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Re: is there data on most popular browser/screen-reader combos?

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Apr 10, 2015 9:00AM

Hi

Jaws has traditionally been optimized for use with IE (or that is the
public notion).
I find that it works better with FF than IE myself, but when you see
Jaws you should be able to insert "IE".
NVDA is the opposite, totally optimized for FF in the past, but most
recent version improves an already decent (not perfect but much
improved) support for IE, I would still pair NVDA with FF.
I do not think users use Chrome much. In my limited experience NVDA is
superior to Jaws with Chrome, but I would consider that a distant
third for Windows.
Safari browser for Windows is not very accessible with any Windows
screen reader.
Then it leaves Voiceover with Safari on OSX and iOS, and Talkback is
most accessible with Firefox on Android.
Those are my impressions, I do not have any solid data to back this up
beyond the WebAIM survey.
Cheers
-B

On 4/10/15, Carin Headrick < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi. I know the WebAIM survey indicates most popular screen-readers and
> ranks them, but is there anywhere that has data on most popular
> screen-reader/browser combos? Such as IE/JAWS is top, followed by
> Voiceover/Safari, then followed by NVDA/Firefox? I'm just making this
> up, but you get my drift.
>
> I took a quick look, but failed to find it. Maybe I'm not looking in the
> right spots.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carin
> > > > >


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