‘iPad’ Archives

In this episode of the Mac-cessibility ROund Table Podcast, our knights are magically and revolutionarily transformed into Macateers, braving the Mac and iOS AppStores to bring you their favorite third-party software picks to use with your Apple devices and VoiceOver. Group pick: The Macalope Darcy’s picks: YoruFukurou WorthWhile Sudoku Tablet Holly’s picks: SlingPlayer Mobile 7 [...]

In this episode of the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss their thoughts on Apple’s recent announcements, including iOS 5, iCloud, and the announced new features coming in VoiceOver for OS X Lion.

At 10:00 AM PDT, Apple wil be holding its World Wide Developers Conference Keynote address. Hosted by Steve Jobs, Apple will be pulling the wraps off of iOS 5, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, and its new iCloud service. You can listen to the Mac-cessibility Round Table Knights as the news unfolds at this link. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Ananse Productions has just released a new accessible puzzle game for IOS called Stem Stumper. The basic premise of the game is that you are Mimea, a vine who needs fertilizer to grow. You navigate around a garden, avoiding or destroying obstacles and finding and eating the fertilizer. It sounds like a simple enough premise, [...]

In this episode of the Mac-cessibility ROund Table Podcast, our knights discuss the newly unveiled iPad II, the new publicly available details on Apple’s upcoming Mac OS X 10.7 Lion release, the new MacBook Pros, and more. Notes: Darcy’s pick – TextExpander M.J.’s picks – BopIt and PlainText Josh’s pick – Magic Trackpad Cara’s pick [...]

The last significant hold out from Apple’s iBooks store, Random House, has decided to shift to the agency model now used by Apple and others and make their titles available. This is a fantastic development for visually impaired book lovers, providing unparalleled access to published works to them at the same time as said works [...]

Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D) has released an iOS application. The RFB&D Audio app is available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. It provides access to RFB&D’s downloadable DAISY formatted books. RFB&D members can explore RFB&D’s library of more than 64,000 audio books that are designed for people with print and learning disabilities. [...]

Previously, we reported on a collection of chess and checkers games that had recently become accessible with VoiceOver. Now, Shredder, a chess app for iOS devices, has been updated, and among the application’s new features is accessibility support for VoiceOver. The developer notes: Accessibility / Voice Over support for almost everything. Please provide feedback if [...]

The Saline Reporter, a publication servicing Saline, Michigan and the surrounding area, posted a touching story about Taylor Parrish, a young autistic boy, whose life has been transformed by the introduction of the iPad into his daily school routine. The iPad has given him the ability to communicate effectively for the first time with those [...]

Garmin StreetPilot, a GPS navigation solution for iOS devices, has been updated to version 6.5.4. The developer notes that this version is now VoiceOver accessible. The app offers all the features one would expect, along with some unique capabilities which differentiate it from the competition. Perhaps most notable among these is the fact that it [...]