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The American Foundation of the Blind (AFB) recently offered a

Last June, the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) published a highly flawed and controversial review of VoiceOver and the accessibility of the Mac OS X platform. Shortly thereafter, we published an editorial discussing the article and the NFB’s "response" to criticism of the review.
Steve Sawczyn of ATMaine.com and our very own Mac-cessibility Round [...]

Today, Serotek Corporation, who develop accessibility-related software, announced the availability of I Blink Radio for iPhone and iPod touch. This free application provides easy access to streaming radio, reading services, and podcast produced by, for, and about the visually impaired and accessibility. You can read the full press release here.
We are pleased to see [...]

In This joint episode of the Screenless Switchers and Maccessibility Podcast we primarily discuss Snow Leopard, the new version of the Mac Operating System. We also discuss the maccessibility.net adobe petition

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 [...]

In the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast #5 – "Now Available in Natural Flavors", our knights of the round table Darcy Burnard, Holly Anderson, Steve Sawczyn, Cara Quinn, and Josh de Lioncourt discuss the recent launch of the Mac-cessibility Network, review the recent minor updates to the Mac OS X and iPhone OS’s, get Steve’s thoughts [...]

In just three weeks, the list of VoiceOver compatible iPhone applications has grown to include over one hundred entries. The rapidly growing community of blind and visually impaired iPhone users have tried these apps and recommended them to others. Don’t forget, you can navigate to the list page on your iPhone, choose the "Utilities" button [...]

In the latest episode of the MacCast, a popular mainstream podcast focusing on Apple products, host Adam Christianson invites Shelly Brisbin, Josh de Lioncourt, and Shane Jackson to discuss the new accessibility features of the iPhone 3GS. We’d like to thank Adam for his coverage of accessibility on the show, and highly recommend the MacCast [...]

Lioncourt.com editor Holly Anderson has been compiling a list of third-party iPhone applications that the growing community of visually impaired iPhone users has used in the first week of the iPhone 3GS’s release. This is by no means an exhaustive list, and will doubtless grow as users become more comfortable with the new platform, but [...]

As the excitement builds in many corners of the visually impaired community for Friday’s launch of the iPhone 3G S, which includes a specialized gesture-based version of VoiceOver, some are already preparing to undertake this historic journey together. If you’re interested in discussing the iPhone, its new accessibility features, VoiceOver and related topics, you can [...]