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From: Jon Gunderson
Date: Aug 5, 2004 8:53AM

Lainie,
I think functional testing for accessibility, but speech
rendering is only one type of testing and most of the testing
for speech compatibility can also be done with browsers like
Opera or Mozilla [1] with a plug-in developed at the
University of Illinois.

I have developed a draft "Best Practices" web design proposal
that includes sections on functional accessibility. I would
be interested in what people think about it.

http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/uiuc-web-best-practices.htm

Jon

[1] http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/software/mozilla/index.html

P.S. There is IBM Home Page Reader that will read web pages,
it is only $149. There is a 30 day demo.
http://www-306.ibm.com/able/solution_offerings/hpr.html





---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 16:35:20 -0500
>From: "lainie.strange"
>Subject: [WebAIM] Talking browsers - your opinions
>To: "WebAIM Discussion List"
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>With the significant cost of many screen readers, I wanted to get
>anyone's opinion on using some of the talking browsers
(preferably free)
>that I could use for ADA testing.
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>Any feedback is greatly appreciated!
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>Lainie Strange, Web Developer
>MO Dept of Elem & Sec Ed.
>http://dese.mo.gov
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Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP
Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology
Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services
MC-574
College of Applied Life Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
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