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June 02, 2009The Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast #3 - A Visit From Steve-Megatron
It’s time for this month’s edition of the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast. This month’s episode is #3, entitled "A Visit From Steve-Megatron".
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Introduce this month’s panelists, including Holly Anderson, Darcy Burnard, Steve Sawczyn, Eric Troup, and Josh de Lioncourt.
Mac OS X 10.5.7 accessibility changes-"OMG!"
MacSpeech Dictate.
The upcoming World Wide Developer’s Conference and possible accessibility announcements
The rumored Appled ultra-portable
Rumors of text-to-speech and speech recognition in iPhone 3.0
Other resources and show notes:
Steve’s picks - Jack OS X, Apple Earphones with microphone and remote, and the SendSpace.com Wizard for Mac
Eric’s pick - Audio Book Builder
Darcy’s pick - Solona.net
Holly’s pick - SlingBox
Josh’s pick - SmallDVD
Josh’s new band and music EP - Stage 19, available on iTunes and Amazon MP3. Includes the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast theme song.
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May 11, 2009The Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast #2 - Sedated
It’s time for this month’s edition of the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast. This month’s episode is #2, entitled "Sedated". Josh de Lioncourt’s sound quality is not quite on par this time, for which we apologize. He was travelling and away from his usual equipment.
Topics covered:
Introduce this month’s panelists, including Holly Anderson, Darcy Burnard, Cara Quinn, Eric Troup, and Josh de Lioncourt.
Accessibility of third-party products, and the response from developers to Apple’s approach to access.
Front Row and what it offers the visually impaired in comparison to other home entertainment products.
DRM-free music and variable pricing has come to iTunes.
The new "Get a Mac" ads.
Other resources and show notes:
Holly’s pick - Apple Airport Express
Darcy’s pick - Understudy for Front Row
Josh’s pick - Zoom for Mac
Cara’s pick - Audacity
Eric’s pick - VMWare Fusion
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April 01, 2009The Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast #1 - Reboot
The Mac-cessibility Podcast has been reborn as a round table discussion show, dealing with all things related to accessibility of Apple products. The show is planned to have a new episode once a month, starting with this week’s episode entitled "Reboot".
Topics covered:
Introduce this month’s panelists, including Holly Anderson, Darcy Burnard, Cara Quinn, Steve Sawczyn, and Josh de Lioncourt.
iPod Shuffle 3G, its multi-lingual support, and the possibility of more TTS languages coming in VoiceOver.
iTunes 8.1 accessibility changes.
iPhone software 3.0. Is accessibility coming? Are we getting closer?
The Author’s GUild’s objection to text-to-speech in Amazon’s Kindle 2. What does that mean for TTS in other portable devices like iPods or a possible future accessible iPhone?
Safari 4.0 public beta accessibility changes.
General discussion of the state of accessibility on the Mac platform. How is the Mac perceived by non-Mac users of the visually impaired community? Is the perception improving? What myths are still persisting? Has Apple’s participation at CSUN helped?
Other resources and show notes:
You can contact the Author’s Guild regarding their stance on text-to-speech on Amazon’s Kindle 2 from this page.
Holly’s pick - Checkbook Pro from Splasm.com
Darcy’s pick - Carbon Copy Cloner from Bombich.com
Josh’s pick - www.GoodReads.com
Cara’s pick - SyncMate from Eltima.com
Steve’s pick - The Unarchiver
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April 11, 2008 The Mac-cessibility Podcast #1 - The Pilot
We are proud to introduce the Mac-cessibility Podcast, a companion to Lioncourt.com to bring you the latest news, commentary, and more from the world of accessibility of Apple products. In our first episode, we discuss the latest access news, discuss Net4Mac.com’s lack of accessibility, hear from a brand-new switcher in the SwitchBox segment, and more.
You can subscribe to the podcast feed by copying and pasting the following URL into iTunes or your podcast catcher of choice. We are not yet listed in the iTunes Music Store but hope to be soon.
Podcast feed: http://maccessibility.net/podcast/mac-cessibility.xml
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October 31, 2007 Screenless Switchers Leopard Round Table
The Screenless Switchers podcast has a round table discussion on Leopard, focussing on VoiceOver and how the new OS is working for blind and visually impaired Mac users. Joining Darcy and Holly this time are Josh de Lioncourt and Anne Robertson.
You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or the official web site, or listen to the Leopard Round Table by downloading the episode.
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