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

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From: Lucy Greco
Date: May 16, 2013 1:07PM

I don't recommend a dev. even try and fully learn jaws. there are better
ways to use a devs time. you should really find a reel jaws user to test
and watch them run through the process, because as much as you try to
become a jaws expert you will not get the same outcome as a reel jaws
user. after all you have a mouse and a screen the temptation to use them
is always there. it is valuable to get a screen reader dependent user to
go through so not only do you see how your project does but what steps the
user goes through to do what you want them to do that sometimes is more
informative. Its ok to test a few things as a sited person with haws but
you will never get the full useable test without a reel live user.

Lucia Greco
Web Access Analyst
IST-Campus Technology Services
University of California, Berkeley
(510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco
http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
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