Good afternoon, Nice to know that there is a way to cause an application to speak. But, as far as accessibility goes, it is, as Alex mentioned, a hack. It would be nice if there was a way to notify UA that an application has an updated region that requires announcement / monitoring.
Thanks for the reference, Everett Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/ezufelt View my LinkedIn Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt On 13-Apr-09, at 1:56 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > I suspect they are using the mac speech synthesis manager method > called SpeakString > > http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Reference/Speech_Synthesis_Manager/Reference/reference.html#/ > > /apple_ref/c/func/SpeakString > > I can try to find out if you really want to know. > > BTW, I heard there are some bugs in the say command. For example try > doing > > say bullfrog > say bullfrogs > > It gets the singular and plural switched around. > > CB > > E.J. Zufelt wrote: >> >> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
