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Re: FW: 508 asks for a VPAT what does W3C have that's similar

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From: Morin, Gary (NIH/OD) [E]
Date: Oct 31, 2013 12:58PM

Speech Recognition software (e.g., Dragon Naturally Speaking), even though it's almost universally excluded - keyboard access really doesn't help everyone.

I think this list for testing is fairly current (in terms of versions) - it's partly based on what AT is commonly in use at Federal agencies and is what is provided by CAP (http://www.cap.mil/). a broader audience will, of course, require much more flexibility, for your lowest common denominator.

a. Screen Readers
i. JAWS 13.0 and JAWS 14.0<http://www.freedomscientific.com/>; (http://www.FreedomScientific.com)
ii. NVDA<http://www.nvda-project.org>; (http://www.nvda-project.org/ or http://www.nvaccess.org/)
iii. Window-Eyes 8.3<http://www.gwmicro.com/>;
iv. SuperNova Screen Reader (formerly Hal)<http://www.yourdolphin.com/productdetail.asp?id=5>;
b. Screen Magnifiers
i. MAGic 11.0<http://www.freedomscientific.com/products/lv/magic-bl-product-page.asp>;
ii. ZoomText 9.1<http://www.AISquared.com>;
c. Speech Recognition Software<http://cap.tricare.mil/Solutions/ProductCategory.aspx?DisabilityID=1&;CategoryID=29&SolutionType=Products>
i. Dragon Naturally Speaking, Medical 10.0
ii. Dragon Naturally Speaking, Professional 12.5<http://www.cap.mil/>;

Gary