I saw a post a while back that they were seeking someone to work in development with a braille back ground. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John J. Boyer" <director@xxxxxxxx> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 9:20 AM Subject: Braille is needed too! Re: Great days to come!! Marian, If you have contacts with Apple, be sure to urge them to include support for braille ASÂAP! Some people, like me are deaf-blind. Others greatly prefer braille. Moreover braille is better for highly detailed work such as programming or studying mathematics. Thanks, ºJohn On Mon, 9 Aug 2004, Marian Selea wrote: > 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 > -- John J. Boyer; Executive Director, Chief Software Developer Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list