Re: [WSG] Article: "Vocalize Firefox" (text-to-speech extensions for Firefox)

2007-12-06 Thread Steven Faulkner 

To get an idea of how screen readers vocalise content (it also many
other features) I would recommend trying adesigner
(http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/adesigner)

On 06/12/2007, Jixor - Stephen I <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That said how would it compare for a developer that is making an effort
> to correctly mark up their html just to get an impression of how it
> would work for a screen reader user?
>
> Steve Green wrote:
> > A year ago I started to evaluate FireVox 2.6 and had a dialog with Charles
> > Chen, its creator. At that time there is no way I would describe it as
> > "full-fledged screen reader" as it had many shortcomings. I got the
> > impression it was really just a hobby project, and Charles said he had
> > pretty much abandoned it in order to work on more interesting stuff. I see
> > it is now up to version 3.4 so it will be interesting to see how it has
> > progressed.
> >
> > It was certainly usable, but it bears no comparison with a professional
> > screen reader like JAWS, which is a far superior product. OK, it should be
> > for $1500 but people should not think that they're getting a $1500 product
> > for free when they install FireVox. It's more akin to products in the $200
> > price bracket.
> >
> > One example of the difference is in forms where  elements have not
> > been used, and let's face it, that's 99% of all forms. JAWS applies
> > heuristics to identify the text that is most likely to be the label, and
> > associates it with the form control as if a  element had been used. 9
> > times out of 10 it gets it right. FireVox does not do this.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > Behalf Of Nick Lo
> > Sent: 05 December 2007 04:25
> > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
> > Subject: [WSG] Article: "Vocalize Firefox" (text-to-speech extensions for
> > Firefox)
> >
> > I'm wondering if anyone has tried/tested the following potentially useful
> > extensions and if so what their opinion was/is:
> >
> > "Two recently released text-to-speech extensions can transform Firefox into
> > a talking Web browser suitable for users with visual impairments -- and
> > anyone else who can use a speech interface to the Web. Fire Vox is designed
> > to be a full-fledged "screen reader in a browser," usable for daily browsing
> > even for unsighted users. CLiCk, Speak provides point-and-click screen
> > reading, which can be helpful for partially-sighted users or sighted users
> > who have written language difficulties (such as dyslexia)."
> >
> > http://www.linux.com/feature/122197
> >
> > Nick
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Re: [WSG] Article: "Vocalize Firefox" (text-to-speech extensions for Firefox)

2007-12-06 Thread Steven Faulkner 
To get an idea of how screen readers vocalise content (it also many
other features) I would recommend trying adesigner
(http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/adesigner)

On 06/12/2007, Jixor - Stephen I <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That said how would it compare for a developer that is making an effort
> to correctly mark up their html just to get an impression of how it
> would work for a screen reader user?
>
> Steve Green wrote:
> > A year ago I started to evaluate FireVox 2.6 and had a dialog with Charles
> > Chen, its creator. At that time there is no way I would describe it as
> > "full-fledged screen reader" as it had many shortcomings. I got the
> > impression it was really just a hobby project, and Charles said he had
> > pretty much abandoned it in order to work on more interesting stuff. I see
> > it is now up to version 3.4 so it will be interesting to see how it has
> > progressed.
> >
> > It was certainly usable, but it bears no comparison with a professional
> > screen reader like JAWS, which is a far superior product. OK, it should be
> > for $1500 but people should not think that they're getting a $1500 product
> > for free when they install FireVox. It's more akin to products in the $200
> > price bracket.
> >
> > One example of the difference is in forms where  elements have not
> > been used, and let's face it, that's 99% of all forms. JAWS applies
> > heuristics to identify the text that is most likely to be the label, and
> > associates it with the form control as if a  element had been used. 9
> > times out of 10 it gets it right. FireVox does not do this.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > Behalf Of Nick Lo
> > Sent: 05 December 2007 04:25
> > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
> > Subject: [WSG] Article: "Vocalize Firefox" (text-to-speech extensions for
> > Firefox)
> >
> > I'm wondering if anyone has tried/tested the following potentially useful
> > extensions and if so what their opinion was/is:
> >
> > "Two recently released text-to-speech extensions can transform Firefox into
> > a talking Web browser suitable for users with visual impairments -- and
> > anyone else who can use a speech interface to the Web. Fire Vox is designed
> > to be a full-fledged "screen reader in a browser," usable for daily browsing
> > even for unsighted users. CLiCk, Speak provides point-and-click screen
> > reading, which can be helpful for partially-sighted users or sighted users
> > who have written language difficulties (such as dyslexia)."
> >
> > http://www.linux.com/feature/122197
> >
> > Nick
> >
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RE: [WSG] Article: "Vocalize Firefox" (text-to-speech extensions for Firefox)

2007-12-05 Thread Steve Green 
Whether or not FireVox is a valid tool for testing really depends on the
content. If you've got a static site that's got all the appropriate semantic
structure, then it's going to behave much like JAWS or any other screen
reader. However, as you start to add complexity, the differences between the
products become more significant. Of course it's these more complex sites
that you'll want to be testing. 

