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Re: screen reader open source?

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From: Tim Beadle
Date: Nov 20, 2006 8:50AM

On 20/11/06, DONALD WONNELL < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> JS - One that's often used is JAWS, but it's about $1,000.

And you can buy a Mac Mini for less than that; Mac OS X (since 10.4)
includes a screen-reader (VoiceOver) by default. I think Alistair at
Nomensa did a review a little while ago.

The next version of OS X (Leopard) has even more accessibility enhancements:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/accessibility.html

Regards,

Tim