Mac has built in text to speech.  You use a keystroke to speak any highlighted text.  This would be a very simple method, but would provide speech out.

Go to System Preferences, Dictation and Speech, then select "Text to Speech" and you can set the hotkey to your liking.

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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: recommendations for communication software for MacBook Pro?
From: "McCaffrey, Julia" <xxxxxx@cshs.org>
Date: Wed, February 24, 2016 10:03 am
To: "xxxxxx@alsa.simplelists.com" <xxxxxx@alsa.simplelists.com>

Sorry- to clarify, I am looking for stand alone communication software for MacBook pro. I want him to get an SGD, but he says no for now. So I'm looking for a sneaky way to get him exploring communication options on the system he is already using (macbook pro plus quha zono head mouse).

Thoughts?

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On Feb 24, 2016, at 6:38 AM, Lisa Bardach <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

one of my pALS uses TeamViewer on his Tobii i-15 to control his macbook with excellent success.
Lisa
On Feb 23, 2016 6:49 PM, "McCaffrey, Julia" <xxxxxx@cshs.org> wrote:
Client is currently using Quha Zono head mouse to access his MacBook Pro laptop, and speech is minimally affected but will likely begin to deteriorate further very soon.  He has stated he is not interested in dedicated SGD at this time.  Would love to introduce at least the concept of communication software.  Best recs for Mac laptop?
 
Thanks in advance!
 
Julia McCaffrey, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist III
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

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