Good afternoon, I wonder if AIM is doing this through the API, or through the system Say command.
Everett Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/ezufelt View my LinkedIn Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt On 13-Apr-09, at 1:04 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > Hmm. The AOL AIM client speaks incoming text if you turn that option > on in preferences so I would suspect any application can do it. The > only limitation of the VO APIs I know of is that you can't detect if > VO is on or not which is probably a nod to Apple's Universal Design > philosophy. > > CB > > E.J. Zufelt wrote: >> >> Good afternoon, >> >> I believe, from what I have read about Firefox accessibility >> challenges, that implementing aria live region support in any browser >> will require changes to be made to the Apple accessibility API. >> There >> is currently no way for applications to "alert" the OS that something >> needs to be spoken. Maybe in Snow Leopard, not holding my breath. >> >> This change might also make it possible to tweak the accessibility >> problems of some applications. Imagine if instant message clients >> could automatically read messages that are posted or allow users to >> easily read back through the message log with a keystroke. >> >> HTH, >> Everett >> >> Follow me on Twitter >> http://twitter.com/ezufelt >> >> View my LinkedIn Profile >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt >> >> >> >> >> >> On 13-Apr-09, at 12:52 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: >> >> >>> The main thing I'm looking for in an ARIA enabled browser is support >>> for >>> live regions. This is where a spot on the page is set up such that >>> any >>> changes to that spot are automatically announced. This is a great >>> way to >>> implement web-based chat, stock tickers and other real-time data >>> feeds. >>> Unfortunately it appears that Safari 4 Beta does not yet support >>> live >>> regions. >>> >>> CB >>> >>> E.J. Zufelt wrote: >>> >>>> Good morning, >>>> >>>> Just briefly tested http://search.yahoo.com/ with Safari 4 beta's >>>> ARIA >>>> support. I didn't spend much time on the site, but the search >>>> suggestions were accessible. >>>> >>>> 1. Go to the site >>>> >>>> 2. Navigate to the search field >>>> >>>> 3. Type in part of a search query >>>> >>>> 4. Use VO + Up and Down arrows to read through the suggestions. >>>> >>>> I'd lov to hear others' experiences. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Everett >>>> >>>> Follow me on Twitter >>>> http://twitter.com/ezufelt >>>> >>>> View my LinkedIn Profile >>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
