[KLUG Members] Voice software for visually impaired - question

Adam Tauno Williams members@kalamazoolinux.org
Mon, 6 Jan 2003 16:00:02 -0500


>>Not to downplay great and wonderful Linux, but have you played with Mac
>>OS X? Apple's MacInTalk (included with the OS) has significant
>>accessibility features. classic iMacs are quite inexpensive these
>>days...
>I have never used an Apple/Mac of any kind and don't have a clue about
>them. I am trying to get an appointment with her school to see first
>hand what she is using there. Once I see what she is using and needs I
>will have a better understanding of which way to go.

The GNOME team/project won the 2002 Helen Keller award for accessibility,
awarded by the American Society for the Blind,  which I think is pretty darn cool.

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-accessibility-list/2002-September/msg00015.html

To bad I just don't know jack about such things,  wish I could be more helpful.