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RE: Netscape and screen readers

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From: Steven Faulkner
Date: Apr 28, 2005 5:41PM

Jim wrote:

>>Screen reader users do not use Netscape, because screen readers don't work

with it.

Jaws 6.0 does have limited support for Netscaope browsers, (but only up to
Netscape version 4.5), which is not much use really...


>>There may be movement in the screen reader field to begin work on working

with the Mozilla family of browsers...

Not by freedom scientific, but independent work is being done
JAWS Screen Reader Adaptation for Mozilla Firefox
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/s2s/latest/jaws1/home/index.shtml

For window eyes:
Mozilla + Window-Eyes Compatibility Page
http://www.mozilla.org/access/windows/window-eyes

with regards

Steven Faulkner
Web Accessibility Consultant
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