check out the application history page, or download Twitterific 3.2 from here.
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29 January, 2009 @ 11:18 am by Lioncourt
When Apple announced that their iTunes Store would be moving to DRM-free, 256KBPS tracks, they also began offering the option to upgrade your existing library. Unfortunately, you had to upgrade everything you’d ever bought, all at once. This could prove to be a very expensive proposition for those who had purchased large amounts of material from the popular music download service.
Now, Apple is offering customers the ability to upgrade specific tracks, albums, and music videos to the new format on a item-by-item basis. This should ease the pain of upgrading your library.
The process is, of course, accessible to VoiceOver users.
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26 January, 2009 @ 12:48 pm by Lioncourt
The Washington University’s Accessibility Interaction and MObility Group (AIM Group) has demonstrated a technique for how the Apple iPhone could be made accessible to users who are blind or visually impaired. You can see a remarkable video demonstrating this technique by clicking the YouTube.com link.
This is a very exciting advancement that shows the possibilities. We’re hopeful that Apple will take note and eventually introduce a mobile version of VoiceOver in their iPhone and iPod Touch products.
Posted in Apple Inc., Education, Hardware, Text-to-Speech, Third-Party Products, iPhone, iPods and iTunes | No Comments »
26 January, 2009 @ 12:26 pm by Lioncourt
Apple Inc. announced today that iLife ‘09 will begin shipping tomorrow, 27/January/2009. The suite of multimedia applications such as the popular iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, and others was first announced at MacWOrld Expo earlier this month, and will come pre-installed on all new Macs. For those upgrading to the new iLife on your existing Mac, you can purchase the software for $79 USD for a single user, or $99 for the five user license family pack.
At this time, we have not become aware of any accessibility improvements in this addition of the suite, but given the dramatic improvements we saw earlier this month in Apple’s productivity suite iWork ‘09, we are hopeful. We will of course report back as soon as possible.
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