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Re: Jaws and Window Eyes info needed

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From: Birkir Gunnarsson
Date: Nov 14, 2009 7:10AM

Keep in mind both System Access from www.satogo.com and NVDA (Non Visual
Desktop Access) from www.nvda-project.org are free screen readers that can
be used while testing accessibility. If a page works with these two they
will work fine with Jaws and the more expensive alternatives (a disclaimer
that NVDA is designed for FireFox and its IE support has been very minimal,
however I see in their latest update they are adding IE support).
NVDA is open source whilst Serotek has provided this free accessibility
solution for mobile users and, I suspect, partly for people wanting to test
accessibility.
I hope I am not seeing a representative portion of this list as I very
recently subscribed. I was hoping to see discussions on web accessibility
problems, not the usual screen reader bashing, however justified.
Cheers
-B