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From: Ruth Stillman
Date: Sep 4, 2002 7:45AM

Mark,

I appreciate your suggestion about using an outside review team. It may
be something we could offer to our clients, but that would be at their expense
if they so desired.

In the meantime, we are implementing an internal process for creating accessible
sites as well as for testing new and existing sites for accessibility.
The purchase of JAWS is just one component of this process. I am working
on writing up standards for our developers to follow when writing code as
well as evaluating sites based on the W3C recommendations for this that
are found at http://www.w3.org/WAI/eval/.

Ruth


>From: "Mark Rew" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>Reply-To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>To: < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>Subject: Re: Preferred OS for screen readers
>Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 10:29:58 -0400
>
>Yes, the Operating system makes a huge difference in screen readers. Products
>such as Jaws and Windows eyes are written for the Windows os. Jaws usage
the
>MSAA api.
>
>The operating system Linux will use a speech solution such as emacs or
>SpeakUp. SpeakUp is a modification to the Linux Kernel of the Operating
>System.
>
>Some Apple OS are using another os specific package I think is called
>Out-Spoken.
>
>My question is:
>Does purchasing a Screen Reader serve your purpose. Consider getting a
review
>team outside of your organization to review your products for all
>accessibility. And, of course, use the standards such as the W3C and Section
>508.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ruth Stillman" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>To: < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 10:07 AM
>Subject: Preferred OS for screen readers
>
>
> > My company is looking to purchase JAWS so that we can do more extensive
> > testing of sites that we create. Does the operating system make any
>difference
> > when it comes to screen readers?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Ruth Stillman
> > Senior User Experience Designer
> > Molecular, Inc.
> > http://www.molecular.com
> >
> >



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