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Recently, FaceBook.com updated their iPhone application to version 3.0. Apparently, no attention to accessibility was paid, as the app has gone from being a fantastic interface for VOiceOver users, to being entirely inaccessible. The application now consists of endless unlabeled buttons, and an exploration throughout the app reveals no other information anywhere. We are advising [...]
AssistiveWare today announced a public beta of Infovox iVox v2.0. Version 2.0 brings Snow Leopard compatibility, significant improvements to performance and responsiveness, and adds a number of new voices including Arabic, French, German, Flemish, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Turkish. These voices work with virtually any Speech Manager compliant Mac OS X application, including VoiceOver, AssistiveWare [...]
In a recent piece on MacWorld.com, senior editor Christopher Breen takes a look at Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard’s new Universal Access features. He examines VoiceOver‘s Trackpad Commander, web browsing options, new QuickStart, and other improvements. He also points out Snow Leopard’s one additional option for the hearing impaired. It’s fantastic to see Universal [...]
We’re pleased to bring you our review of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard with VoiceOver, where Josh de Lioncourt takes a look at the latest iteration of Apple’s Macintosh operating system from a VoiceOver users perspective. As always, enjoy, and feel free to comment with your own thoughts on Snow Leopard.
David Pogue, a columnist for the New York Times, has posted a review of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, due for release on Friday. On page two of his article, he gives a brief nod to VoiceOver, referencing its impressive new Multi-touch Trackpad functionality. You can read his review here.
One of the most frequently asked questions by VoiceOver users is some variation on, "When will we have access to Flash?" The answer has been, as far as we have been able to determine, that Adobe Systems Inc. has no plans to provide accessibility in Flash, or any of their other products for that matter, [...]
There may be occasions when you’d like to change the volume of VoiceOver’s speech on your iPhone, but not that of other sounds. You can accomplish this very easily with only the volume rocker switch on the upper left hand side of the phone… To change VO’s speech volume, simply do the following; While VoiceOver [...]
Today, RogueAmoeba posted a blog entry regarding the compatibility of several of their products which are extremely popular among VoiceOver users. Airfoil, Audio Hijack Pro, and Nicecast all require updates to the optional Instant Hijack component. Additionally, Fission needs an update to handle changes in the decoding of Apple Lossless files. They hope to have [...]
On the heels of the announcement that Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard will ship this Friday, Apple has provided more details regarding VoiceOver improvements in the new OS on a new Snow Leopard Universal Access page. In addition to previously announced features, such as gesture-based navigation, VoiceOver also includes the ability to customize your [...]
Assistiveware has notified customers that Infovox iVox v1.3 will not work under Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, due for release this Friday. Users will require Infovox iVox v2.0, which will be a free update to existing users of v1.3. If possible, the company hopes to release a public beta of Infovox iVox v2.0 by [...]
After a couple of weeks, during which we saw the rumor mills heat up with speculation of an August 28th release of Apple’s latest version of their Mac OS X operating system, the company issued a press release this morning, officially announcing that date. "Snow Leopard builds on our most successful operating system ever and [...]
In the week since the launch of the Mac-cessibility Network, we’ve received some feedback from users, and have begun implementing some new features and changes in response. We’d like to draw your attention to a few of these, and there are more on the way. In the upper left corner of all pages, there is [...]