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From: Randi
Date: Aug 25, 2009 9:45AM

Hi there,

I use Voiceover with Mac OS 10 and Safari. The first thing I noticed
is at the very top of the page, it said "image" about 4 times. A
description might be nice. Also, there is no skip to main content link
on any of the pages. I didn't encounter any kind of scrolling thing,
so I'm guessing VO just skipped over it or something. I clicked on the
"about us" link hoping for a description, but it just seems to list a
lot of numbers for different users, which doesn't make much sense. The
reader picked up some spelling mistakes, which can be hard for a
screenreader. Usually I can tell what the word is, but sometimes you
can't, so spelling errors are definitely an issue sometimes.

Also, I don't navigate by headers but I know a lot of people do, and I
didn't notice any headers. I can't speak for colors or contrasts, but
I know when I could see, I preferred a light background with dark
text. It might be helpful to include whatever developers do that let
people change their own contrast and text size, like on www.saavi.us.

I didn't look at much else specifically, but will be more than happy
to explore more if you need.

HTH,
Randi