Thank you Esther! I remember reading Final Draft 8.0 had been released. I always found that FD 7.13, which I own for the PC was very accessible, but when I switched to Mac, this summer, I learned from an Apple Store employee and someone from Apple Accessibility, that FD was not completely accessible with VO. It was Apple Accessibility who first introduced me to Montage and I was hopeful until hearing from Hollywood screenwriters about how it lacks from FD but a huge benefit has always been how Mariner Software is very public on how they make their software with accessibility to the blind/ visually impaired very much in mind! Again, thank you Esther. This is a great help.
As a playwright/screenwriter, I continue to hope for even more accessibility advancements and hope if others on this list come across accessibility advancements, he/she will pass it along. Israel Antonio Sexy Isra On Sep 29, 2009, at 2:44 PM, Esther wrote: > > Hi Israel, > > This is a bit late, but here are two pieces of information related to > your query about screenwriting software. Final Draft 8.0 was released > in April, according to the Apple Software pages: > > http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/productivity_tools/finaldraft.html > > Mariner Software is running a 3-day sale that ends today with 35% off > everything. Use the coupon code "Lean" when you check out if you want > to get Montage. > > HTH > > Cheers, > > Esther > > Israel wrote: > >> >> Thank you Justin and James. I've done some early research on your >> suggestion. Thank you for the reply >> >> Israel Antonio >> Sexy Isra >> >> >> >> On Sep 25, 2009, at 2:29 PM, James & Nash wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Just to add to Justin's post, while you'll have a bit of a learning >>> curve as Justin has pointed out, you can use Latex to format pretty >>> much how you like. Latex' power lies in itn its ability to format, >>> deal with and separate content and structure. Once you've got your >>> Screen play content writen you will be able to format it to your >>> heart's content if the package's defaults do not fit the bill. >>> >>> Take care >>> >>> J >>> On 25 Sep 2009, at 20:24, Justin Harford wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Probably better go out and google. If you end up finding that all >>>> the >>>> graphical apps don't work well however, you might consider the >>>> screenplay package class for LaTeX. You might experience a bit >>>> of a >>>> learning curve at the beginning, but it might be worth it. I >>>> looked >>>> at the manual screenplay.pdf file and it looks as though the >>>> package >>>> was written with the Academy of of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences >>>> in >>>> mind. >>>> >>>> Justin Harford >>>> On Sep 25, 2009, at 10:32 AM, Israel wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi Everyone! >>>>> >>>>> I am wondering does anyone use a screenwriting software with VO? >>>>> Which software is accessible? >>>>> >>>>> All the playwrights and screenwriters I know insist on Final Draft >>>>> or >>>>> Movie Magic- the top two Hollywood standards. After much >>>>> research, I >>>>> bought Final Draft 7.13 and it worked fine when I was using my PC >>>>> but >>>>> upon buying my Mac, I learned that most aspects of FD and MM for >>>>> that >>>>> fact are accessible with VO except the actual part where I would >>>>> write/ >>>>> edit my screenplays. >>>>> >>>>> Montage by Mariner Sotware makes it a point to state that it is >>>>> 100% >>>>> accessible to the blind and visually impaired, but various >>>>> Hollywood >>>>> screenwriters including John August give them credit for at least >>>>> trying to compete with the Big 2 but that the software does not >>>>> always >>>>> format your scripts properly as Final Draft or Movie Magic do. I >>>>> know >>>>> Final Draft released a version 8 a few months back, but I've not >>>>> been >>>>> able to find out if it is accessible with VO. So, if anyone knows >>>>> or >>>>> has suggestions on screenwriting software which does properly >>>>> format >>>>> and is very much accessible with VO, I'd appreciate it. >>>>> >>>>> Israel Antonio >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
