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Re: AT Standards Support

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From: Hoffman, Allen
Date: Feb 16, 2010 4:57PM

While a scientific evaluation of effectiveness of accessing information
via various AT products, for people with various disabilities may
identify some patterns, knowing what level various AT products support
accessibility frameworks would go a long way towards highlighting the
utility of such frameworks, or highlighting why AT doesn't work so well.
To my knowledge such documentation is not part of standard AT product
information. It should be, since that is in some cases critical to
determining the utility of the AT for a particular task and IT
environment.

So, if an AT doesn't support, UIA for example, and that is absolutely
required to effectively use an application, don't buy the AT that
doesn't support UIA.