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From: AMY OILMAN
Date: Aug 2, 2001 1:47PM


We have a small lab at USPS. We have different operating systems,
versions of JAWS and versions of MS Office on our machines too. It
seems that the capabilities of the screen reader differ with the
operating system and version of office. We also have Dragon
Naturally Speaking and Jawbone in our lab and we are testing
different microphones including wireless ones. We also test new
applications for accessibility features like Adobe 5.0 and Capture
3.0 in our lab. We have a data center in St. Louis that has been
set up with the proper environment for Java and Oracle
accessibility. Our Assistive technology facilities are mainly used
by developers to test their applications for accessibility.
I hope this helps
Amy Oilman
United States Postal Service
Section 508 Technical Team

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Subject: Re: Setting Up a Lab?
Author: <EMAIL REMOVED> at INTERNET
Date: 8/2/01 2:45 PM

Does anyone know if IBM Home Page Reader is very
> widely used?
The numbers are quite low compared to Jaws, but the numbers are rising. In
general, Home Page Reader (HPR) handles Web pages better than Jaws, in my
opinion. The drawback of HPR is that it is only for Web content, so people
who use it would have to switch between their main screen reader and HPR. I
don't have any exact numbers of usage statistics, but HPR is _definitely_
something that I would want to have in a lab.
Paul Bohman
Technology Coordinator
WebAIM: Web Accessibility in Mind (www.webaim.org)
Center for Persons with Disabilities (www.cpd.usu.edu)
Utah State University (www.usu.edu)