The sort of things I mean would include DOM scripting, CSS overlays, AJAX,
forms, accessible Flash, data tables etc. The behaviour with JAWS can vary
significantly from version to version, so we always specify which version
has been used for testing. If you're testing with FireVox, you won't be able
to equate it to any particular JAWS version.

I suppose that if you can make sense of the content using FireVox, then in
all probability it won't be any worse with JAWS. The problem is when your
site does not work well with FireVox - what do you do then? Do you spend
time making changes that might not actually be necessary for JAWS users? Do
you ignore the results and hope it's going to be ok?

Of course if the developer does not have a good understanding of how screen
reader users 'visualise' web pages, how they navigate through different
types of content and how they are likely to interpret what they hear, then
there's not much point testing with any kind of screen reader except to
verify that the content is actually read out.

Steve




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Behalf Of Jixor - Stephen I
Sent: 06 December 2007 00:50
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] Article: "Vocalize Firefox" (text-to-speech extensions
for Firefox)

That said how would it compare for a developer that is making an effort to
correctly mark up their html just to get an impression of how it would work
for a screen reader user?

Steve Green wrote:
> A year ago I started to evaluate FireVox 2.6 and had a dialog with 
> Charles Chen, its creator. At that time there is no way I would 
> describe it as "full-fledged screen reader" as it had many 
> shortcomings. I got the impression it was really just a hobby project, 
> and Charles said he had pretty much abandoned it in order to work on 
> more interesting stuff. I see it is now up to version 3.4 so it will 
> be interesting to see how it has progressed.
>
> It was certainly usable, but it bears no comparison with a 
> professional screen reader like JAWS, which is a far superior product. 
> OK, it should be for $1500 but people should not think that they're 
> getting a $1500 product for free when they install FireVox. It's more 
> akin to products in the $200 price bracket.
>
> One example of the difference is in forms where  elements have 
> not been used, and let's face it, that's 99% of all forms. JAWS 
> applies heuristics to identify the text that is most likely to be the 
> label, and associates it with the form control as if a  element 
> had been used. 9 times out of 10 it gets it right. FireVox does not do
this.
>
> Steve
>
>  
>
> -----Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> On Behalf Of Nick Lo
> Sent: 05 December 2007 04:25
> To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
> Subject: [WSG] Article: "Vocalize Firefox" (text-to-speech extensions 
> for
> Firefox)
>
> I'm wondering if anyone has tried/tested the following potentially 
> useful extensions and if so what their opinion was/is:
>
> "Two recently released text-to-speech extensions can transform Firefox 
> into a talking Web browser suitable for users with visual impairments 
> -- and anyone else who can use a speech interface to the Web. Fire Vox 
> is designed to be a full-fledged "screen reader in a browser," usable 
> for daily browsing even for unsighted users. CLiCk, Speak provides 
> point-and-click screen reading, which can be helpful for 
> partially-sighted users or sighted users who have written language
difficulties (such as dyslexia)."
>
> http://www.linux.com/feature/122197
>
> Nick
>
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Re: [WSG] Article: "Vocalize Firefox" (text-to-speech extensions for Firefox)

2007-12-05 Thread Jixor - Stephen I 


That said how would it compare for a developer that is making an effort 
to correctly mark up their html just to get an impression of how it 
would work for a screen reader user?


Steve Green wrote:

A year ago I started to evaluate FireVox 2.6 and had a dialog with Charles
Chen, its creator. At that time there is no way I would describe it as
"full-fledged screen reader" as it had many shortcomings. I got the
impression it was really just a hobby project, and Charles said he had
pretty much abandoned it in order to work on more interesting stuff. I see
it is now up to version 3.4 so it will be interesting to see how it has
progressed.

It was certainly usable, but it bears no comparison with a professional
screen reader like JAWS, which is a far superior product. OK, it should be
for $1500 but people should not think that they're getting a $1500 product
for free when they install FireVox. It's more akin to products in the $200
price bracket.

