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Re: HPR 3.04 - IE7 - WinXP - Complete Doctype

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From: Joshue O Connor
Date: Mar 8, 2007 9:50AM

>Jared Smith
>HPR was the best screen reader for
> developer use and I imagine that a large share of their customers were
> from the seeing community.

<echo rant>

Absolutely. IMO it was really useful for user testing purposes as you
could show the speech output as highlighted text in a separate window so
a sighted user who was just not used to the way a screen reader
operates, or who indeed finds listening to a screen reader a little
overwhelming.

This was great for user testing purposes as a sighted person could more
easily make connections between what was going on on-screen and the
speech output so people watching a user test could more easily follow
what was going on.

Josh


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