Promising app for users with writing-processing disabilities.
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/wrise/id938050665?mt=12
A little pricey, but may be well worth it. Will do testing IF price goes down.
Promising app for users with writing-processing disabilities.
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/wrise/id938050665?mt=12
A little pricey, but may be well worth it. Will do testing IF price goes down.
https://fix-macosx.com/
Yosemite by default sends search results in Spotlight to Apple, Microsoft and others.
This site offers info and a script. I may leave it on for personal but we may want to run this on our desktop images and servers:
With the impending release of the iPad Air 2 here’s what’s being said:
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/what-we-expect-apple-to-announce-at-its-event-this-100073997804.html
□ Contains semantic headers.
□ Elements possess descriptive labels.
Try using the screen curtain – 3 finger triple tap.
□ Images are described.
□ Selected states are communicated.
□ The reading order is logical.
Try a two finger swipe up to read the page, start to finish.
□ Overlay contents are separated from the background.
□ After a manual trigger, there is feedback.
□ Significant events are communicated.
□ Feedback is given when users reach an edge.
□ Errors are communicated.
□ Keyboard entry is minimized.
□ Elements on the page are grouped in logical units.
□ Buttons are used for “clickable” elements.
□ The escape gesture (2 finger scrub) is supported.
□ Paging (three finger swipe left/right) is supported.
□ Magic tap (two finger double tap) is available for primary actions.
The short answer is that VoiceOver will not read PowerPoint content (or MS Office content) on a Mac. There is no support for the MS Office environment on a Mac using VoiceOver at the present time.
From the MS Office website:
“Hear most menu commands, options in dialog boxes, and other elements on your computer screen. VoiceOver does not work with the contents of the main document window or the ribbon. For example, VoiceOver does not read your text in a document.”
More information is available at:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/mac-word-help/turn-on-accessibility-options-HA102927419.aspx
So, it may be necessary to convert the PPT file into another format for the student. I know that Pages works well with VoiceOver, so one option may be to convert the PPT file into an RTF document and open it with Pages (or TextEdit).
Sean Keegan
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5509
Guided Access helps you to stay focused on a task while using your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Guided Access limits your device to a single app and lets you control which app features are available.
http://www.appwijzer.be/app/AppWijzer.html
Here’s a resource that reveals Apps that work best with VoiceOver.
Watch the keynote to the Apple Event, 10/22/2013:
http://www.apple.com/apple-events/october-2013/
A new, faster tablet and free Macintosh OS and work software!
http://news.yahoo.com/apple-kicks-off-tuesday-event-expected-show-ipads-171037443–sector.html
New iPad Air:
http://avatron.com/apps/air-display
Could be utilized for quite a few purposes. More to come…