Hi Dónal, Yes, TextExpander for the Mac is accessible, as Matthew stated. Here's a link to an AppleVis podcast demoing some of its features: • TextExpander for Mac: Type Short Abbreviations to Enter Text Snippets, Automatically Correct Misspelled Words, and More http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/textexpander-mac-type-short-abbreviations-enter-text-snippets-automatically-correct If that link wraps, here's a shortened version: http://bit.ly/115xfRs
By the way, your 50% off sale link is short of the full coupon code. You can either use the link you gave, which will get you to the Smile website store, and then type in the coupon code of "TE2013BFF" (without the quotation marks) at check out to get the discount, or use the full link which has three extra characters (the "BFF") at the end. Their promotional email says that the discount is valid through Monday, December 2, 2013, and that you ca use the link: http://sites.fastspring.com/smile/product/te?coupon=TE2013BFF or else use the coupon code TE2013BFF at their website. I was also able to use Typinator, which is another text expansion app for the Mac that I got as part of an old MacUpdate bundle. These apps are all text based, so I expect them to be accessible. One advantage TextExpander has over these other text expansion apps is that it has an iOS counterpart, TextExpander Touch, which you can use to sync your expansion definitions to between Mac and iPhone, for example. And early on, having text expansion on the iPhone made a big difference, especially typing accented words with just the on-screen keyboard. The devs were the first to have the clever idea of releasing their SDK for free, so other note editing apps, Twitter apps for iOS, etc. could build in TextExpander support and have this work, despite the policy of app sandboxing. I originally recommended TextExpander to another Mac VoiceOver user back in Fall 2009. He wanted a boilerplate template to fill in student reports, without having to retype certain stock paragraphs. You can do a lot more with TextExpander, especially for programming. Life Hacker has a couple of interesting recent articles on "The Best Clever Uses for Text Expansion": http://lifehacker.com/the-best-clever-uses-for-text-expansion-1429848608 and "The Best Text Expansion App for Mac": http://lifehacker.com/5843903/the-best-text-expansion-app-for-mac You'll want to use Safari Reader (Command-Shift-R on the Mac) to read those pages. The quick summary is that they liked a $5 app called aText for the Mac that doesn't do as much as Text Expander, but is cheaper than the $35 list price of TE; however, this didn't take into account Text Expander's recent addition of the capability to design and fill in forms with TextExpander. I've tried this on the iPhone, and it works, but is unstable in the apps I used it with. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Nov 29, 2013, at 12:24 AM, matthew stubbs wrote: yes it is On 29 Nov 2013, at 10:12, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: Morning all, Just wondering if Text Expander is usable/accessible with Voiceover? If yes, it’s 50% reduced today for Black Friday: http://sites.fastspring.com/smile/product/te?coupon=TE2013 Cheers, Dónal Dr. Dónal Fitzpatrick, School of Computing, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland Tel. +353-(0)1-700-8929 fax: +353-(0)1-700-5442 email: dfitzpat (at) computing.dcu.ie <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
