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Re: Question about screen readers

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From: Michael Goddard
Date: Aug 15, 2001 8:20AM

Mark,
Everytime I have tried to access this file..the buffering keeps hanging..I
have waited over 5 minutes for the file to open and nothing is happening.
FYI,
Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Rew" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "WebAIM forum" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 7:22 AM
Subject: Re: Question about Screen Readers.

> Michael,
>
> Can you take a look at a text captioned bideo we did. We use MAGPIE and
> created a SMIL file that runs under Real Player. You will need to have
> captioning enabled. This setting is in View preferences under
> accessibility. Please tell me how well we did, and what we can do to
> improve our captioning. See
> http://www.nws.noaa.gov/cfo/media/darrell_waltrip.smil
>
> thanks
> Mark Rew
> National Weather Service
> Office of the Chief Information Officer
> 301-713-0262 x131
> e-mail: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Goddard" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> To: "WebAIM forum" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 4:00 PM
> Subject: Question about Screen Readers.
>
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> > I am curious as to exactly what do the screen readers "read and speak".
I
> > am deaf so I cannot "first-hand" experiment with something like this.
> >
> > I have downloaded the Lynx browser to see what might a screen reader
"read
> > and say" is this a reliable thing? Do the screen readers just speak the
> > text or do the screen readers actually speak the HTML coding as well?
> >
> > I am trying to migrate more into the accessibility field for web design
> and
> > development since I believe it is going to explode in the near future.
> > Currently, I have over 5 years experience working in the field of web
> > development (strictly HTML coding) have learned many more skills
> including,
> > graphics, PHP, MySQL programming.
> >
> > Anyone know of some online training for this? I know that WebAIM has
> > courses but I cannot afford something like that. I am hoping there
might
> be
> > free courses anywhere?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Michael
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