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From: L Snider
Date: May 13, 2016 4:20PM

Hi Gary,

I was really glad you asked that question, because I should be more
specific-as we both know accessible can mean so many things! I totally
agree with what you said below, and it is important to be reminded. Today I
was talking about videos and sign language...many people forget about sign
language when talking about videos, but also documents...As well, many
people with dyslexia or ADD use screen readers, so it is really important
to get the details right!

I want to research more about speech recognition, because the tools have
become so much better (I used Dragon when it came out, and it wasn't
pretty...) that I think way more people are using it daily. I don't see
much out there on it, so thanks for sharing on the list. This list is
awesome!

Cheers

Lisa



On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 5:10 PM, Morin, Gary (NIH/OD) [E] <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi, Lisa – my question about Superfish was really meant to be rhetorical –
> to raise the issue that the word "accessible" is used without clear
> definition or clarification, as if everyone agrees with what it means –
> typically, in terms of ScreenReaders and vision loss, assuming no one else
> with any other impairment or disability needs to be considered.
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> As a speech recognition user, keyboard navigation doesn't really help –
> not unless each keystroke or key combination is mapped to an oral command.
> My point, hopefully ‘of course', is that not everyone who's disabled is
> blind/sight impaired, and not everyone who uses AT is using vision-related
> AT.
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>
> W/best regards,
>
>
>
> Gary
>
>
>
> *From:* L Snider [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> *Sent:* Friday, May 13, 2016 5:41 PM
> *To:* Morin, Gary (NIH/OD) [E] < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> *Cc:* WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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> *Subject:* Re: [WebAIM] Trouble with a menu in Druple
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> Hi Gary,
>
> Great questions, thanks. The people I know who have worked on it for their
> own websites concentrated on screen reader users (I can't tell you which
> ones they tested as that part I don't know). I can say that I have read
> that the menus seem to work well with keyboard navigation right out of the
> box.
>
> I was looking at it about 2 years ago and decided to go with PVII instead:
> http://projectseven.com/products/index.htm
>
> No endorsement on either of them, but PVII have been accessibility
> friendly for years (they were pretty good for limited dexterity, screen
> readers, no js, keyboard only). Only problem was that PVII doesn't do a
> module, so Superfish is easier to install because of it....
>
> I would love to know if anyone has tested Superfish with speech
> recognition software, as that I have not seen anywhere.
>
> Sorry I wasn't clear, I should be more specific-thanks for the reminder!
>
> Cheers
>
> Lisa
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>