In trying this here, I can't find the start button on this site. I've checked to make sure java is enabled,and it is. COuld there be a plugin or something that I don't have, and have to get? On May 12, 2009, at 12:16 PM, Esther wrote:
Hi Chris, What you can do is run a Google search for "speed test java". The issue is that the results may depend on geographical area, so I don't know what works for Will in the UK. If I use: http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest?java=1 and VO-Down Arrow from the "Speed Test" heading, I'll get links to a number of sites to try (e.g., San Francisco, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, and some point in New Jersey). The test results depend on the site I choose -- it's better to choose a site nearby to send upload and download packets. After choosing a site, the page reloads, and if you VO-Down Arrow from the "Speed Test" heading you'll reach the start button. VO-Space to press it. You can use your arrow keys (e.g. VO-Up Arrow) to get information about the test in progress. If you arrow around you'll find out when they start the upload and download tests and there is even a progress bar indicator. It may take a minute or so to finish. When the test ends the page will update, and you'll hear "HTML content". Results are reported as either graphics or text. Use item chooser menu to find "results" in text format on the page and select (VO-space). VO-Down Arrow to read the results. You might want to wait until a low traffic time to try this. I think you're only allowed a certain number of tries (like 20 per server) as a non-subscriber, and although I ran a number of tests two or three hours ago, I just get server busy messages now when I press the start button, and they appear to count as "tries". This is obviously a U.S. based site. Cheers, Esther On May 12, 2009, at 4:49 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > > Most of the speed test things I've found were Flash based and > inaccessible. A brute force way to do it would be to download a > reasonably large file from a known fast service and time it. One > possibility is downloading the AOL Mac installer from here: > > http://free.aol.com/tryaolfree/dnld_aol/aol_sell.adp > > which is 18.6MB. So if you download it and it takes 10 seconds then > you > know that you're getting around 1.8MB/s. I also found a site that does > something like this and presents the results as HTML text so it is > accessible: > > http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer/default.asp > > CB > > william lomas wrote: >> hi is there an accessible site for us voiceover users, to gain our >> speed tests for our internet connections? >> Will >> >> >>> >> > >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
