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a short piece of reading, without having to open Kurzweil. We are a Kurzweil campus.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Spangler<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 22, 2018 9:19 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Mac Text to Speech ("Read Aloud") no longer available?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You wrote: You can still use the Speech functionality in macOS via the right-click menu or by setting up a hotkey command (under System Preferences > Accessibility > Speech).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So is this just for reading text that the user has highlighted? I have students with Macs and I just advise them to use Read and Write features for this, but if this is better/easier in some circumstances, I would like to advise them on
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 5:16 PM Sean Keegan <<a href="mailto:skeegan@ccctechcenter.org">skeegan@ccctechcenter.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">> Has Apple suddenly removed this functionality from Mac OS?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I found a few links resulting in a 404 error (namely around macOS Zoom) just recently. The pages I was linking to were Apple Support pages and heavily referenced Sierra and High Sierra. Given the recent release of macOS Mojave, these may
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<p class="MsoNormal">You can still use the Speech functionality in macOS via the right-click menu or by setting up a hotkey command (under System Preferences > Accessibility > Speech).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There are also the accessibility shortcut keys page that references other tools in macOS:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204434" target="_blank">https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204434</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I suspect there will be additional information at some point.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Take care,<br>
Sean<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 1:00 PM Susan Kelmer <<a href="mailto:Susan.Kelmer@colorado.edu" target="_blank">Susan.Kelmer@colorado.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">When working with students with Macs, I’ve always sent them a link to the instructions for using their Macs to read short pieces, in addition to giving them Kurzweil. I met with
a student today, and went to send the link I usually use, and…it’s a 404. And all my searching on google only brings up years-old instructions for using the technology.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Has Apple suddenly removed this functionality from Mac OS? I can’t believe that they would have, but it appears to be gone. Anyone have any information to say otherwise?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">(I am not talking about VoiceOver)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i>Susan Kelmer</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i>University of Colorado Boulder</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Robert Spangler<br>
Disability Services Technical Support Specialist<br>
<a href="mailto:rspangler1@udayton.edu" target="_blank">rspangler1@udayton.edu</a><br>
Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - RL 023<br>
Ryan C. Harris Learning & Teaching Center (LTC)<br>
University of Dayton | 300 College Park | Dayton, Ohio 45469-1302 <br>
Phone: 937-229-2066<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ohio Relay: 711 (available for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Web Site: <a href="http://go.udayton.edu/learning" target="_blank">
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