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From: Philip Kiff
Date: Sep 20, 2019 2:33PM

Oh, and WebAIM does an excellent annual survey of screen reader users
and they publish the results, including a table showing the most popular
combinations of browsers and screen readers:
https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey7/#browsercombos

On 2019-09-20 16:18, Philip Kiff wrote:
> I guess the point I was trying to make is that there is no "best"
> combination of a single specific browser with a single screen reader
> that is "best" for testing accessibility.
>
> I'm not a specialist in the advantages and disadvantages of the many,
> many different testing configurations available, but based on what
> you've explained so far, I would recommend thinking of which screen
> readers you are going to test with first. Then, you can decide if it
> even matters which browsers you are using.
>
> If you are going to use multiple browser and screen reader
> combinations, then I would suggest that one of the screen readers
> should be JAWS. That is the most widely used screen reader, and if
> your site is not usable in JAWS then that will be a problem.
>
> Phil.
>
> On 2019-09-20 13:44, Praunicorn wrote:
>> Hi Philip Kiff,
>>
>> Thank you for your information , but I am not able see the
>> information for  Chrome & Edge browsers in the reply chain.
>>
>> Chrome & Edge :
>>
>> 1. I am using the following combination  "Chrome with NVDA" because 
>> In NVDA website they mentioned that they are supporting chrome along
>> with the FF.
>>
>> 2. And also I have doubt, among IE and Edge which one is the best for
>> Accessibility testing and what is screen reader combination for this.
>>
>>              Regards,
>> Sreekar
>>
>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>>
>> From: Philip Kiff
>> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2019 10:42 PM
>> To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Browser and Screen Reader Combination
>>
>> Hi Sreekar,
>>
>> The WebAIM list has a search function you can use to see if topics have
>> been covered before:
>> https://webaim.org/discussion/archives
>>
>> There have been many discussions about the best combinations of screen
>> readers and browsers, for e.g.:
>> Thread: Screen Reader Version & Browser Version Combination Matrix
>> https://webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread?thread†98
>>
>> The best combination depends on several factors - including especially
>> your target audience and what capacity you have for testing. Maybe your
>> combination is right for you.
>>
>> Lots of folks seem to test with two or three of the following
>> combinations:
>> JAWS/Internet Explorer
>> NVDA/Firefox
>> Voiceover/Safari
>>
>> Phil.
>>
>> On 2019-09-20 12:52, Praunicorn wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Kindly help me with Browser and Screen Reader combination.  I am
>>> using below mentioned combinations for my testing. Please let me
>>> know I am in right combination or not.
>>>
>>> 1. Chrome  With  NVDA
>>> 2. Edge  With Narrator
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Sreekar.
>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> > > > >