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Re: Jaws and Window Eyes info needed

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From: Geof Collis
Date: Nov 14, 2009 7:05AM

>Hi Jared
>
>Perhaps I'm missing your point here:
>
>And if you are a web evaluator, how are you to evaluate the product or
>make a purchasing decision if evaluation and testing is strictly
>prohibited? In other words, if you're wondering about purchasing JAWS
>to do evaluation, you must either purchase it without ever using it or
>violate the terms of use of the 40 minute demonstration version.
>
>Why would you even give it a second thought, if you want to test
>your site with JAWS then you have no choice but to purchase it, 40
>minutes is not enough time to understand the complexities of a
>screen reader, I would suggest that people try doing there job for a
>whole day using a screen reader with no cheating, then you will
>truly understand the barriers and frustrations faced by screen reader users.
>
>cheers
>
>Geof

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