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Re: Wai Aria how useful?

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From: ckrugman
Date: Jul 27, 2010 2:39PM

As a screen reader user I would not consider those valid grounds for testing
purposes. The criteria especially that it is free is not a subjective
requirement to ascertain usage. I think I would stick with the tried and
true that has been around for testing purposes to insure compliance. It is
disappointing to even think that web designers would consider compromising
testing standards in this manner.
chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Faulkner" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 6:41 AM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Wai Aria how useful?


Hi Michael,

>Why would you consider user testing with a screen reader that is not yet
widely used to be useful?

according to the latest webaim screen reader survey NVDA is commonly used by
25% of respondents.

Also it is a screen reader that is much more widley available than other
screen readers (localized into 20+ languages) and is free.

regards
steve
On 27 July 2010 14:36, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Why would you consider user testing with a screen reader that is not yet
> widely used to be useful? I agree that NVDA has better support for ARIA at
> this time than the main stream screen readers. But using NVDA for user
> testing for visually impaired users would be like relying on Arora as your
> browser for user testing for non-disabled users.
>
> Mike Moore
> (512) 424-4159
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