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Re: Cross Screen Reader testing

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From: Weston Thayer
Date: May 16, 2020 3:50PM

Great question, right now only ILM activation keys work. I hope to get more
methods supported down the road.

On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 2:00 PM Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Hi Weston,
>
> Thanks for the information. Will the product work with all the different
> types of JAWS licensing? For instance, there's Perpetual (ILM) Licensing,
> which is different from Annual licensing. Some organisations set up their
> own licensing servers, whereas we use dongle licenses.
>
> Steve
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of
> Weston Thayer
> Sent: 16 May 2020 19:56
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Cross Screen Reader testing
>
> Hi everyone, Weston here. I've been enjoying the conversations on this
> list for a while now, but haven't piped up. First, thank you for this
> resource, and second, now is probably as good a time as any to introduce
> myself.
>
> I'm a designer/developer, and I've been working on Assistiv Labs for just
> over a year now, both to try and help solve pain points I've heard from
> others about testing with assistive technologies, and some of my own. More
> early access invitations are slowly going out, my timeline was
> unfortunately set back quite a bit by current events this spring.
>
> The project has evolved quite a bit since I first put up the website, so
> I'll try to give a brief update here.
>
> To your point Steve, I totally agree with your concerns about enabling
> inexperienced testers to do harm. Right now, I think the tool is best
> paired to accessibility professionals who are already trained in AT usage,
> and are testing on their own physical or virtual machines today. Assistiv
> Labs offers a few advantages, like repeatable, 100% isolated testing
> environments, keyboard shortcut remapping, and access to past, present, and
> future AT/browser versions. The latter is a feature I just got working, for
> example you can quickly jump between Firefox 76.0, 77.0 (beta), or all the
> way back to 62.0. Similarly, it supports NVDA 2020.1 through 2018.1. I find
> this especially handy for narrowing down exactly what version an AT or
> browser bug cropped up. The website is due for an update and the copy will
> be changed to reflect this focus.
>
> For JAWS usage, you'll need to bring your own license (which must have
> Remote Desktop/Citrix® Support included). 40 minute mode will not work. I
> care very much about complying with each ATs license, and am open to
> feedback and ideas on how to make it even easier (for both vendors and end
> users).
>
> Overall, I'm really focused on delivering a pleasant, low-latency remote
> testing experience that's as accessible as possible (i.e. test NVDA while
> using VoiceOver). There are a few limitations (read more in the
> Accessibility Statement <https://assistivlabs.com/accessibility>), but
> I'm hoping to overcome them in time.
>
> Nice to meet you all, and please feel free to ask more questions here or
> email <EMAIL REMOVED> . I hope with your feedback, Assistiv Labs
> can be a useful tool someday.
>
> Best,
> Weston
>
> On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 8:42 AM glen walker < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> > Since the website has minimal info, I did about 30 seconds of digging
> > and the contact us page has <EMAIL REMOVED> as a contact
> > person and if you google that email, you can find info on Weston
> > Thayer, a designer. I'm sure you can contact him for more info.
> >
> > https://www.linkedin.com/in/weston-thayer-08aa5992/
> > https://twitter.com/westonthayer5?lang=en
> > http://westonthayer.com/
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