Category |
Technology/Feature/
Component |
Description |
Vision |
VoiceOver |
An accessibility interface, new in Tiger, that
gives you magnification options,
keyboard control and spoken English
descriptions of what's happening on
screen.
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Zoom
|
Magnifies everything on computer screen
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Text-to-Speech
|
Apple technology used throughout Mac OS X to assist users with vision disabilities
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Talking alerts
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Alert messages spoken by computer
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Spoken items
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Text under mouse is spoken aloud
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Display adjustments
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Computer's display can be changed to enhance readability (e.g., grayscale, monochrome, or high-contrast video display)
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Hearing
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QuickTime
|
Closed captioning for QuickTime movies and
|
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Visual alerts
|
Alerts cause entire screen to flash
|
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iChat and iSight
|
Enables sign-language conversations over the Internet
|
Physical/motor
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Slow Keys, StickyKeys, keyboard settings
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Keyboard modifications and adjustments for users with motor-control disabilities
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Mouse Keys
|
Keyboard-based mouse alternative
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Keyboard navigation
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Enables user to manipulate user interface using keyboard only
|
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Speakable Items
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Enables user to invoke common tasks and manipulate user interface by voice
|
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Calculator
|
Accessible using keyboard only
|
Literacy and Learning |
VoiceOver |
An accessibility interface, new in Tiger, that
gives you magnification options,
keyboard control and spoken English
descriptions of what's happening on
screen.
|
|
Speak text under mouse, Talking Alerts
|
Voice output of text from the user interface
|
|
Text-to-Speech
|
Apple technology used throughout Mac OS X to assist users with learning disabilities
|
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Calculator
|
Can speak key and presses and calculation results
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TextEdit
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Can speak text from document
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iChat
|
Built-in spelling checker for users with learning or cognitive disabilities
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Language and Communication
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TextEdit
|
Text-to-speech and spell-checking features for users with learning or cognitive disabilities
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