2010-10-14

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2010-10-14 08:18 am
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Wizard duel between two speech synthesizers

Kes: Okay, total TTS geekery here, but you know how I love those homicidal synthetic voices, especially when they have accents. Still, I would like to hear one of these software synths in a smackdown with an old-school DecTalk.
Harry Potter-style battle between the synthesizers used by JAWS and NVDA on YouTube.
http://goo.gl/nAOM
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2010-10-14 08:26 am

Accessible Android

From Top Tech Tidbits
http://www.flying-blind.com/tidbits2010.html
comes this collection of links concerning Android accessibility.

1. In Android news, J.J. at BlindBargains has produced an audio demo of Intersection Explorer,and Adroid app that lets you virtually explore a map for orientation.
http://www.blindbargains.com/redirect.php?redirect=5567

2. Here is an updated, admittedly incomplete,listing of accessible apps for Android phones.
http://eyes-free.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/documentation/android_access/apps.html

3. Accessible Android is a blog detailing ways to use Android phones without vision.
http://accessibleandroid.blogspot.com/

4. Version 1.02 of the vOICe for Android is out, featuring an improved color identifier.
http://www.seeingwithsound.com/android.htm