Apple Screen Reader?

Braille porn? :D

Hopefully this would be cheap for people, allowing them to use normal hardware/software and not have to pay high prices for this kind of stuff.

Does this mean a video iPod integrated with iSight and JBL Creature speakers using dual G5's is in the works?

this is a great thing for blind people. Let macintosh become their preferred computer.

This will be a great public service and help to those in need.

I am not sure where this would be a huge leap in software. I am sure that it is a great idea, specially since I have not heard about anything like that. I would be great for apple. What i am saying is though that with the integration of text-to-speach in the OS, how complicated can this be? the real dilemma would only be recognizing the text in an image or explaining what an image is.

there are several PC screen readers, they have to be bought as extras. I do hope this is bundled with OSX, or is a free download, making OS X the system of choice for Blind users.

(Don't forget web deisgners you ought to be designing sites that help screen readers. If your site is in the UK it will be against the law from 2004 to discriminate against disabled users, even passively. See the RNIB for details)

This is great, my fiance is mostly blind and has worked with a lot of peopel who use screen readers on PCs, it's been the only option until now.

Jaguar's ability to zoom the way it does, without 3rd party software, is lightyears ahead of PC's. She imidiatly switched from using (paid-for) ZoomText on the PC to the Mac because of this great feature.

I can't wait to see what Apple does with the Screen Reader.

=)

Originally posted by gsdali
I do hope this is bundled with OSX, or is a free download...

I bet it will be. Can you imagine: "Screen Reader, Apple's innovative contribution to the blind community, starting at only $99." This sounds to me like something that would definitly come bundled with OSX as part of Apples's universal access features.

This is an excellent development, and has the potential to increase the utilization of macs among federal agencies, which are required by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (http://www.section508.gov) to develop and procure accessible information technology. The lack of a screen reader for the mac has been a significant barrier.

There actually is screen reading software available for older macs called OutSPOKEN, but I think it only works through MacOS 8.6 or something.

This is great news, and I hope the development proceeds at a speedy rate. For an excellent site about macs and accessibility, check out http://www.maccessibility.com.

Nate

I'd love to know for what reasons people mark this story "negative".

Its anything but negative, it is very positive.


It can only be good that Apple makes its products accessible to everyone, including the blind.

this is going to make Macs look more the good side, and Pcs more the dark side!!!