One example of the difference is in forms where  elements have not
been used, and let's face it, that's 99% of all forms. JAWS applies
heuristics to identify the text that is most likely to be the label, and
associates it with the form control as if a  element had been used. 9
times out of 10 it gets it right. FireVox does not do this.

Steve

 


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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Nick Lo
Sent: 05 December 2007 04:25
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: [WSG] Article: "Vocalize Firefox" (text-to-speech extensions for
Firefox)

I'm wondering if anyone has tried/tested the following potentially useful
extensions and if so what their opinion was/is:

"Two recently released text-to-speech extensions can transform Firefox into
a talking Web browser suitable for users with visual impairments -- and
anyone else who can use a speech interface to the Web. Fire Vox is designed
to be a full-fledged "screen reader in a browser," usable for daily browsing
even for unsighted users. CLiCk, Speak provides point-and-click screen
reading, which can be helpful for partially-sighted users or sighted users
who have written language difficulties (such as dyslexia)."

http://www.linux.com/feature/122197

Nick


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Re: [WSG] Article: "Vocalize Firefox" (text-to-speech extensions for Firefox)

2007-12-05 Thread Jixor - Stephen I 
That said how would it compare for a developer that is making an effort 
to correctly mark up their html just to get an impression of how it 
would work for a screen reader user?


Steve Green wrote:

A year ago I started to evaluate FireVox 2.6 and had a dialog with Charles
Chen, its creator. At that time there is no way I would describe it as
"full-fledged screen reader" as it had many shortcomings. I got the
impression it was really just a hobby project, and Charles said he had
pretty much abandoned it in order to work on more interesting stuff. I see
it is now up to version 3.4 so it will be interesting to see how it has
progressed.

It was certainly usable, but it bears no comparison with a professional
screen reader like JAWS, which is a far superior product. OK, it should be
for $1500 but people should not think that they're getting a $1500 product
for free when they install FireVox. It's more akin to products in the $200
price bracket.

One example of the difference is in forms where  elements have not
been used, and let's face it, that's 99% of all forms. JAWS applies
heuristics to identify the text that is most likely to be the label, and
associates it with the form control as if a  element had been used. 9
times out of 10 it gets it right. FireVox does not do this.

Steve

 


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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Nick Lo
Sent: 05 December 2007 04:25
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: [WSG] Article: "Vocalize Firefox" (text-to-speech extensions for
Firefox)

I'm wondering if anyone has tried/tested the following potentially useful
extensions and if so what their opinion was/is:

"Two recently released text-to-speech extensions can transform Firefox into
a talking Web browser suitable for users with visual impairments -- and
anyone else who can use a speech interface to the Web. Fire Vox is designed
to be a full-fledged "screen reader in a browser," usable for daily browsing
even for unsighted users. CLiCk, Speak provides point-and-click screen
reading, which can be helpful for partially-sighted users or sighted users
who have written language difficulties (such as dyslexia)."

http://www.linux.com/feature/122197

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Re: [WSG] Article: "Vocalize Firefox" (text-to-speech extensions for Firefox)

2007-12-05 Thread Steven Faulkner 

Firevox also implemts much of WAI-ARIA, so it is useful for testing
and demos of ARIA functionality.



On 05/12/2007, Steve Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> A year ago I started to evaluate FireVox 2.6 and had a dialog with Charles
> Chen, its creator. At that time there is no way I would describe it as
> "full-fledged screen reader" as it had many shortcomings. I got the
> impression it was really just a hobby project, and Charles said he had
> pretty much abandoned it in order to work on more interesting stuff. I see
> it is now up to version 3.4 so it will be interesting to see how it has
> progressed.
>
> It was certainly usable, but it bears no comparison with a professional
> screen reader like JAWS, which is a far superior product. OK, it should be
> for $1500 but people should not think that they're getting a $1500 product
> for free when they install FireVox. It's more akin to products in the $200
> price bracket.
>
> One example of the difference is in forms where  elements have not
> been used, and let's face it, that's 99% of all forms. JAWS applies
> heuristics to identify the text that is most likely to be the label, and
> associates it with the form control as if a  element had been used. 9
> times out of 10 it gets it right. FireVox does not do this.
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Nick Lo
> Sent: 05 December 2007 04:25
> To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
> Subject: [WSG] Article: "Vocalize Firefox" (text-to-speech extensions for
> Firefox)
>
> I'm wondering if anyone has tried/tested the following potentially useful
> extensions and if so what their opinion was/is:
>
> "Two recently released text-to-speech extensions can transform Firefox into
> a talking Web browser suitable for users with visual impairments -- and
> anyone else who can use a speech interface to the Web. Fire Vox is designed
> to be a full-fledged "screen reader in a browser," usable for daily browsing
> even for unsighted users. CLiCk, Speak provides point-and-click screen
> reading, which can be helpful for partially-sighted users or sighted users
> who have written language difficulties (such as dyslexia)."
>
> http://www.linux.com/feature/122197
>
> Nick
>
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Re: [WSG] Article: "Vocalize Firefox" (text-to-speech extensions for Firefox)

2007-12-05 Thread Steven Faulkner 
Firevox also implemts much of WAI-ARIA, so it is useful for testing
and demos of ARIA functionality.



