[Athen] New VoiceOver 3.0 in Mac OS 10.6

[Shelley Haven]

No word from Apple, but according to Ricky Buchanan at ATMac.org,  
iWork '09 is now almost fully accessible to VoiceOver users:
http://atmac.org/iwork-09-accessibility-overview/

Same conclusion reached by this blogger (full text below):
http://www.lioncourt.com/2009/01/06/iwork-09-becomes-accessible-with-voiceover/

- Shelley


iWork ‘09 Becomes Accessible with VoiceOver

The new iWork ‘09, which Apple released today, sports a slew of new  
features, but the most impressive to VoiceOver users will be its  
accessibility.

Apple’s come through for visually impaired users once again. This  
powerful productivity suite has been beautifully set up to work well  
with VoiceOver. Pages, Numbers, and Keynote all work well. Users can  
even choose from the various templates included with the products,  
each of which is labelled with helpful descriptions.

We believe that there will be a learning curve for those used to  
creating documents, spreadsheets, and presentations in Windows with  
Microsoft Office, but at this time, it appears that iWork ‘09 is fully  
accessible.

Once again, we’d like to thank Apple for their commitment to  
accessibility.


On Aug 12, 2009, at 9:22 AM, Karlen Communications wrote:


> Is there any word on the accessibility of iWorks?

>

> Cheers, Karen

>

> -----Original Message-----

> 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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