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Re: Accessibility testing program?

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From: Ro
Date: Nov 9, 2010 12:42PM

Oh thanks for all the great info. I'll pass that along. For now she's
got me to test with Mac and my friends to test for Jaws, but I'm sure
she's eventually gonna want to learn herself. She's just beginning all
this. Thanks again!

~Randi and Guide Dog Jayden

Its an adventure, said Fred.

On Nov 9, 2010, at 8:29 AM, Terrill Bennett wrote:

> I have a small list of 19 online tools, browser plug-ins, etc (all
> links validated an hour ago):
> http://bennett1.org/j15/accessibility/accessibility-links
>
> While automated tools are great, the ultimate accessibility tests
> (as-in more than one) should be real humans, using real assistive
> technology. Perhaps those who oversee the UA website can put you in
> contact with the appropriate testers or other students in your area:
>
> The UA Website "About" page with contacts and other links:
> http://www.arizona.edu/website
>
> UA Web Developer Group (you might want to join?):
> http://uaweb.arizona.edu/
>
> You may want to consider learning how to use a screen reader,
> yourself. While you may not become proficient, it will give you an
> idea during development of how your changes are working. NVDA is
> free. There's a "portable" version that does NOT install anything on
> your PC - if you're using a computer on which you don't have
> authority to install software, all you need to do is create a
> directory, run the download to extract NVDA, and execute nvda.exe:
>
> http://www.nvda-project.org/
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> -- Terrill --
>
>