David, I have lots of braille baackghound, and I'm trying to get a Mac. I'd be happy to work for Apple on this. If you can find that post, please resend it. I think this is on-topic, because the Mac OSX is based on Darwin, a unix flavor. Thanks, John On Mon, 9 Aug 2004, david poehlman wrote: > 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