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From: Birkir Rúnar Gunnarsson
Date: Sep 8, 2010 11:04PM

Hi

I cannot speak to this particular solution (I can go look at it), but
why not use your very own NVDA (www.nvda-project.org) to demonstrate.
I am not 100% sure but I do belive it has a virtual viewer so the
audience can see what is being spoken by the screen reader and where
its focus is. Also it is more relistic and you can show off tricks
such as using e to jump between edit fields, bo to jump between
buttons and so on.
The benefits of good web page design is not just readability but, at
least equally, quick and intelligent navigation, utilizing the html
elements on a page to find the material you want fast, be it an edit
field, check box or heading.
In general, I'd like developers and users to see a screen readers that
user are actually using rather than something that is more a specific
solution or demonstration only tool (nothing against the particular
tool you mention since I have not even tested it, but I assume it is
not widely used since I haven't even heard about it).
There is also a decent video on the webaim.com site (under
introduction / blind users( that demosntrates the use of a screen
reader in a fairly precise package, if you want to go the prpackaged
route. :)
I can send you the exact url on or off list if you want.
Just my two cents worth, or at least penny's worth. :)
-Birkir


On 9/8/10, Webb, KerryA < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> I've been doing a series of presentations to our Web Managers in
> preparation for the adoption of WCAG 2.0 as our standard, and I'm using
> WebAnywhere (http://webanywhere.cs.washington.edu/wa.php) as a way of
> introducing them to the concept of a screen reader.
>
> I suspect it's a good approximation of the experience, but can anyone
> advise whether this is so?
>
> Thanks
>
> Kerry
> --
> Kerry Webb
> ACT Government
> Canberra, Australia
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