On 05/12/2007, Steve Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> A year ago I started to evaluate FireVox 2.6 and had a dialog with Charles
> Chen, its creator. At that time there is no way I would describe it as
> "full-fledged screen reader" as it had many shortcomings. I got the
> impression it was really just a hobby project, and Charles said he had
> pretty much abandoned it in order to work on more interesting stuff. I see
> it is now up to version 3.4 so it will be interesting to see how it has
> progressed.
>
> It was certainly usable, but it bears no comparison with a professional
> screen reader like JAWS, which is a far superior product. OK, it should be
> for $1500 but people should not think that they're getting a $1500 product
> for free when they install FireVox. It's more akin to products in the $200
> price bracket.
>
> One example of the difference is in forms where  elements have not
> been used, and let's face it, that's 99% of all forms. JAWS applies
> heuristics to identify the text that is most likely to be the label, and
> associates it with the form control as if a  element had been used. 9
> times out of 10 it gets it right. FireVox does not do this.
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Nick Lo
> Sent: 05 December 2007 04:25
> To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
> Subject: [WSG] Article: "Vocalize Firefox" (text-to-speech extensions for
> Firefox)
>
> I'm wondering if anyone has tried/tested the following potentially useful
> extensions and if so what their opinion was/is:
>
> "Two recently released text-to-speech extensions can transform Firefox into
> a talking Web browser suitable for users with visual impairments -- and
> anyone else who can use a speech interface to the Web. Fire Vox is designed
> to be a full-fledged "screen reader in a browser," usable for daily browsing
> even for unsighted users. CLiCk, Speak provides point-and-click screen
> reading, which can be helpful for partially-sighted users or sighted users
> who have written language difficulties (such as dyslexia)."
>
> http://www.linux.com/feature/122197
>
> Nick
>
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RE: [WSG] Article: "Vocalize Firefox" (text-to-speech extensions for Firefox)

2007-12-05 Thread Steve Green 

A year ago I started to evaluate FireVox 2.6 and had a dialog with Charles
Chen, its creator. At that time there is no way I would describe it as
"full-fledged screen reader" as it had many shortcomings. I got the
impression it was really just a hobby project, and Charles said he had
pretty much abandoned it in order to work on more interesting stuff. I see
it is now up to version 3.4 so it will be interesting to see how it has
progressed.

It was certainly usable, but it bears no comparison with a professional
screen reader like JAWS, which is a far superior product. OK, it should be
for $1500 but people should not think that they're getting a $1500 product
for free when they install FireVox. It's more akin to products in the $200
price bracket.

One example of the difference is in forms where  elements have not
been used, and let's face it, that's 99% of all forms. JAWS applies
heuristics to identify the text that is most likely to be the label, and
associates it with the form control as if a  element had been used. 9
times out of 10 it gets it right. FireVox does not do this.

Steve

 

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Subject: [WSG] Article: "Vocalize Firefox" (text-to-speech extensions for
Firefox)

I'm wondering if anyone has tried/tested the following potentially useful
extensions and if so what their opinion was/is:

"Two recently released text-to-speech extensions can transform Firefox into
a talking Web browser suitable for users with visual impairments -- and
anyone else who can use a speech interface to the Web. Fire Vox is designed
to be a full-fledged "screen reader in a browser," usable for daily browsing
even for unsighted users. CLiCk, Speak provides point-and-click screen
reading, which can be helpful for partially-sighted users or sighted users
who have written language difficulties (such as dyslexia)."

http://www.linux.com/feature/122197

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Re: [WSG] Article: "Vocalize Firefox" (text-to-speech extensions for Firefox)

2007-12-05 Thread Christian Snodgrass 


I haven't tried them before but they sound very interesting. I'll have 
to give them a look.


