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From: Karl Groves
Date: Mar 3, 2007 12:50PM

Tedd -

Unfortunately, this really is the kind of thing you must experience to
understand.
On a most basic level, the answer is obvious: It reads the page.
But the experience - for the user of the software - is much more than just
hearing text being read aloud. Things like navigating, following links, and
support for event handlers & dynamic content is also at issue as well.

I wholeheartedly recommend downloading a trial version of Jaws:
http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_downloads/jaws.asp
There are far too many features (such as shortcut keys) for you to be able
to learn it during the demo period, but actually using a screen reader for a
while will be much more beneficial to you than almost anything.



Karl L. Groves
User-Centered Design, Inc.
Office: 703-729-0998
Mobile: 443-889-8763
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