VisioVoice is an application that enhances access to Mac OS X
for blind and vision impaired users. It adds multilingual support to Apple's excellent
VoiceOver screen reader technology for a number of languages, as well as providing several other speech
and vision related features to enhance access to Mac OS X. VisioVoice comes bundled with
infovox iVox™, which provides natural sounding voices on the Mac in a wide range of languages. VisioVoice makes using the computer easier, more efficient and
more fun, because of the high quality voices, its easy to use text reader, the powerful zoom
functionality, the large cursors and its ability to convert text to audio files and iTunes tracks.
Features -
Document Reader:
VisioVoice includes an advanced document and selection reader with play,
pause, stop, rewind and fast forward functions. As it speaks, it can highlight
the spoken words or sentences. Use it to listen to the selection in any
application or to Text, Word, HTML, PDF and RTF documents.
Creation of audio and
iTunes files: VisioVoice can convert Text, Word, HTML, PDF and RTF
documents to audio files or iPod-ready iTunes tracks.
Large cursors:
VisioVoice includes large, customizable cross-hair and target cursors that
make using the Mac much easier for vision impaired users.
Image Zoom: VisioVoice includes an Image Enlarger that makes it easier to see what is on the
screen. Unlike the built-in zoom functionality of Mac OS X, which zooms the
entire screen, the Image Enlarger window just zooms the area around the cursor,
so that you do not loose sight of the "big picture".
Text Zoom: VisioVoice includes a Text Enlarger that shows the title of buttons, menus, text
entry areas, and all other "accessible" text in large type in a separate window.
Because the text itself is enlarged, rather than the image of the text, the
enlarged text is crisp and easy to read. This feature works for all applications
that support Apple's Accessibility API, including Safari, Mail, Finder, TextEdit,
as well as many third-party applications.
Talking interface:
VisioVoice's Talking Interface speaks the contents of buttons, menu
items, text entry areas, and all other "accessible" text, as the user navigates
across the screen. This feature works for all applications that support Apple's
Accessibility API, including Safari, Mail, Finder, TextEdit, as well as many
third-party applications.
Translated version of
VoiceOver: VisioVoice includes translations of VoiceOver and VoiceOver
Utility for French and Dutch so that now also non-English users can make use of
the built-in Mac OS X screen reader. Additional languages may be available in
the future.
Infovox iVox
naturally-sounding, multi-lingual voices: VisioVoice comes bundled with
Infovox iVox, which provides the best voices ever on the Mac. Infovox iVox is
available for multiple languages, including: American English, British English,
French, German, Italian, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Norwegian,
and Swedish.
System-wide keyboard
shortcuts: VisioVoice provides many user-configurable system-wide hot
keys for easy access to it's core functionality by blind and vision impaired
users.
System Requirements -
