Are there any recommendations for screen readers to test with I'd like to at least 'preview' what our site(s) sound like to such a user.Thanx...Mike
to try before you
purchase.
For developer testing in speech there is IBM Home Page Reader
is very affordable at $150.
http://www-306.ibm.com/able/
Original message
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:52:10 -0500
From: Michael Yeaney [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [WSG] Screen reader recommendations
: Michael Yeaney [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 8:52 AM
Subject: [WSG] Screen reader recommendations???
Are there any recommendations for screen readers to test with I'd like
to at least 'preview' what our site(s) sound like to such a user
Michael Yeaney wrote:
Are there any recommendations for screen readers to test with I'd
like to at least 'preview' what our site(s) sound like to such a user.
I don't know what country you're in, but in the UK, HAL from Dolphin
is very popular. It's very similar to JAWS but a lot, lot
-Beast.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 9:19 AM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] Screen reader recommendations???
Hello Michael,
Try the Opera 8.5 browser [1]. Sounds very much like the
stand-alone products and it's very simple and convenient to
use. Great test tool
sheet.
Accessing the ALT text for images.
http://cita.disability.uiuc.edu/software/mozilla/
Jon
Original message
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:05:20 -0500
From: Berman, Pamela E [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [WSG] Screen reader recommendations???
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Michael Yeaney wrote:
Are there any recommendations for screen readers to test with I'd
like to at least 'preview' what our site(s) sound like to such a user.
It's probably worth mentioning that unless you invest a considerable
amount of time becoming familiar with a screen reader, and
Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
It's probably worth mentioning that unless you invest a considerable
amount of time becoming familiar with a screen reader, and use it just
as a *real* screen reader user uses it, any testing may lead you to the
wrong type of conclusion, or worse tempt you to optimise
Mark Harris wrote:
but quality testing can only come from one
familiar with the tools.
If you allow me to coin a phrase: quality testing can only come from
quality testers (where, in case it doesn't translate too well from UK
parlance, the second quality there is used as an adjective, as in
