![]() ![]() Proloquo, instead, is a multi-purpose speech solution that also includes certain features geared towards people with limited vision (such as the ability to speak what is below the cursor and to echo what the user types). VoiceOver is a screen reader primarily intended for people who are blind. Proloquo is different from Apple’s excellent VoiceOver technology for Mac OS X Tiger in several ways. Finally, Proloquo of course works with all the built-in voices of Mac OS X. Infovox iVox provides voices that work not only in Proloquo but system-wide. The languages currently available are American English, British English, American Spanish, Canadian French, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish and Swedish. Proloquo includes natural-sounding Infovox iVox voices for a language of choice. Proloquo is a multi-purpose, multilingual speech solution for Mac OS X that provides: (1) a full-fledged communication system (AAC) for people who cannot speak (2) improves accessibility of Mac OS X for people with visual impairments (3) provides speech feedback in any application while typing for children and people with learning disabilities (4) can serve as a talking word processor (5) provides text to speech for people who prefer listening to reading (6) can be used as a tool to learn the pronunciation of foreign languages (7) provides an advanced, multilingual speech engine for our KeyStrokes® on-screen keyboard and our SwitchXS® switch access solution. I attached two screenshots of keyboards i use a lot. Such virtual keyboards can be used not only for typing, but also to launch applications, speak, run AppleScripts and much more. Which allows users to design their own virtual keyboards. With KeyStrokes virtual keyboard a person who can only use a mouse or mouse emulator can have complete access to the Macintosh, the Internet and by extension the World. ![]() On Mac OS X KeyStrokes provides SmartTransparency™ technology to provide you with an optimum use of your screen real-estate and make sure the virtual keyboard never gets in your way. See? It knew I was going to type that.įor those who can position the pointer, but not click the mouse buttons, the integrated Dwellix™ system-wide dwell-based utility allows mouse button clicks to be entered by simply holding the cursor motionless for a programmable period of time. PolyPredix™ can reduce typing efforts by 50 to 70%. The PolyPredix™ prediction engine offers many unique, time and effort saving features allowing significantly easier and faster typing. Thanks to its revolutionary PolyPredix™ word prediction engine it can do word completion, next word prediction and even multi-word prediction in any Roman language as well as many other languages. KeyStrokes provides advanced multilingual word prediction. ![]() KeyStrokes is a fully-functional advanced virtual on-screen keyboard that allows you to type with a mouse, trackball, head pointer or other mouse emulator to type characters into any standard Macintosh application. Though not particularly sexy - this little app (which David Niemeijer of Assistiveware turned me onto.) allows extensive remapping of keystroke information, making the three measly buttons ican control (mounted onthearms of my wheelchair, communicating by infared fromthe "Beam" unit to the Headmouse unit) context sensitie depending on the active app. It works just like a computer mouse, with the mouse pointer being moved by the motion of the users head. The HeadMouse has a wireless optical sensor which tracks a tiny disposable target that is conveniently placed on the users forehead, glasses, hat, etc. The HeadMouse translates natural movements of a user's head into directly proportional movements of the computer mouse pointer. This replaces the standard computer mouse for people who cannot use or have limited use of their hands when controlling a computer or augmentative communication device. ![]() The HeadMouse® Extreme & Beam by Origin Instruments While I found that by far the PC platform was much more well supported for assistive software - my research showed that much excellent development has recently occurred for the Mac platform. I also knew that it would somehow have to be an Apple - i simply have too much time invested!. When i was diagnosed with ALS I realized immediately that my life would be inextricably tied to a computer of some kind. at that time creative software for media was somewhat more advanced on the Mac - but that's all ancient history as you know. While I occasionally used PC's (even Amiga my friends) Having been an Apple user since the early '80's - in a professional capacity (film editing, sound design, animation, illustration & music) I was hooked on macs. So it occurred to me to make this short video (Here) as a demo.Īs if you were hanging out at my studio. People seem fascinated by my working conditions and process. ![]()
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