It says it will turn inaccessible pdfs into accessible something or other. That could be useful. I filled out the form but all I got were windows links.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:14 PM Subject: Re: Mac Software 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. > > <snpped content> > >> 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. >> > > > >
