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Re: Cross Screen Reader testing

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From: Weston Thayer
Date: May 17, 2020 12:48AM

Yes, I think network licenses should be technically possible.

I should've mentioned it only supports Windows currently. Mac support has
been prototyped, but not scaled out yet. It uses official (virtualized)
Apple hardware to comply with their license (and provide an environment
true to what real users use). All video and audio output is streamed from
the Mac to your browser.

I think latency can be optimized, but I'm not sure it can compete with a
local machine for a proficient screen reader user. I measured ~80 - 120 ms
between key down and speech start when connected to a PC within the USA. I
personally find that usable, but looking forward to getting more feedback
from others. Assistiv Labs is globally distributed, so that latency should
be fairly consistent regardless of your location. Depends on your local
network speeds too of course.

On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 8:21 PM Murphy, Sean <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi Weston,
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> Freedom Scientific provides network licences. If you are performing a
> virtual environment which it sounds like you are doing. This could be an
> option. How are you going to handle Mac? If you are not using Apple
> hardware, I believe there is possible licencing issues here? Also how are
> you going to handle VoiceOver via remote desktop? As you will require an
> audio channel and I don't know if VoiceOver will work correctly in this
> type of environment. As NVDA requires a remote server and Jaws require the
> software to be installed on the remote machine. To get full functionality
> out of Jaws you require a Remote Desktop licence. It is possible to run
> Jaws via the audio channel. But the audio is very substandard plus the
> performance is very laggy. I have used Jaws in both approaches.
>
> I will have to read your accessibility statement.
>
> Sean
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