Hi Anouk,
As Daniela mentioned, Ultralingua has accessible dictionary apps on both the
Mac and iOS platforms. There was substantial feedback and interaction with
VoiceOver users several years ago. As it happens, it seems that the
Ultralingua dictionary apps for iOS just went on sale for 50% starting
yesterday, according to their blog:
http://blog.ultralingua.com/
I actually caught the price drop for dictionaries that I recognized in the
Store News app, then went to check out their web site to find out whether this
was true for all their iOS products. It coincides with a major upgrade of
their iOS dictionary apps to version 2.3, and is probably timed to also hit
Apple's World Wide Developer Conference that will take place soon. I think most
of their iOS apps are universal -- so they'll work on iPhone and iPad.
A lot of translation apps hook into Google Translate, which is also available
as an iOS app. The main annoyance of using a lot of dictionary apps on iOS is
the trend for inserting links into most or all of the words in the definitions.
I keep around older versions of some of the dictionary apps before they went
wild with the links, and just don't update them. You can read some of Amir's
posts on AppleVis about discussions with dictionary app designers. The American
Heritage Dictionary 5th edition was one of the apps that was updated with
VoiceOver users in mind (not available in the app store currently, but supposed
to return soon). The Australian Oxford Dictionary is another one in the same
group. (Neither of these appear to be available right now, but they're in the
over $20 category for purchases.)
ABBYY has the Lingvo dictionary apps that can integrate with the OCR functions
of their TextGrabber app. They're only OK, and accessibility is about the
level of TextGrabber just before the latest version upgrade -- that means
they're usable, but the control labels haven't been optimized for VoiceOver
users. I think the Ultralingua dictionary and thesaurus apps are better (and I
would wait for a sale on the Lingvo dictionary apps if you want to try them out
-- the ABBYY app prices have been bouncing around.)
As Rachel stated, there is also built-in dictionary support both in Mac OS X
and under iOS. You can get spelling support in other languages if you switch
your input language keyboard to another language.
If you want an easy-to-use and quick translation app for iOS, I'd recommend
SayHi Translate ($0.99). This is not meant for professional translation use,
but it has a convenient and fairly accessible interface. It was slightly more
accessible before the version 3 upgrades in December 2012, but is still OK.
Again, read the app entries at AppleVis. For a number of languages (not all),
you can just speak, and have your voice recognized, then listen to the
translated phrase transcribed and spoken. (Again, not all languages that are
supported for translation have voices that will speak the translated phrases.)
You can copy the translated phrase to clipboard, or send it via email. This is
particularly useful if you work with languages that are not written with Latin
characters. Navigating to the original text phrases for copying, repeat
pronunciation, or forwarding as email, text message, etc. is what is slightly
less accessible with VoiceOver in the more recent versions -- once you select
the phrase, the window with options to copy, etc. comes up in the middle of the
screen, where it use to appear almost directly above the translated text in
earlier versions. This is more of an issue for iPad usage than on the iPhone.
It still works with VoiceOver -- just more of a nuisance to get focus to the
right location.
HTH. Cheers,
Esther
On 30 May 2013, at 04:55, Daniela Rubio wrote:
> Hello!
> Ultralingua is very nice and very accessible. I am a translator and I use it
> a lot. As well as the iOS version, which I use when working in the booth.
> Cheers!
>
> Daniela Rubio T
> Distinguished Educator
> iPhone: +34662328507
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> El 30/05/2013, a las 15:31, Anouk Radix escribió:
>
>> Hello, Has anyone got experience with dictionary apps (translation apps) on
>> the mac or ios that are accessible with voiceover?
>> Thanks
>> Greetings, Anouk,
>>
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