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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Some good info related to Mac Access.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Ron<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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bounce-5956720@emailenfuego.net [mailto:bounce-5956720@emailenfuego.net] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>ATMac<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 18, 2008 11:11 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> ron@ahead.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> ATMac<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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title="(http://atmac.org)"><span style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#888888;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none'>ATMac</span></a> <o:p></o:p></h1>
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margin-left:0in;line-height:115%'><a
href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/atmac/~3/218625922/"><b><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#000099;text-decoration:none'>Apple Keynote: What does it mean for
assistive tech users?</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.25pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:
140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>Posted: 17 Jan 2008
09:42 PM CST<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The Macworld Keynote was a few
days ago now, what are the implications for Mac OS X users with disabilities?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For those who aren’t following
avidly, the new announcements from Apple included:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="http://www.apple.com/macbookair/"><b><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'>Macbook Air</span></b></a> - A
slimmer, lighter laptop which can optionally be used with a flash memory
drive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="http://www.apple.com/timecapsule/"><b><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'>Time Capsule</span></b></a> - A
self-contained wireless backup drive intended to be used with Leopard’s Time
Machine backup software. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/?sr=hotnews"><b><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'>iPhone Software Upgrades</span></b></a>
and <a href="http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/?sr=hotnews"><b><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'>iPod Touch Software Upgrades</span></b></a>
adding functionality and upgrades. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><a
href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/movies.html?sr=hotnews"><b><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'>Movie Rentals with iTunes</span></b></a>
now available. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/?sr=hotnews"><b><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'>iPhone</span></b></a> software
developers kit to be released in February. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="http://www.apple.com/appletv/?sr=hotnews"><b><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'>New AppleTV Software</span></b></a>
and a lower price for AppleTV<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>There have also today been
updates to QuickTime and iTunes available via the “Software Update” in Leopard.
There may have been some other small bits and pieces I’m missing - I didn’t
watch the actual keynote - but that was the main stuff at least.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>So, are there any assistive
technology (AT) implications of these new announcements? In my view there are
many possibilities and and it seems that the rest of the OS X “disability
blogosphere” agrees with me - I’ll link to other articles where I’m aware of
them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The <a
href="http://www.screenlessswitchers.com/?q=node/24"><b><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'>Screenless Switchers Podcast number
21</span></b></a> apparently covers the blindness and visual impairment
implications but I haven’t listened to it yet and there’s no transcript so I
may unintentionally double up on things they have said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>MacBook Air<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>First the MacBook Air. The main
differences between a regular MacBook laptop and a MacBook Air is that the
Air seem to be these:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
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style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Air is significantly thinner and lighter - see <a
href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/apple-macbook-air-and-macbook-pro-size-showdown/"><b><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'>Engadget’s Photos</span></b></a>
to get a good idea of the differences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
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style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Air is somewhat less powerful. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
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style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Air has a smaller size hard drive. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
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style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Air has the possibility of a flash memory drive (no moving
parts) instead of a regular hard drive. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
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style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Air doesn’t have a removable battery or a CD/DVD drive. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Air has a large multi-touch touchpad, the same technology that’s
in the iPhone and iPod Touch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Samuel Sennott at AllTogether
has already pointed out<br>
<a href="http://alltogether.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/apple-announcements/"><b><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'>the AAC possibilities of the
MacBook Air</span></b></a> - if used with a flash drive, it essentially has
no moving parts which will make it much more durable than anything with a
spinning hard drive and as it’s a full computer rather than a specialised
device it’s more flexible than many AAC devices in its use. The one problem I
see in terms of AAC device use would be the battery life. Five hours is
claimed an the MacBook Air website and website claims are usually “best case
scenario”, but even 5 hours of use would not be enough for an entire day’s
use without recharging. And if the Air was also used for other things such as
school/work, watching movies, playing games, then the battery life is a
bigger problem. You don’t want your AAC device to have a flat battery just
before you tell the taxi driver where you live so he can take you home, for
example - they <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>have</span></em>
to be as reliable as possible. I hope this is something that can be overcome
because the Air certainly has many plusses as an AAC device. One thing that
springs to mind is that it has an iSight camera built in so if somebody ports
<a href="http://www.cameramouse.org/"><b><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'>Camera Mouse</span></b></a> or similar to OS X then
people who need head tracking will be able to use the Air as an AAC device
and/or general laptop by themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Another use for a MacBook Air
with the flash device option may be for users who are rough with their
computers due to uncontrolled movements, weak/unreliable grip, or other
disabilities that lead to them dropping or bumping the laptop frequently. I
don’t think anybody has tested one to destruction yet but I assume a computer
with fewer moving parts will be tougher than an average one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The lightness of the MacBook
Air also makes it ideal for users who have weakness and/or fatigue problems.
