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From: Richard Sweet
Date: Jan 8, 2004 2:33PM

Hi all

The trial version of JAWS does eventually expire (mine did very recently),
I'd guess after around six months. But it's very useful for testing.

I'd be interested in any discussion about the practical side of using
assistive technology; I work at a college where we have many students who
use all sorts of equipment/software, and as the college is currently big on
'E-resources' I'm trying to make sure as much as possible is accessible to
all our students.

Just don't get me started on our VLE :-0

So, tell me: does JAWS or any other screenreader convert 'smilies' like that
actually say 'Smiley exclaimation'? I guess one could do it manually by
putting them in the dictionary, but it would be a nice touch for it to do it
automatically!

Richard


> If you don't need a screen reader for daily use (e.g. if you aren't
> blind), and if you only want to use the program for testing purposes,
> then consider using the JAWS trial version. There is no real
> expiration
> date (though I have heard from some people that it eventually
> expires,
> after about a year or so), so you can use it indefinitely.
> The catch is
> that you can only use it for about 40 minutes at a time. After the 40
> minutes, you have to reboot the computer in order to make JAWS work
> again. It's free this way, and 40 minutes is usually adequate
> for most
> testing purposes.



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