Archive for March, 2010

Today, Apple released iTunes 9.1.0 with support for the company’s forthcoming iPad device, as well as some bug fixes and new features. Included among the fixes are a couple of quickly identifiable accessibility changes. The iTunes license agreement is now read properly by VoiceOver, and the "Playlist Browser" once again automatically announces items if you [...]

In episode #8 of the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast, we introduce our newest contributor, M.J. Phoenix. Our knights of the Round Table Podcast recap and discuss recent Mac-cessibility news stories, including iBooks accessibility, Adobe’s announcement for Flash and Flex accessibility on the Mac, and the recent update to Frotz for iPhone, which provided substantial accessibility [...]

According to a post from AppAdvice.com, the entire Project Gutenberg library will be directly available from within Apple’s upcoming iBooks application and store for electronic books. The library contains over 30,000 titles from the public domain free of charge, and has become increasingly popular. Many classic titles are available in a variety of formats, including [...]

Today, Adobe Systems announced their intention to support accessibility with their Flash and Flex tools on multiple OS platforms, including Mac OS X. The full statement reads: Adobe understands how important it is for computer users with disabilities to be able to access the entire Internet. In recognition of the needs of computer users with [...]

As Apple began taking pre-orders today for its new iPad device, they released a few more details about the product. Most exciting among these for VoiceOver users is the news that iBooks, the application that doubles as a digital bookstore and electronic book reader, will support VoiceOver. Apple’s iBooks page describes its accessibility thus: Unlike [...]