Re: State of accessibility on Mac?
Re: State of accessibility on Mac?
- Subject: Re: State of accessibility on Mac?
- From: Raymond Fischer <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 15:40:11 -0700
On Thursday, June 12, 2003, at 02:17 PM, star wrote:
the
Mac (outSPOKEN), have announced that they will be discontinuing it.
So, a couple
question are 1) Is there an alternative, and 2) is there a point to
spending time
and money on Mac accessibility?
I could also ask if Apple has some other viable solution planned, but
I
already
know the answer to _that_ question: "No comment."
Hey Ray,
You probably know this but Mac OS X has a built in screen reader.
No, it doesn't. A screen reader is an app that allows someone who is
blind
to "read" what's on the screen and control the computer just by using
the
keyboard. It will allow the user to change the voice used and the
speech rate
and can also provide information about the attributes of the text.
What OS X has is a toy that's a mildly interesting technology
demonstration
but which doesn't have much real use.
i have
problems with it however. You have to point the mouse at the object
being
read (if you are blind that would be impossible).
Which makes it pretty much worthless as a screen reader.
Also applets can be read
if you use Safari but the screen reader seems to effect the way the
applet
works (sometimes it will hear keystrokes and other times not). If
anyone
knows how I could get around these problem I would love to hear.
No clue.
----
Ray Fischer
Adobe Systems
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