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You want your Macintosh to pronounce each key you press on your keyboard?
Then Keystrokes Pronouncer is what you need!

Keystrokes Pronouncer allows you to hear each pronounceable key you press on your keyboard.
- It pronounces the pronounceable keys you press on your keyboard.
- It doesn't need any installation which makes it very easy to use.
- It is available in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latvian, Spanish and many other languages.
Read the whole documentation for more details...
WHAT'S NEW
Version 3.2:
  • A Dutch localization has been released.
  • Thank you to Nico Mangelschots for his translation from English to Dutch.
  • REQUIREMENTS
    Mac OS X

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    Developer:AlphaOmega Software
    Downloads:3,504
      - Version d/l:456
    Education:Language
    License:Shareware
    Date:04 Mar 2009
    Platform:PPC/Intel
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      Oct 19 2009

      FHAMPEL  I've searched far and wide for a similar app. Short of an expensive program intended for sight-impaired people, I haven't found anything like it on the Mac. (The program from the 2004 comment is long gone). I probably won't purchase this unless it turns up in a Bundle or Promo someplace. It's over-priced for those like me who would use it only infrequently. I don't know how it works in Snow Leopard, but it's fine in 10.5.8

      Why would you want to use it? It's perfect for entering bank account or other long numbers when cut and paste is not available. It's also OK for light data entry--it is a substitute for 100% read back or double-entry verification. And, for sight-impaired people, it can aid touch typing, without having to look at the screen as much. However, it can be tiring to use for along time. One looks at the source material and listens to it at the same time--result: sensory overload.

      If you type too fast, you hear gibberish, so slow down or set the Speaking Rate to "Fast" in the "Text to Speech" pane of the Speech Preferences Pane. Some voices work better than others, so experiment.

      What's annoying is having to turn the app on and off when you want to pause it temporarily. But it was easy to write a script to this and assign it a hot key (with FastScripts or iKey). Here's a script below to do it. Be sure to zap gremlins in a text editor before using.

      (*

      Toggle Keystrokes Pronouncer

      *)

      tell application "System Events"

      if exists application process "Keystrokes Pronouncer" then

      tell application "Keystrokes Pronouncer" to quit

      else

      tell application "Keystrokes Pronouncer" to activate

      end if

      end tell

        
      (Version 3.2)

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      Oct 19 2009

      FHAMPEL  I should have included the most obvious use--for people who have to do a lot of touch typing into the computer from another source.  
      (Version 3.2)

      praisebury
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      Jul 7 2004

      PATRICKDANIELLE  All it will read is basic alphabet, numbers and punctuation marks requiring no modifier key. It CANNOT take any modifier key into account. For example, if you press the / key, you hear "Slash'.. Now press Shift+/ and you still hear "Slash" instead of "Question Mark".. You will never hear the name of characters as !,   
      (Version 1.4)

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      Nov 7 2004

      ANONYMOUS  These problems are solved in version 1.5.  
      (Version 1.5)

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      Jul 7 2004

      SUCKERSBEWARE  A nice guy wrote a similar program which will do the same for free with ONE line of RealBasic. Download it at http://www.project-ecap.de/ochi/KeyThing.sit  
      (Version 1.4)

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      Jan 6 2004

      ANONYMOUS  cool  
      (Version 1.0)

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