[Athen] New VoiceOver 3.0 in Mac OS 10.6

[Karlen Communications]

Is there any word on the accessibility of iWorks?

Cheers, Karen

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From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of John Gardner
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 12:00 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] New VoiceOver 3.0 in Mac OS 10.6

Hi, it is very interesting that Mac will support gesture access.  I 
bought an iPhone and was extremely impressed by the potential of using 
gestures, presumably similar to those on the Mac.  There's a learning 
curve of course, but gestures could really improve the usability of 
computers as the technology matures.  We should definitely encourage Apple.

FYI I no longer have that iPhone.  I could do just about everything 
after a learning period of a few hours but reluctantly decided that 
typing was just too clumsy for any real use.  If Apple or some other 
vendor ever comes out with an external keyboard, I may buy one again.

John


On 8/11/2009 11:40 PM, Shelley Haven wrote:

> I just noticed that Apple will have a new version of VoiceOver on their

> upcoming release of Mac OS 10.6 (a.k.a. Snow Leopard) slated for

> September. Of particular note, Voiceover 3.0 supports multiple Braille

> displays connected to a single computer (Braille mirroring), which ought

> to be great for labs and classrooms; and allows screen navigation via

> gestures and touches on the Multi-Touch trackpad, thus reducing the need

> for some keystroke commands.

>

> Thought some of you might be interested -- here's the link:

> http://www.apple.com/macosx/accessibility/

>

> - Shelley

>

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