‘Third-Party Products’ Archives

Mozilla makers of the well utilised Firefox web browser have been promising accessibility on the mac for VoiceOver users for years. Many had given up hope, but it looks like the project is finally moving forward. An announcement was made by an employee and tester for Mozilla at the beginning of January, stating that although [...]

On Sept. 27, 2011 Money Reader version 2.0 from Looktel will officially go live.   While version 1.0 was ground-breaking in itself in its brilliance in accuracy and ease of use, version 2 takes this app to a whole new level.   Several new currencies are now supported, including the Euro, Canadian and Australian dollars, [...]

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 [...]

On 23/June/2011 at 12:00 PM PDT, 3:00 PM EDT, the crew of the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast will dedicate a live show entirely to great hardware or software picks for VoiceOver users. Listeners to the live stream will be able to ask questions about the picks as we discuss them on Twitter by using the [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

Earlier today, we reported on the lack of accessibility in Twitterific for Mac in its most recent version, noting that it was a significant step backward from the previous version in this regard. Responding to a VoiceOver user on its Twitter account, the developers have stated: "We took great pains to make it work properly [...]