Dear list I am a new member here and intend to purchase my Imac next week after receiving a eye watering quotation. After being a Windows user for many years I have been trying to investigate Accessible Mac versions of software that has been essential for me over the years. I have made enquiries on the British Computer Association of the blind Mailing List but the response to my requests there have been ominously silent. I hope that the range of accessible software on the Mac is not limited but cannot find information on the web about several important utilities for me. I am hoping for better luck here. I copy below the first email which nobody responded to on the BCAB list. Rather than list all the utilities I need I will mention them one at a time to make responses easier. Dear List
In the next couple of weeks I will probably be purchasing my first Mac. I am insecure about whether the Mac will match the flexibility of my current capacity of my windows setup. I will eventually be burning my windows bridges I guess. However, there are a number of must have utilities, which I use all the time on my windows machine, which I must get reassurance that I will be able to get equivalent capacity for on the Mac. I have been searching various access guides for the Mac including Accessible Apps pages but the information I need is not there. I wonder if I could ask Mac members to help with comments on these utilities over the next few days. The first app I need comments on is a utility to increase the volume of mp3 and hopefully wma files. I need this as I am hearing impaired and many devices, including my phone, are too quiet on mp3 playback without this boost. I currently achieve this very easily and satisfactorily using a free windows utility called Mp3Gain which is completely accessible. This is a great program and allows my sister, also hearing impaired, to listen for example to audio books on a mp3 player that would otherwise be too quiet. I note that there is a Mac version of Mp3Gain but I do not know if it is accessible with voiceover. The program is on the following link. http://homepage.mac.com/beryrinaldo/AudioTron/MacMP3Gain/ There is a worrying message about file corruption which was never a problem with the Windows versions of this program, but the application has been a joy to use on XP over the years so I will probably risk it on the Mac if it is accessible. If anybody could tell me if the app is accessible that would be great. Alternatively does anybody else use a utility to increase the volume of mp3 files? Regards David Griffith __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 6333 (20110728) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at the following URL: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
