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Re: Something's amiss with the latest survey

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From: Lucy Greco
Date: Aug 28, 2015 1:27PM

i New we would face this day when MS gave the free ticket to we but not
that bad so soon. I am having a hard enough time still having to support
jaws when NVDA does so much better on web apps then any other screen
reader if your telling me i need to start testing with we i can't take it
is it time for me to move to that cave in the woods MS disrupted the
market when they moved in to we. now the screen reader that supports the
least web basics is gaining momentum. get me out of this industry before
i have to use more screen readers that suck Lucy

On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Moore,Michael (HHSC) <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> First let me be clear. I have been a fan of WebAIM, Karl Groves, TPG and
> this list for a while myself. But I have to respectfully disagree with my
> esteemed colleague regarding the value of the results as device to
> demonstrate the diversity of the screen reader user community.
>
> One alternative explanation for the increase in the number of users
> reporting ZoomText as a primary screen reader may simply be the wider
> dissemination of the survey. Through my work I have consistently
> encountered what seemed to be a larger number of people using ZoomText as a
> screen reader than was indicated by previous surveys. Given that my data
> was anecdotal rather than scientific I felt that it could simply be a
> product of my unique work environment that brought me in contact with a
> greater number of visually impaired users with lower levels of technical
> skills than the average accessibility specialist.
>
> As for the growth of Window Eyes - the Microsoft program is bound to have
> an impact. Particularly when you consider the number of enterprise
> customers who can now fulfill reasonable accommodation requests with a
> commercial, Microsoft endorsed (implicit), screen reading product.
>
> Mike Moore
> Accessibility Coordinator
> Texas Health and Human Services Commission
> Civil Rights Office
>
>