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Re: Jaws and Window Eyes info needed

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From: Geof Collis
Date: Nov 14, 2009 8:00AM

Hi Birkir

I tried System Access to go and while it is a very useful tool I did
not find it as good as JAWS so I wouldn't go as far as to say that if
a page works fine with it then it'll work with other screen readers.

Also, screen readers have very much to do with web accessibility. :O)

cheers

Geof

At 09:09 AM 11/14/2009, you wrote:
>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
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