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From: Srinivasu Chakravarthula
Date: Aug 11, 2016 11:14PM

Hello Sucharu,
As far as I know, neither Section 508 nor WCAG 2.0 set any criterion on
what screen reader to be used for accessibility testing. It's choice of
testers or the test agency. What I usually do is I test with one screen
reader and when I have a situation where I know that issue may be related
to limitation of screen reader, I'll double check with second screen
reader. At the same time, I will not only rely on screen reader but also do
review the code to ensure right technique is used.

Hope this helps,
-Srinivasu

Regards,

Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Twitter: http://twitter.com/CSrinivasu/
Website: http://www.srinivasu.org | http://serveominclusion.com

Let's create an inclusive web!

Lead Accessibility Consultant, Informatica
Hon. Joint Secretary, The National Association for the Blind, Karnataka
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On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 10:22 AM, sucharu < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Hope you all doing well.
>
> I do have a concern: Do Section 508 lays some criterion for assistive
> technologies being used to evaluate some software or web content?
>
> Here is a scenario, some application is to be tested with ChromeVox (to
> carry out usability part of accessibility testing), while the underlying
> content is confirming to WCAG 2.0 but is inaccessible for screen-reader
> user. Hence, it fails to pass usability tests.
>
> As far as I know, VPATs don't contain information regarding the test
> matrixbeing used while carrying out accessibility testing.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Sucharu
>