<div>Thank you very much, the links you provided have been very helpful. Gee, I think I fell asleep at the wheel on this one since I was totally unaware of the release.</div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
<div>Nettie<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Karlen Communications <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@karlencommunications.com">info@karlencommunications.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Norm:<br><br>In terms of using VoiceOver as the Mac screen reader, there are some limits<br>you need to know about. First, there are some of the settings and dialogs on<br>
the Leopard OS that won't be read or won't be completely read to<br>you/end-user. Second, there are no "robust" office suites like there are in<br>the Windows environment. Open Office latest version will let you use their<br>
word processor and some of the spreadsheet application with VoiceOver but<br>Microsoft Office for Mac and iWorks are not accessible. First character<br>navigation will only work on some of the file and icon items in drives and<br>
folders. Although VoiceOver will work with Safari, there are web sites that<br>are not designed to be accessible when using a Mac. These might include<br>banking and government sites. A friend of mine found this to be true even<br>
for those not using adaptive technology on a Mac.<br><br>The mail program on the Mac seems pretty accessible and some web sites are<br>usable but if you want to do anything productive in terms of business or<br>academic writing, you will need Windows and a Windows Screen reader plus<br>
Microsoft Office.<br><br>I have a MacBook Air and am very limited in terms of what I can do and what<br>I can access related to word processing/document formatting, spreadsheet and<br>presentation applications. I don't know of any accessible presentation<br>
software for the Mac.<br><br>For voice recognition there is MacSpeech <a href="http://www.macspeech.com/" target="_blank">http://www.macspeech.com/</a> and You<br>Tube has a video on how to use it <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbjG3gQxv-8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbjG3gQxv-8</a><br>
as well as <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX1sS6lsQrc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX1sS6lsQrc</a><br><br>Of course Dragon NaturallySpeaking for Mac<br><a href="http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/products/macintosh.asp" target="_blank">http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/products/macintosh.asp</a><br>
<br>There is iListen: <a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/ilisten" target="_blank">http://hubpages.com/hub/ilisten</a><br><br>I haven't used any voice recognition with my Mac yet and don't know how it<br>would integrate with VoiceOver.<br>
<br>Let me know if you have any other questions.<br><br>Cheers, Karen<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org">athen-bounces@athenpro.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org">athen-bounces@athenpro.org</a>] On<br>
Behalf Of Prof Norm Coombs<br>Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 1:37 PM<br>To: <a href="http://athen-athenpro.org/" target="_blank">athen-athenpro.org</a><br>Subject: [Athen] Question re Mac and voice recognition<br><br>I have an acquaintance whose wife recently became blind. They have a<br>
recent Mac computer. I told him he should check as it will have screen<br>reader technology that came with it.<br><br>However, the real question relates to the fact that his wife has no touch<br>typing and hopes to use voice recognition. What voice recognition programs<br>
are available for the Mac and which one might be the best?<br><br>Norm<br><br><br><br> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br><br>Norman Coombs <a href="mailto:norm.coombs@gmail.com">norm.coombs@gmail.com</a><br>CEO EASI Equal Access to Software and Information<br>
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