April 01, 2009

The 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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