While I would still agree with your statement about Narrator. You ought to
take a look at what Microsoft has done with Narrator in Windows 8. It has
come a long way from where it was before. It is really usable now.
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From: "Teresa Cochran" <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: ZoomText on the Mac Coming Soon
Hi Alex,
There's a bit of confusion here. I may get myself in trouble here, but I
will say this: the off-the-shelf accessibility on the Mac is notches more
complex than the off-the-shelf accessibility in Windows. I haven't used Zoom
for the Mac, and don't know if it has the same magnification features as
ZoomText. Someone else can speak to that. However, if I were to choose
between Narrator for Windows and Voiceover for the Mac, there just isn't a
comparison, and I really wouldn't try. Voiceover winds hands-down. It's a
fact that there are more accessibility features in the Mac screen-reader
than for Narrator. Again, I can't speak to Zoom for Mac, so I don't know if
the parallel for magnification is valid.
Teresa
Visualize whirled peas.
On Nov 29, 2012, at 12:08 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm not a large print user at all, but it seems to me that saying
windows already has zoom is like saying Narrator is already a screen
reader. Does it read things on the screen? Sure, but comparing that to
Voiceover is ridiculous. I hope AI Squared does well with this, I just
don't know if it will happen.
On 11/29/12, Doug Hacker <dhac...@gmail.com> wrote:
Mike,
The same is true on the Windows platform but Ai Squared does a very good
business there, no reason to think it would be any different on the Mac
side. Visually impaired Mac users want the same thing as their Windows
counterparts.
- Better font smoothing
- Better tracking
- Cursor, pointer and focus enhancements
- Color schemes
- More efficient reading tools for VI users
On Nov 29, 2012, at 2:19 PM, Mike Arrigo <n0...@charter.net> wrote:
Should be interesting to see if that sells at all, the mac already
includes zoom for magnification and voice over for reading, these can
also
be used at the same time. If people buy it, great, but they're taking a
huge gamble.
Original message:
Just to let everyone know, Ai Squared is close to releasing a version
of
ZoomText for the Mac. First release will be Magnification +
Enhancements
only to be followed by reading functionality.
You can apply for group membership here:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ztmac
Doug
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