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Re: Another example of role="alert" not being read by NVDA

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From: Susan Grossman
Date: May 16, 2013 12:49PM

Good points made. Didn't realize the prevalence.

Susan


On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Steve Green <
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> It sounds like you understand how the license works. However, I encounter
> a lot of companies that have used the trial version continuously for many
> years, and many of these encourage other people to do the same.
>
> I am not sure anyone on this list actually does need to do a trial. We all
> know (because it has been stated a thousand times) that all screen readers
> behave differently, so if you are designing or testing a website that has
> to work with JAWS, then you have to have JAWS. And on the flip side, very
> few people are going to spend $1000+ on it if they don't have to.
>
> Steve Green
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