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Archive for May, 2011

  • How to install Dropbox on the Mac using VoiceOver> 25 May, 2011 @ 1:41 pm

    The popular Cloud service Dropbox is a great way to back up important files, and keep those files in sync across multiple devices.  Unfortunately, installing the Dropbox client on the Mac using VoiceOver has been problematic at best.  When you open the Dropbox application, VoiceOver either sees nothing at all, or it sees Dropbox with [...]

  • Editorial – Crossroads: Rekindling the Accessible Ebook Discussion> 23 May, 2011 @ 4:00 am

    In "Crossroads: Rekindling the Accessible Ebook Discussion", we offer some thoughts on the choices visually impaired users will need to make regarding the ways in which they obtain printed materials in accessible formats over the coming years. While things cannot, and should not, change over night, changes will come, and with them, perhaps, a shift [...]

  • Concerns Over Microsoft Acquiring Skype> 10 May, 2011 @ 8:40 am

    It has been widely reported today that Microsoft is acquiring Skype, the popular audio, video, and text chat service for an estimated $8.5 billion. This is, and should be, troubling to many Mac and iOS users. Microsoft has shown a distinct disinterest in adhering to accessibility standards on Apple’s platforms. The Microsoft Office suite, for [...]

  • Editorial – Memoirs of a Blind Switcher: 5 Years On> 2 May, 2011 @ 10:25 am

    In a new editorial, John Panarese offers a follow up to his original piece exploring the trials and triumphs of switching from Windows to Mac OS X. He revisits the state of Apple accessibility five years on, and covers the ways in which things have changed for visually impaired Mac and iOS users.

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