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Re: Screen readers usage and support

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From: Ilya Shubik
Date: Mar 7, 2012 3:18AM

Jeevan, Gary,

Thanks for prompt responses and links to references. That is generally
the strategy we were going with right now.

We will have a external company to perform excessive AT testing of the
site on top of in house qa

Best regards

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 9:22 PM, Morin, Gary (NIH/OD) [E]
< <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Keep in mind the following
>
> EIT products conform to Section 508
> Federal agencies comply (or not) with Section 508
> 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.
> Accessible does not always equal Section 508-conformant
> Section 508-conformant does not always equal accessible (except when the
> Functional Performance Criteria are taken seriously)
> 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> > 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
>>