Hmm,
I had to say that from the description, a lot of the featured products
looked as though we already had the functionality. The talking
checkbook that John mentioned looked interesting (I was browsing the
site before I realized that was Windows only).
The PDF Converter sounded potentially interesting, if it really does
preserve full formatting information and graphics, but the Mac really
doesn't need to convert PDF to RTF documents, etc. to find an
"accessible" format. Similarly, it this automatically removed
encryption, so we could use Preview, and it preserved formatting
information and graphics, that might be worthwhile. As I said, I
couldn't find enough information on the web site to judge whether this
was interesting, and I wasn't interested enough to fill out the
personal information to get a trial download.
Cheers,
Esther
On Sep 17, 2008, at 10:58 AM, David Poehlman wrote:
My experience on the windows side is dismal. They go around to
education
departments and sell their software and of coursce, since it is
cheap, they
love it. Unfortunately, it falls short of being able to meet real
needs.
If their windows products are any indication, I don't hold out much
hope of
their products working with VoiceOver because most if not all of
them are
self voicing. This is not necessarily a bad thing in and of its
self, but
it means for windows users that they have to learn whole new
interfaces
instead of using their screen readers of choice.
Their strategy of capturing information just for a 25 use demo is so
they
can bother you and use you in their statistics. They make false
claims
about their products and are rude and pushy.
----- Original Message -----
From: Esthe
Subject: Re: Mac Software
Hi John,
Your post on Premier Literacy was interesting, but you didn't give a
web site.
http://www.readingmadeez.com/products/lpp.html
While a few of the products in the package looked interesting, like
PDF Magic Pro, which is supposed to turn inaccesible PDF files into
converted, accessible formats, automatically removing encryption, and
retaining full page formatting, there seems to be relatively little
detail at the web site. They do claim to offer free trials (25
accesses) if you fill out a personal information form. Does anyone
have any experience with this company, perhaps on the Windows side,
since most of their products previously seem geared for that?
And to get around the post length limitation, I'll give a link to
their web page announcement:
http://www.applelinks.com/index.php/print/21257/
Cheers,
Esther
On Sep 17, 2008, at 9:10 AM, John Panarese wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm trying this again, as the message size seemed to cause a
rejection. This is part of a press release that might be of
interest to Mac users.
Press Release
For Immediate Release
September 17, 2008
Premier Literacy Announces
the Macintosh version of its products.
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Premier Literacy's Macintosh applications will run on any Mac
workstation that is based on the Mactel technology. The Literacy
Productivity "Mac Pack" contains the following 9 applications:
•
• Universal Reader Plus
• Ultimate Talking Dictionary
• E-Text Reader
• Talking Word Processor
• Text-To-Audio
• Scan and Read Pro
• PDF Magic Pro
• PDF Equalizer ML
• Talking Calculator
The Literacy Productivity "Mac Pack" retails for $249.95.
