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From: Elle
Date: Mar 6, 2012 3:33PM

Gary:

I just wanted to thank you for the thorough reply and excellent quote at
the end of your post.

Cheers,
Elle

*^* Sent with my cell. Please forgive typos.*^*
On Mar 6, 2012 3:24 PM, "Morin, Gary (NIH/OD) [E]" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Keep in mind the following
> 1. EIT products conform to Section 508
> 2. Federal agencies comply (or not) with Section 508
> 3. JAWS or any screen reader-compatible software does not equal
> Section 508 conformant nor does it equal accessible to oh so many other
> people with other disabilities.
> 4. Accessible does not always equal Section 508-conformant
> 5. Section 508-conformant does not always equal accessible (except
> when the Functional Performance Criteria are taken seriously)
> 6. Accessible for a (fill in the blank) does not necessarily mean
> Accessible for any other (fill in the blank) - using either disabilities
> for each blank or assistive technologies for each blank.
> Is your Assistive Technology testing being done by real-life users of that
> AT or by non-disabled users who really aren't fluent in the AT?
> Is your Assistive Technology testing being done in addition to manual
> testing based on the formal Section 508 standards from the US Access Board?
> What company are you with?
> Gary M. Morin, Program Analyst
>
> WHAT IF THE FIRST QUESTION WE ASKED WAS, "WHAT IS SO UNIQUE ABOUT THIS
> SITUATION THAT IT JUSTIFIES EXCLUSION? INSTEAD OF, "HOW MUCH DOES IT COST
> TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE?"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeevan Reddy [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 8:15 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Screen readers usage and support
>
> Shubik,
> you can see the screen reader survey @
> http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey3/
>
> When it comes to how many screen readers should we support there is no
> statistics available. Follow the ARIA best practices along with the section
> 508 standards that you follow that will enhance accessibility for most of
> the screen readers
>
>
>
> On 3/6/12, Ilya Shubik < <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >>
> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > We have started a project at my company to ensure that webapps that we
> > are running are Section 508 compliant. One of the questions that we
> > are trying to wrap our heads around is whether there are some stats
> > available on screen readers usage and its %% split between different
> > versions.
> >
> > Should we be aiming to support ALL screenreaders available on market
> > and look for most compatibility with all internet browsers. Or should
> > we be aligning to top used screen readers?
> >
> > Thanks for feedback
> >