Braille is needed too! Re: Great days to come!!

[John J. Boyer]

David,

I have lots of braille baackghound, and I'm trying to get a Mac. I'd be 
happy to work for Apple on this. If you 
can find that post, please resend it. I think this is on-topic, because 
the Mac OSX is based on Darwin, a unix flavor.

Thanks,
John


On Mon, 9 Aug 2004, david poehlman wrote:

> I saw a post a while back that they were seeking someone to work in
> development with a braille back ground.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John J. Boyer" <director at chpi.org>
> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 9:20 AM
> Subject: Braille is needed too! Re: Great days to come!!
> 
> 
> Marian,
> 
> If you have contacts with Apple, be sure to urge them to include support
> for braille ASÂAP! Some people, like me are deaf-blind. Others greatly
> prefer braille. Moreover braille is better for highly detailed work such
> as programming or studying mathematics.
> 
> Thanks,
> ºJohn
> 
> 
> On Mon, 9 Aug 2004, Marian Selea wrote:
> 
> > This is to be tested carefully, as it either will be THE device for us,
> or..... just another interface developed `blindly' by seers.... ;-)
> >
> > ============================================================
> >
> > http://developer.apple.com/accessibility/universalaccess.html
> >
> > Coming Soon: VoiceOver Spoken Interface
> >
> > Tiger, the next major release of Mac OS X, will  include a major new
> > adaptive technology that will  benefit users with visual and learning
> > disabilities: the VoiceOver spoken interface. This new technology will
> > provide a complete sound-and-keyboard-based user  interface alongside
> > the Mac OS X Aqua visual user  interface.
> >
> > VoiceOver will make it possible for users with vision and learning
> > disabilities to navigate the Mac OS X interface and interact with
> > application and system controls. Such users will interact with Mac OS X
> > using the keyboard, and Mac OS X will respond with audible speech and
> > sound feedbackfor example, Mac OS X will speak the name of the active
> > window, and it will provide descriptive feedback when the user changes
> > the value of a slider control.
> >
> > VoiceOver is fundamentally different from the third-party "screen
> > reader" utilities that people with visual impairments have
> > traditionally used in that the spoken interface is an integral part of
> > the operating system. Because VoiceOver is built into Mac OS X, it will
> > be available on every Macintosh computer running Tiger and later
> > versions of Mac OS X. It will have the high stability and ease-of-use
> > for which Mac OS X is known, and it will provide a single, consistent
> > spoken interface for both Mac OS X and all access-enabled third-party
> > applications.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --------------------
> >
> > http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/voiceover.html
> >
> > VoiceOver reads aloud the contents of documents such as Web pages, Mail
> > messages and word processing files. It provides a comprehensive audible
> > description of your workspace and all the activities taking place on
> > your computer. And it includes a rich set of keyboard commands that
> > allow you to navigate the Mac OS X interface and interact with
> > application and system controls.
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> >
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