At 20:04 -0500 14/3/06, Bruce Bailey wrote:
It wouldn't be accurate to call Proloquo a screen reader. The quote talking interface for people with visual impairments unquote is limited to Proloquo screens, perhaps only those set up for a student by a teacher.
Bruce, you are absolutely right that Proloquo is not a screen reader. However, Proloquo's talking interface works system-wide and can be used to hear what is below the cursor in any application supporting Apple's Accessibility API (basically the same applications that play well with VoiceOver). It can speak menu item titles, fixed and editable text, button labels, Finder items, etc. The talking interface feature is intended for those users who use the mouse but are sometimes not sure what is below the cursor because of their visual impairments, so it has a supportive role in addition to the visual cues provided by the interface.
david. -- -------------------------------------------------------------- David Niemeijer, CTO AssistiveWare(R) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.assistiveware.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------
