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From: Iaffaldano, Michelangelo
Date: Dec 13, 2012 12:34PM

While testing with NVDA and Fangs (a Firefox extension that writes a text simulation of a default JAWS output) is very handy, keep in mind that your experience will be completely different from that of a real user of assistive technology. I encourage you to involve real people with disabilities in your testing as much as possible. Shawn Henry wrote a book exactly about that: http://uiaccess.com/accessucd/
Michelangelo

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From: Greg Gamble [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: December 13, 2012 11:03 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List ( <EMAIL REMOVED> )
Subject: [WebAIM] Text-Readers for development

Hello,
Can anyone recommend a free screen reader for UI development work. I'm doing my best for creating an accessible site, but it's a guess if what I'm doing is working like I think it is.

Thanks for any help,
Greg Gamble