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From: John E. Brandt
Date: Feb 25, 2009 7:55PM

Randi,

I also send my welcome to you.

I blogged about VoiceOver a few months ago, but that blog program died and I
switched to WordPress. I have all of the old content, but have not put it
back up yet.

In any case, we had Mike Shebanek from Apple come to Maine last fall and do
a workshop on the accessibility features of the Mac OS X. I entitled my blog
"I have drunk the Kool-Aid" as I found myself very impressed with the things
that Apple had accomplished. It's still not perfect, but I think Apple does
get the idea of Universal Design which assures that usability is important
in the design process. I will go find the original post and report it. In
the meantime, check out this website
http://www.apple.com/accessibility/voiceover/ (if you haven't already)
which describes VoiceOver in greater detail. Make sure to go to the
Downloads page where they have "the manual." You obviously have Mac OS X but
make sure you have the latest version Leopard as it has the "Alex" voice
which my blind friends tells me is the best. I can also put you in contact
with some other Mac people who are blind.

Welcome again and I will send you the link to my blog when it gets updated.

~j

John E. Brandt
Web Design, Development, Consultation
Augusta, Maine USA
www.jebswebs.com
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207-622-7937