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Re: Question about Screen Readers

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From: John Goldthwaite
Date: Aug 14, 2001 2:44PM

Using Lynx is an approximation of what the blind person hears when using the
screenreader, however you have to remember that speech takes a lot more time
than reading. A better approximation would be to look at Lynx through a
drinking straw so you only see a word at a time. The screenreader has
keyboard commands so that the blind user has control over the reading.
There are several courses on developing accessible web content. The
tutorial on the WebAIM site is a good place to start. We have a course that
is currently on Jim Thatcher's website at
http://www.jimthatcher.com/webcourse1.htm The WAI has a web based course at
http://www.w3.org/WAI/wcag-curric/ and the Federal Information Technology
Access Initative has one at http://www.section508.gov/classes.html