Thank you, Travis and Jane, for putting in the time for this list. It will undoubtedly help both current and future users of the Mac.
Take Care John D. Panarese Managing Director Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc. 9 Nolan Court Hauppauge, NY 11788 Tel/Fax, (631) 724-4479 Email, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet, http://www.tvi-web.com AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS FOR PORTSET SYSTEMS LTD, COMPSOLUTIONS VA, PREMIER ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INDEX, PAPENMEIER, REPRO-TRONICS, PULSEDATA, DUXBURY, DANCING DOTS, ROBOTRON AND OTHER PRODUCTS FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Siegel Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 4:39 PM To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by the blind Subject: Re: accessible software lists? Ok, all fixed. http://www.softcon.com/mac/voiceoversoftware.html will get you to the list now. Thanks for the heads up. On Apr 15, 2006, at 2:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Travis, > > Thanks for starting an accessible software list. However, I can't get > to the subdirectories of the www.softcon.com from the browser url; > instead, the following mac homepage address will work: > > http://homepage.mac.com/windowbridge/voiceoversoftware.html > > The third party software list would be a good place to include mention > of Detour, and maybe whatever summary of ReadIris Pro and Omnipage Pro > accessibility comes out from Scott's evaluations. > > On Saturday, April 15, 2006, at 05:40AM, John Panarese wrote: > >> I had thought Greg or someone else had started one, but I don't >> know how far that got. I think it would be helpful if there was a >> resource available that indicated what software is VO compatible so >> we can keep track of the overall progress and accessibility. > > > John may be thinking about discussions regarding setting up a > VoiceOver wiki in Nolan Darilek's March 9, 2006 posting. He wrote: > > <quote> > Before I knew of other efforts to start a wiki, I'd already begun > working on setting one up, being a believer in the principles of do- > ocracy and all. :) I'm not going to compete, so if other efforts come > to fruition and are preferred then I'll at least know how to set up a > moinmoin wiki with lighttpd, so it was worth the effort. > > Anyhow, the wiki is currently at http://voiceover.thewordnerd.info. > There's a bit of content at the moment, but it definitely needs more. > > <quote off> > > The wiki did get set up, but the site seems to be inaccessible just > now when I tried to check. > > A further question: do users still have to download stuffit separately > on the new Macs to unzip (other) software distributions? That was one > of the early discussion issues for third party software, since Apple > had stopped including stuffit when the first Mac minis were sold. > > Also, slightly off-topic, but to search the Discuss list for old > entries (since early December 2005) I've been using the Mail Archive > Search facility for this list at: > > http://64.62.136.189/discuss%40macvisionaries.com/ > > This provides a search option even if you're not on the subscription > list (with your own copies of searchable emails or digests), and > covers the case where you're using another computer and web browser to > find an article -- say, when you're in the Apple Store and can't > remember a specific point you wanted to ask about that was covered in > the Discuss archives. > > > Cheers, > > Esther > > > >
