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Re: Seeking inputs on Arabic Content Screen Readers!

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From: Jeevan Reddy
Date: Dec 9, 2010 12:21AM

Hi,
Thank you Priti and Christophe.
If any one in the list has experience in the Arabic content Accessibility,
please please!! feel free to talk to me.
i need more and more inputs on this.
First i'll try both the Supernova and IBSAR, and catch up you in the list if
i have any queries.

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:45 PM, Christophe Strobbe <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi,
>
> At 12:02 6/12/2010, Jeevan Reddy wrote:
> >Hi Folks,
> >Hope you are Well.
> >I'm Seeking inputs on Arabic Screen Readers.
> >I'm working for a Dubai Based Company as Accessibility Tester, Basically
> >most of our Web Sites Contains both English and Arabic content.
> >Generally i Use NVDA to test for Accessibility, though NVDA has Arabic
> >language option, it has little compatibility with Arabic language.
> >Can you Say "which screen Reader has better support for Arabic language?".
>
> In 2008, the screen reader IBSAR by Sakhr Software (Kuwait) won the
> World Summit Award:
> <http://www.wsis-award.org/winner/ibsar-vision-blind-49820100624>;.
> There is also a YouTube video that presents this screen reader:
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLtiiJVX2vI>;.
> However, I have not heard any news about this screen reader since then.
> If you find out that it is still available, please notify this list.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Christophe
>
>
> >And is there any of us working on arabic Web content Accessibility?
> >Dear folks please throw me a little light on this.
> >Awating your Response!
> >
> >
> >Thanks and Regards,
> >Jeevan.
>
>
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