Mac OS X has many technologies to assist you if you have difficulty hearing computer sounds and alerts. These solutions will assist you if you need sound amplification or sound output alternatives.

Mac OS X Features

QuickTime with Closed Captioning

QuickTime

QuickTime allows you to create and display a text track to provide closed captioning.

Visual Alert

Mac OS X offers a visual alert to notify you when there is an alert in the operating system or applications. The visual alert flashes the whole screen to let you know that a window or dialogue requires your attention.

iChat and iSight

iChat AV is the first video conferencing solution with performance and clarity good enough for you to communicate using sign language over the Internet. It produces high quality video good enough to clearly see the finger and hand movements of the person with whom your communicating, giving you the technology to communicate from afar with the same range of emotion you use in person.

Third Party Solutions

Dawn Sign Press

SoftTTY