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Re: Talking web browser? (emulation)

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From: Robinson, Norman B - Washington, DC
Date: Feb 2, 2005 7:02AM

No, it doesn't speak. But it does do a fair job (considering it's age, a
great job) of simulating what would be spoken by a screen reader.

My reason for suggesting it was as a teaching aid, not as a replacement
for a screen reader. By-the-way, I find that having the text version of
what might be audible makes for easier translation when composing
emails. Normally I might describe what a screen reader produces in
writing (email) in trying to get a end-user to understand why
reorganizing their web content might be a good idea. Fangs helps me do
just that and anything it 'misses' is easily discovered by using the
actual screen reader.

Regards,


Norman B. Robinson
Section 508 Coordinator
IT Governance, US Postal Service