And how much mac does it take to run this software? hank smith wrote: > where on earth can I get my hands on a mac fore really really cheap? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Poehlman" <poehlman1 at comcast.net> > To: <bob.dodd at acm.org>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 8:04 AM > Subject: Re: Spoken interface for Mac OS X > > > There are quite a few potential beta candidates out there. I am one of > them > > who has a titanium g4 powerbook running osx but the only way I can > currently > > use it is with os9 and outspoken for the mac. There are lots of people > for > > one reason or another who are currently not working in some places because > > there is no screen reading access to osx for the blind. The last > qquestion > > on the survey askes if you would preview spoken interface. No mention is > > made anywhere of the status of the spoken interface except that it is in > the > > early stages of development and will appear in the next upgrade of osx. > > Right now, it only works with some internal stuff for the mac but this is > > planned to be expandable with additions to the development kits for > internal > > and external use. Don't expect to see a beta any time soon. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bob Dodd" <Bob.Dodd at rocketmail.com> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 10:25 AM > > Subject: Re: Spoken interface for Mac OS X > > > > > > No it hasn;t. Currently they are looking for beta testers I believe: > > http://www.apple.com/accessibility/spokeninterface/questionnaire.html > > > > I'm not sure how many beta testers they think they will get, since I > > don't imagine there are many visually impaired users that currently > > have macs... > > > > /bob > > > > --- David Poehlman <poehlman1 at comcast.net> wrote: > > > From what I have gathered, it has not yet been launched. > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. > > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
