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Re: Government subsidies, was The cost of accessibility

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From: ckrugman
Date: Oct 6, 2010 2:18PM

As a screen reader I can only say don't get too excited yet as NVDA
while being able to perform basic functions cannot do all the complex
functions that advanced computer users need from a screen reader. I'm not
sure how effective it is when dealing with inaccessible flash content that
is all in an image format.
Chuck
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From: "Denis Boudreau" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Government subsidies, was The cost of accessibility


> Hi Everett,
>
> On 2010-10-05, at 11:47 PM, E.J. Zufelt wrote:
>
>> Better yet. Why not send those subsidies to opensource AT developers so
>> that people around the world can have Free access to quality assistive
>> technology?
>
> This is exactly what I thought. It's hard to upgrade and maintain some of
> the tools made available like Jaws, but others are free and are becoming
> increasingly usable as versions come out. Yes, I'm pointing at you NVDA!
> <grin>
>
> That being said, I work closely with people who have visual disabilities
> and as it turns out, most of them are reluctant to go from Jaws to NVDA
> because old habits die hard.
>
> /Denis
>