Nick Lo wrote:
I'm wondering if anyone has tried/tested the following potentially 
useful extensions and if so what their opinion was/is:


"Two recently released text-to-speech extensions can transform Firefox 
into a talking Web browser suitable for users with visual impairments 
-- and anyone else who can use a speech interface to the Web. Fire Vox 
is designed to be a full-fledged "screen reader in a browser," usable 
for daily browsing even for unsighted users. CLiCk, Speak provides 
point-and-click screen reading, which can be helpful for 
partially-sighted users or sighted users who have written language 
difficulties (such as dyslexia)."


http://www.linux.com/feature/122197

Nick


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[WSG] Article: "Vocalize Firefox" (text-to-speech extensions for Firefox)

2007-12-05 Thread Nick Lo 


I'm wondering if anyone has tried/tested the following potentially  
useful extensions and if so what their opinion was/is:


"Two recently released text-to-speech extensions can transform  
Firefox into a talking Web browser suitable for users with visual  
impairments -- and anyone else who can use a speech interface to the  
Web. Fire Vox is designed to be a full-fledged "screen reader in a  
browser," usable for daily browsing even for unsighted users. CLiCk,  
Speak provides point-and-click screen reading, which can be helpful  
for partially-sighted users or sighted users who have written  
language difficulties (such as dyslexia)."


http://www.linux.com/feature/122197

Nick


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RE: [WSG] Article: "Vocalize Firefox" (text-to-speech extensions for Firefox)

2007-12-05 Thread Steve Green 
A year ago I started to evaluate FireVox 2.6 and had a dialog with Charles
Chen, its creator. At that time there is no way I would describe it as
"full-fledged screen reader" as it had many shortcomings. I got the
impression it was really just a hobby project, and Charles said he had
pretty much abandoned it in order to work on more interesting stuff. I see
it is now up to version 3.4 so it will be interesting to see how it has
progressed.

It was certainly usable, but it bears no comparison with a professional
screen reader like JAWS, which is a far superior product. OK, it should be
for $1500 but people should not think that they're getting a $1500 product
for free when they install FireVox. It's more akin to products in the $200
price bracket.

One example of the difference is in forms where  elements have not
been used, and let's face it, that's 99% of all forms. JAWS applies
heuristics to identify the text that is most likely to be the label, and
associates it with the form control as if a  element had been used. 9
times out of 10 it gets it right. FireVox does not do this.

Steve

 

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Sent: 05 December 2007 04:25
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Subject: [WSG] Article: "Vocalize Firefox" (text-to-speech extensions for
Firefox)

I'm wondering if anyone has tried/tested the following potentially useful
extensions and if so what their opinion was/is:

"Two recently released text-to-speech extensions can transform Firefox into
a talking Web browser suitable for users with visual impairments -- and
anyone else who can use a speech interface to the Web. Fire Vox is designed
to be a full-fledged "screen reader in a browser," usable for daily browsing
even for unsighted users. CLiCk, Speak provides point-and-click screen
reading, which can be helpful for partially-sighted users or sighted users
who have written language difficulties (such as dyslexia)."

http://www.linux.com/feature/122197

Nick


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Re: [WSG] Article: "Vocalize Firefox" (text-to-speech extensions for Firefox)

2007-12-04 Thread Christian Snodgrass 
I haven't tried them before but they sound very interesting. I'll have 
to give them a look.


Nick Lo wrote:
I'm wondering if anyone has tried/tested the following potentially 
useful extensions and if so what their opinion was/is:


"Two recently released text-to-speech extensions can transform Firefox 
into a talking Web browser suitable for users with visual impairments 
-- and anyone else who can use a speech interface to the Web. Fire Vox 
is designed to be a full-fledged "screen reader in a browser," usable 
for daily browsing even for unsighted users. CLiCk, Speak provides 
point-and-click screen reading, which can be helpful for 
partially-sighted users or sighted users who have written language 
difficulties (such as dyslexia)."


http://www.linux.com/feature/122197

Nick


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[WSG] Article: "Vocalize Firefox" (text-to-speech extensions for Firefox)

2007-12-04 Thread Nick Lo 
I'm wondering if anyone has tried/tested the following potentially  
useful extensions and if so what their opinion was/is:


"Two recently released text-to-speech extensions can transform  
Firefox into a talking Web browser suitable for users with visual  
impairments -- and anyone else who can use a speech interface to the  
Web. Fire Vox is designed to be a full-fledged "screen reader in a  
browser," usable for daily browsing even for unsighted users. CLiCk,  
Speak provides point-and-click screen reading, which can be helpful  
for partially-sighted users or sighted users who have written  
language difficulties (such as dyslexia)."


http://www.linux.com/feature/122197

Nick


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