accessible_output 0.5.5

Library to provide speech and braille output to a variety of different screen readers and other accessibility solutions.

The accessible_output library

Author:

Christopher Toth <[e-mail]>

Date:

$Date: 06-15-2010 01:25:00 -0400 (Tue, Jun 15, 2010)

Web site:

http://www.qwitter-client.net/

Copyright:

2010

Contents

• The accessible_output library

• Introduction

• Basic Usage

• Speech Outputs

• Braille Outputs

Introduction

Accessible Output provides a standard way for developers to output text in either speech or braille using a preinstalled screen reader. Using accessible_output makes creating self-voicing applications extremely easy.

Basic Usage

Using accessible output is extremely simple:

#!/usr/bin/env python
from accessible_output import speech
s = speech.Speaker() #Will load the default speaker.
s.output("The message to speak")

Speech Outputs

• JAWS for Windows

• Window Eyes

• Dolphin Screen Readers newer than v11.

• NVDA 2010.1 or newer

• System Access and System Access To Go

• Microsoft sapi 5 speech

Braille Outputs

• JAWS for Windows

• Window Eyes

• NVDA

• System Access and System Access To Go