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From: E.J. Zufelt
Date: Oct 6, 2010 10:42PM

I'm not sure how well any screen-reader works with "inaccessible Flash content". There are definitely many areas in which NVDA could improve. Let's get the government subsidies flowing to NV Access so that it can happen :)

That being said, I use NVDA almost every day to assist me in places where JAWS fails hard, like working with Firebug.

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On 2010-10-07, at 12:36 AM, Jeevan Reddy wrote:

> Hello chuck,
> NVDA is pretty much similar to Commercial Screen Readers as for as Web is
> concerned.
> it may have some Accessibility problems in Desk top Applications, it'll work
> well with internet and
> work equally with commercial Screen Readers.
>
> REgards,
> Jeevan
>
> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:47 AM, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> 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
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> 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
>>>