It takes less strength and less stamina to carry and move a machine that’s
lighter. This is likely to be especially important for students who are
likely to have books and other heavy objects to lug around also.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Time Capsule<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The main reason the new wireless
Time Capsule backup device is great for OS X users who are disabled is that
it takes virtually no effort to set up, and zero effort to use with Leopard’s
Time Machine software once it’s set up. If I understand right, as long as
your Time Capsule is set up then just <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>turning
on</span></em> your computer in the same house is enough for the backups to
function correctly!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Firstly it’s great because
users with disabilities probably have things to spend limited energy on that
are much more urgent than backups. There’s no need to teach personal
attendants or other helpers about doing backups, and no worries that anybody
will forget them. As long as it’s set up and turned on, your backups will
happen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Secondly, for most of the OS X
users that I know at least, much more of our lives are saved on our computers
than for average able-bodied people. For example, I use my computer to dial
the phone for me and as a caller ID device so every phone number I know is
entered into Address Book, so if I loose all my data I can’t phone anybody. I
use my computer for videos and talking books and etexts, so if I loose my
data I have nothing to read or watch. <a
href="http://atmac.org/about-ricky/environment/"><b><span style='color:#000099;
text-decoration:none'>I use my computer for a lot of things</span></b></a>!
Or imagine somebody who uses their computer as their main AAC device -
loosing their data would mean literally loosing their language. I could
obviously go on with endless examples, but in short: backups are vital for
everybody who uses a computer for anything significant, but for somebody who
uses a computer for assistive tech needs it’s even more vital. Something that
makes it a “set and forget” thing that any non-technical user can manage is a
boon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>iPhone and iPod Touch software upgrades<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I’m not sure exactly what the
access implications of these are - I don’t have an iPod Touch and the iPhone
is not available in Australia yet. If anybody has more information, I’d love
to know about it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Movie Rentals with iTunes<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For those with mobility
impairments but decent broadband connections, this looks like a great thing.
I’m not sure how many countries, if any, outside the USA are going to have
movie rentals available - here in Australia you still can’t buy TV shows or
movies from the iTunes store so I highly doubt the rentals are going to show
up. Hopefully this is something that will spread geographically, however.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The contributors over at
DeafMac have found that <a href="http://www.deafmac.org/blog/?p=172"><b><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'>movie rentals support close
captions</span></b></a> including when they’re transferred to the iPhone
which is great news for caption users.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>That’s all I know about for
now… more news to follow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>- Ricky Buchanan<br>
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style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'>(more…)</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#000099;text-decoration:none'>MacSpeech Dictate</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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margin-left:0in;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:
140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>Posted: 17 Jan 2008
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<p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>With the release of MacSpeech
Dictate, we are entering a new era in speech recognition for Mac OS X.
MacSpeech Dictate is the most accurate, easiest to use speech recognition
program ever made, and it is exclusively for Macs. MacSpeech Dictate works
the way you do, in the applications you use every day. Just speak, and see
your words appear in Microsoft Word, Pages, Mail, iChat, or anywhere else. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Based on the award winning
Dragon Naturally Speaking speech recognition engine, MacSpeech Dictate will
astound you with its amazing accuracy. The words you utter are written
exactly the way you said them. MacSpeech Dictate gets it right the first
time. Accuracy is so good, in fact, you may be tempted to give up typing!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Website: <a
href="http://www.macspeech.com/"><b><span style='color:#000099;text-decoration:
none'>MacSpeech Dictate</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>ATMac Comment: Dragon Naturally
Speaking widely acknowledged as the best continuous speech recognition
program for Windows that’s available, and far better than MacSpeech’s iListen
product for OS X. Having a new MacSpeech program that has all of MacSpeech’s
integration with OS X <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>and</span></em>
all of the accuracy of Dragon’s product seems like a dream come true!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>This product will be available
from February 15th, and there’s a discount for iListen owners - of which I am
one, even though I couldn’t get it to work. I wish ATMac was well known
enough that people gave me review copies of things! Have to work on that …
but stay tuned, and if anybody gets their paws on a copy of MacSpeech Dictate
please let me know how it goes so I can report back here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>- Ricky Buchanan<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Edited to add</span></strong>:
I found out from the Lioncourt.com article that <a
href="http://www.lioncourt.com/2008/01/17/new-dictation-software-boasts-of-voiceover-compatibility/"><b><span
style='color:#000099;text-decoration:none'>MacSpeech Dictate is advertising
VoiceOver compatibility</span></b></a> so hopefully VoiceOver users who need
speech input as well as the speech output of VoiceOver will be able to use
this new product! That’s great news from MacSpeech!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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