Last week I wrote about accessibility in Microsoft. This week I took at accessibility in Apple products at http://www.apple.com/accessibility/. Macs have lots of accessibility features that are built into OS X. Features include: the screen-reader, screen maginification, talking alerts, and screen adjustments for those with vision problems; closed captioniniong, visual alerts, and chatting for those with a hearing problems; and speech reconnition, on-screen keyboards, and support for alternative input devices for those with mobility problems. All these features are controlled from the Universal Access menu in a Mac's System Preferences.
The Apple site links to a ninety minute podcast on the accessibility features in Mac OS X. The podcast showed many of the features, highlighting the screen-reader, VoiceOver. The announcer showed several of these features. They look really great with my eyes open. It would be a big stretch for me to try an navigate the screen on voice commands. Still, Mav VoiceOver looks better, in the demos, than the Microsoft Navigator.
VoiceOver is also available on the iPhone. I love my iPhone and will be testing the screen-reader and other accessibility features on the phone in the near future.
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