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From: Jim Homme
Date: Dec 6, 2016 12:31PM

Hi,
I'd like to continue this discussion and bring in a different point in a separate e-mail because I am going through a similar situation. So far, I've looked at a site I'm evaluating with two screen readers, JAWS and NVDA. Those screen readers support Braille differently. I know that's not a very helpful explanation, so I will try to get my thoughts in order separately. I think that the differences are great enough in Braille support that you may have to evaluate using both screen readers on the PC. You may even need to get Window-eyes and use that. Anyway, so far I feel that JAWS has better and more comprehensive Braille support than NVDA does. I will try to get the exact symptoms together and report them, but the differences seem to be mostly how things are displayed, and not that NVDA doesn't work in some situations. But, as I said, I'll report back.

Jim


=========Jim Homme,
Team Lead and Accessibility Consultant,
Bender HighTest Accessibility Team
Bender Consulting Services, Inc.,
412-787-8567,
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