This is to be tested carefully, as it either will be THE device for us, or..... just another interface developed `blindly' by seers.... ;-) ============================================================ http://developer.apple.com/accessibility/universalaccess.html Coming Soon: VoiceOver Spoken Interface Tiger, the next major release of Mac OS X, will include a major new adaptive technology that will benefit users with visual and learning disabilities: the VoiceOver spoken interface. This new technology will provide a complete sound-and-keyboard-based user interface alongside the Mac OS X Aqua visual user interface. VoiceOver will make it possible for users with vision and learning disabilities to navigate the Mac OS X interface and interact with application and system controls. Such users will interact with Mac OS X using the keyboard, and Mac OS X will respond with audible speech and sound feedbackfor example, Mac OS X will speak the name of the active window, and it will provide descriptive feedback when the user changes the value of a slider control. VoiceOver is fundamentally different from the third-party "screen reader" utilities that people with visual impairments have traditionally used in that the spoken interface is an integral part of the operating system. Because VoiceOver is built into Mac OS X, it will be available on every Macintosh computer running Tiger and later versions of Mac OS X. It will have the high stability and ease-of-use for which Mac OS X is known, and it will provide a single, consistent spoken interface for both Mac OS X and all access-enabled third-party applications. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------- http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/voiceover.html VoiceOver reads aloud the contents of documents such as Web pages, Mail messages and word processing files. It provides a comprehensive audible description of your workspace and all the activities taking place on your computer. And it includes a rich set of keyboard commands that allow you to navigate the Mac OS X interface and interact with application and system controls. ====================================================================== _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list